St. Aristarchus
St. Perpetua, at Rome.
St. Tertullinus, Priest and Martyr, at Rome.
St. Agabius, Bishop and Confessor, at Verona.
St. Crescentianus, Martyr, at Rome.
St. Justus, Martyr, at Rome.
St. Sachintus, Martyr, at Rome.
St. Sergius, Martyr, at Nicomedia.
St. Bartholomew, Martyr, at Nicomedia.
St. Eleutherius, Martyr, at Tarsia.
St. Epiphanius, Martyr, at Besançon.
St. Isidore, Martyr, at Besançon.
St. Eudocia, Martyr, in Persia.
St. Ia, Martyr, in Persia.
Their Companions, Martyrs, in Persia.
St. Peregrinus, Martyr, at Le Mans.
St. Machoratus, Martyr, at Le Mans.
St. Viventianus, Martyr, at Le Mans.
St. Baumadus, Confessor, at Tulle.
St. Euphronius, Bishop of Tours, Confessor.
St. Luanus or Lugidius, Confessor, in Ireland.
St. Sigrada, Widow, at Soissons.
St. Reynerius, Archbishop of Split, and Martyr.
St. Dominic, Confessor, at Bologna.
St. Ciccus, Confessor, at Pesaro.
The memory of our holy Father Phosterius is found in our copies from the Turin codex, and also from the Ms. parchment Menaeum of the convent of St. Louis of the Friars Preachers at Paris. An abbot of the same name has long since been extant with us on the day 5 January, with an eulogy from the Menaea: let it suffice to have indicated this here. See meanwhile the said day, 5 January.
"At Passau in Noricum, of St. Valentine, bishop," is the announcement of Ferrarius, one of those which he quite often repeats without discrimination, since he has spoken of the same Saint on another day, here from Surius, elsewhere from another, just as he had marked this St. Valentine on the day on which treatment of him has been given in this work, 7 January.
"At Lucca, the memory of Bl. Richard, king of England, Confessor, who died there on pilgrimage." There is added: "Elsewhere above." It is an annotation of the Charterhouse of Brussels to Greven, wrongly placed there, but corrected by "elsewhere above"; for treatment of him has been given on 7 February.
The translation of St. William is in the Ms. Florarium of the Saints. See what has been said of him on 10 February.
The translation of the relics of St. Walburga, Virgin, is entered with emulous zeal on this day by the English, French, Belgian and monastic Martyrologies, namely on this day on which it is celebrated more solemnly and festively at Furnes in West Flanders, where the principal church dedicated to her stands; on which, and on the other things relating thereto and excellently illustrated, the Commentary prefixed to the Acts of the Saint, §6, page 519, is to be seen, on the day on which she is venerated, 25 February.
St. Agnes of Montpellier (for Montepulciano), of the Order of Preachers, is wrongly added to Greven on this day in the additions of the Charterhouse of Brussels; she belongs to the day on which her deeds have been illustrated, 20 April.
St. Desiderius, bishop of Vienne and martyr, is brought forward here, not in his place, from Galesinius by Ferrarius in the general Catalogue, although he was not unaware that he is marked twice in the Roman, namely on 11 February, on which the body of the Saint was translated to Vienne from the place of his martyrdom, and on 23 May, sacred to his martyrdom itself. See what has been said of St. Desiderius in our work on the day already assigned, 23 May.
St. Protasius, martyr, is announced at Cologne on this day in the Roman Martyrology, being of the number of those Saints whom Galesinius suggested to Baronius, as he himself confesses most candidly in the notations: "Of him also Galesinius on this day" (he could have said: Galesinius alone), "who cites the tables of the same church"; namely, a very ancient Kalendar of Cologne, which has now been sought in vain for a whole century and a half by the people of Cologne themselves, among whom, indeed, in so numerous a series of Saints, no Protasius is found so far, who would most certainly not be rejected by them if any traces of him occurred anywhere. Someone might perhaps suspect that some relics under the name of Protasius were carried to Cologne from Breisach (where it is an ancient tradition that the body of his brother St. Gervasius is also honoured), and that from this the name of St. Protasius was inscribed in some Kalendar or other. But neither will the people of Cologne allow this, being no less diligent recorders of their sacred pledges, in however great abundance, than careful and solicitous keepers of them. However the matter stands, and for whatever reason there was perhaps at some time a cult at Cologne on this day, I see no other true St. Protasius to be understood here except him of whom treatment has been given with his brother Gervasius in our work in more than one place. Nor am I pleased with another commentary of Pietro Paolo Bosca, by which he thinks that the Protasius who is venerated at Milan in the basilica of St. Stephen was brought there from Cologne, and is plainly different from the brother of Gervasius, and was perhaps one of the companions of St. Gereon. Other arguments are needed for these things to be sufficiently proved to us. See what was said on 19 June.
"On the same day, of Bl. Sidronius, martyr, who rests te Meessene at Meessen in Our Lady." These are the words of a Ms. addition of the Charterhouse of Brussels to Greven. See what has been said of him on the natal day, 11 July.
The Seven Holy Sleepers are celebrated on this day among the Greeks, recorded in their great Menaea and other Fasti. Their Acts have been illustrated with us on 27 July.
St. Tadwin, archbishop of Canterbury, I know not why Bucelinus marks on this day in his Menologium, who had better entered him earlier on his proper natal day, on which treatment of him was given, 30 July.
St. Justin, a boy, is wrongly placed on this day by the Ms. Florarium of the Saints. We treated of him at the day 1 August.
St. Etheldrita, recluse, is transferred hither by Menard and also by Bucelinus. She belongs to the day on which we treated of her, 2 August.
Woltanus is noted with emulous zeal in the Irish Tables and Kalendars without further information: but as names are quite often confused there, I am greatly mistaken unless St. Walthen is indicated, of whom treatment was given on the day before, 3 August.
Sixty martyrs in the monastery of Fleury Bucelinus announces on this day in the first place; then in the last place he enters a commemoration of all the Saints and Blessed of the same monastery from its first foundation, etc.
Godfrey of Heisterbach Bucelinus adorns on this day with the title of Blessed; I seek more certain arguments of his lawful cult.
Remigius, from monk of Fécamp bishop of Dorchester, Bucelinus calls venerable on this day.
St. Justina, martyr, Ferrarius adds towards the end of his notes in the general Catalogue, as one who is venerated by the church of Tuscania, which has her relics; whence you may easily gather that relics are indicated received from the Roman crypts and distinguished by such a name, of which very many are honoured both here and elsewhere.
Etwald, abbot, Bollandus found marked in a Ms. Benedictine Kalendar: but he is not known here or elsewhere.
The octave of St. Pantaleon is marked in the Lübeck-Cologne edition: it would better have been entered on the day before.
Joan, a Spanish widow, our Ms. Florarium of the Saints summoned to this day from I know not where, from which she passed into Greven, marked by him alone among the Usuardine auctaria, without any further information, which I have so far sought elsewhere in vain. A certain widow of that name was referred hither from 9 May, namely the mother of St. Dominic, of whose virtues, if anything can be said, it will be found in the very Life of the Saint, to be given on this day.
"Likewise in England, of Simon of good memory, earl of Leicester, martyr," is another announcement of Greven alone, copied from there into the German Martyrology customarily cited under the name of Canisius.
Maurinus (in French Morin), bishop of Auxerre, is ascribed to the Saints on this day also by Castellanus; but about his cult our most distinguished helper, the Canon and Succentor of the same church, the Rev. D. Le Beuf, could not inform us.
Françoise Pollalion, a religious at Avignon at St. Praxedes, of the Order of St. Dominic, the same Castellanus better celebrates as venerable.
Ptolemy, martyr of Memphis, and Moses of Auxum, bishop in Ethiopia, Castellanus drew out on this day from the Ethiopian or Coptic Fasti in Ludolf, a labour he could have spared.
Further, Philip, ninth in order among the bishops of Jerusalem, by what authority the same Castellanus counted among the Saints, I altogether do not understand. See Papebroch's Chronological History before volume III of May, page VI.
The contest of St. Lotarius is in the Egyptian Arabic Martyrology which Gratia Simonius rendered from the Arabic. The rest is hidden from us.
The contest of St. Jasona, which is found in the said Martyrology, is also obscure to us and unknown.
St. Eluanus, or Lugidianus, is announced on this day by Castellanus in the universal Martyrology and in the Hagiological Vocabulary, as if he were already venerated among the Armoricans in the diocese of Quimper. See what is known of him in the Commentary prefixed to the Acts of St. Lugidus or Molua, on this same day, from number 4.
The memory of our holy Fathers and archbishops who were at Ephesus, John the monk and John the younger, is woven into our copy from the Ms. parchment Menaeum of the convent of St. Louis of the Friars Preachers at Paris.
Peter de Cesis (otherwise de Casa or de Cesa), of Limoges, is noted by Philip the Visitandine in his Acies bene ordinata as a Saint, who, from General of the whole Carmelite Order, was created bishop of Vaison by Pope Clement VI, then also patriarch of Jerusalem, most illustrious for learning and holiness, died in the year MCCCXLVIII; he excelled in very many miracles before and after death, venerated from time immemorial as a Saint or Blessed. So he, but he alone asserts it; the Sainte-Marthe brothers in Gallia Christiana indeed call him renowned for miracles, but are deeply silent about his cult: nor have we so far found him numbered among the Saints anywhere else.
Lanfranc Septala, first General of the whole Order of Hermits of St. Augustine: on what day he died is uncertain; I enter him here because I found him so noted somewhere in our papers. The year 1264 is marked in an inscription, which Herrera confesses to have been added and decorated in modern times, in the church of St. Mark at Milan, where it reads thus: "Here are laid the bones of Bl. Lanfranc Septala of Milan, who, on account of the great splendour of his virtues placed first over the whole Augustinian Order, so conducted himself that he brought back everything utterly collapsed to its pristine state. He died in the year of the Lord CIOCCLXIV." His sanctity is set forth more distinctly elsewhere, for, on the testimony of the same Herrera, there exists an image of him ennobled with the title and rays of the Blessed, with this inscription: "Bl. Lanfranc of Milan." So he, while meanwhile neither in Ferrarius nor in the Martyrology of Milan does even a slight memory of him exist. We must be made more certain about his true cult and its day before a place can be granted him in this work among the Saints.
St. Justin, prelate, our predecessors found on 15 March in the Martyrology of the Charterhouse of Cologne, known only by name, and accordingly, marking him there among the Passed Over, they referred him to this day, 4 August, on which, namely, they knew that a certain Justin, bishop and Confessor, is entered in our Ms. Florarium of the Saints and in the Usuards of Cologne. But he is no better known than Justin the prelate, so that he too is to be passed over here for the moment, until some light arises from which it can be gathered where at last he belongs, or with what other Saint of the same name he is to be confused; whether perhaps with St. Justin, bishop of Poitiers, who is celebrated on 1 September: certainly not with that St. Justin of Montreuil, customarily venerated on this day at St. Saulve's, for he is taken for that martyr of whom treatment was given on 1 August, whence he is also noted on this day by Castellanus in the index alone.
Clare, virgin of the Cistercian Order, Castellanus adorns on this day with the title of Blessed in his additions to the Roman Martyrology; and it is certainly plainly a wonder that she is altogether passed over in the Kalendar printed at Dijon and in the Menologium of Henriquez. Chalemot had without doubt led the way for Castellanus also on this day, in these words: "At Lieu-Notre-Dame, a monastery of nuns near Romorantin, in the province of Sologne and the diocese of Orléans, the festivity of St. Clare, virgin, recluse or nun, whose bones, brought there from a neighbouring wood and long religiously kept, were at last given to the flames through the wars, although her memory is always kept by pilgrims of both sexes." Of her age, deeds or singular cult it has not been possible to find anything anywhere else, so that the whole matter at least remains doubtful until we are furnished with monuments a little more certain and distinct.
The memory of Anthony of the Order of Servites, with the title of Blessed, at Viterbo, Ferrarius keeps in the general Catalogue, of whom, however, he makes no mention by a word in the greater Catalogue of the Saints of Italy, nor among the Saints of Viterbo; so that the cult must be extremely doubtful, and before I am made more certain of it, it is not open to me to count him among the Saints or the Blessed.
Dominic Martinez, abbot of Alcobaça in Portugal, Henriquez proclaims on this day in his Cistercian Menologium not merely as holy but as most holy, and says that he was enrolled in the number of the Saints, by I know not what authority, on the faith of Bernardo de Brito in the Lusitanian Chronicle of the Cistercian Order; who asserts besides that he was venerated with an ecclesiastical Office in the church of York in the kingdom of England. Bucelinus closely follows Henriquez: but Chalemot, a little more modest, ascribes that canonization to the people rather than to lawful authority. Of none of this is anything clear to us; nor do we easily conceive how the aforesaid ecclesiastical Office, whatever it was, penetrated into the single English church of York alone, when in the whole rest of the Catholic world no memory of him exists. Nor indeed does that Dominic belong to this day, whom Chalemot more rightly recorded on the day on which he died, 27 January. If anything of a true cult underlies it anywhere, we wish to be informed, so that treatment of him can be given in its time on the said day.
Thomas Lombard, who in the time of Elizabeth of England laboured much and strenuously for the Catholic cause in Ireland, is celebrated with deserved praises by the same Henriquez, Bucelinus and Chalemot, but only with the title of pious memory.
Cherubino of Spoleto, of the Order of St. Francis, Arthur proclaims on this day with a long eulogy in the Franciscan Martyrology, all but as endowed with the honours of the Saints, which I should not so far dare to ascribe to him; so that Hueber rightly abstained from them, although in other respects he too extols him magnificently. When the cult has been established, his place will be given him.
Andrew of Ayala, Francis Giles and companions, martyrs in the West Indies; David, Confessor, at Naples in Campania; Paula of Montalto, virgin: these are marked by Arthur with the title of Blessed; the last also in the Gynaeceum.
Hueber adds Cardinal Albert (he meant to say Albret), buried at Rome in the year 1465 in the Franciscan habit in Ara Coeli.
Likewise John de Atayde in Portugal.
Innocent of Turin, at Campobasso in Apulia.
Francis Prantio in Spain.
Francis, an oblate, in a desert place of the diocese of Palencia in the same kingdom.
William Apselius, Carthusian, is praised on this day by Raissius, as one who died Prior in the Vale of Grace, a convent of Carthusians near Bruges. From here Castellanus took him into his additions to the Roman Martyrology.
Peter Beetsius, he too a Carthusian, near Brussels, is also adorned with an eulogy by the same Raissius.
Cecilia, virgin, as the first-born daughter of St. Dominic, Arthur announces on this day in his Gynaeceum, whom Marchese cites in the Dominican Diarium, without doubt on the occasion of the most holy Founder, in whose Life, accurately illustrated on this day, several things are recorded of her. On what day she truly died is not yet established for me: much less about her cult, since she is not known even to Ferrarius.
There is added in the Belgian Annus sanctus Ignatia of the Angels, of the same institute, who died at Barcelona, all her fellow sisters being astonished at her admirable delight in dying.
St. Fredulf (in French Frion) among the Santones Castellanus announces to us on this day. We, with Saussay, shall see what is to be said of him on the following day, 5 August.
St. Ionius, priest and martyr, the Ms. Florarium of the Saints does not rightly mark on this day; he belongs to the following day, 5 August.
The dedication of the basilica of St. Mary at Rome is equally wrongly entered in the Rheinau codex; it belongs to the day 5 August.
Sts. Abel and Cassian, bishops, passed into the Irish Tables on this day. Of what kind and whence they were will be evident on the following day, 5 August.
Nor is Oswald the king entered any better, he too belonging to the day 5 August.
The memory of St. Henry, bishop of Winchester, Ferrarius keeps on this day, forgetful, I think, of what he had said in the same general Catalogue of his at 9 January, where he had earlier entered this same man, wrongly in both places: as may be seen among the Passed Over on the said day 9 January, where our predecessors, from the English Martyrology and other approved writers, rightly relate that he died on the day on which we shall treat of him, 6 August.
The contest of Sts. Pamphilus and Capito is noted in our copy of the Ms. parchment Menaeum of the convent of St. Louis of the Friars Preachers at Paris; but the great Menaea published in print, and the Menologium published in the version of Sirleto, make mention of them on 12 August.
Helen, martyr, whom Marietta enters on this day, he himself indicates sufficiently to be no other than the one of Burgos. We refer her to the day on which she is marked in the Roman with Centolla, 13 August.
Sts. Centolla and Helen Ferrarius brings forward to us on this day in the general Catalogue, from I know not what Tables of the church of Burgos in Spain; rightly warning that they are entered in the Roman on the day on which treatment of them will have to be given, 13 August.
St. Andrew, archdeacon of Fiesole, is announced on this day by Dempster and Camerarius as a Saint of their country. Ferrarius can better inform us about the day of his cult, who enters him in the general Catalogue on 22 August.
The announcement of St. Euladius, bishop of Nevers and confessor, belongs to our Ms. Florarium of the Saints alone, received I know not whence. Saussay did not know him, but Castellanus has him on the day on which treatment of him will be given expressly, 26 August.
Dominic Vallius (otherwise Del Val), an infant martyr of Saragossa, cruelly butchered by the Jews in the year 1250, is marked in our papers on this day, perhaps because St. Dominic, patriarch of the Preaching Fathers, is then venerated, although in the Life no certain day is expressed, but only the month of August, whence perhaps he is entered by Tamayo and others on the 31st of this month, on which we shall inquire what is to be decided about him, 31 August.
The translation of St. Justus, bishop of Lyons, from the desert is marked more than once, both on this day and elsewhere, in the Usuardine auctaria; treatment will be given of him on the day on which his feast is kept, 2 September.
"The holy martyr Thathuel is consummated hanged on an apple tree"; as we have it from the great Menaea printed in type, which besides sing two little verses to him. On the 5th of this month, in our copies from the Turin codex, Θουθαὴλ occurs, and Christina is added to him, "near the palace," on which day and in which manner they also exist in the extracts from the Ms. parchment Menaeum of the convent of St. Louis of the Friars Preachers at Paris, in both places with the title of holy Martyrs: who perhaps coincide with Thatuel and Charitina, who are found together with others in the said great Menaea at the day which you may consult, 4 September.
St. Justin, priest and martyr, most celebrated at Rome, is entered with emulous zeal on this day by Wandelbert and in very many Usuardine auctaria. Indeed also by the Hieronymian codices, at least the abridged ones, in which perhaps he is taken for the present-day Justus: but in Rabanus and Notker he is marked with such distinct characteristics that it cannot be doubted that he is indicated of whom we treated in the Observations on Usuard on 17 September, as will be evident to one who compares their announcements with the text of Usuard himself; for they read thus: "Likewise of Justin, priest and martyr, of whom it is narrated in the passion of St. Laurence that he converted many to the faith of Christ and buried the bodies of very many Martyrs." He is therefore referred to 17 September.
The translation of the holy martyrs Placidus and companions at Messina is marked on this day by our Caietano: yesterday treatment was given of their finding; but both it and this translation belong, as was said there, to 5 October.
St. Judoc Bollandus found wrongly marked in some place on this day. His festivity is known, 13 December.
St. Nicodemus may have crept in here from some announcement of yesterday, where, however, the finding rather than the natal day is commemorated, which is unknown so far. See the Passed Over on the preceding day, where we referred the whole matter to 25 December.
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