ON ST. CHRYSANTHIANUS AND 90 COMPANION MARTYRS AT AQUILEIA IN ITALY.
CommentaryChrysanthianus, Martyr at Aquileia in Italy (St.) 90 Companion Martyrs at Aquileia in Italy
G. H.
[1] The sacred memory of these Martyrs with their leader Chrysanthianus is commemorated on February 17 in the very ancient manuscript Martyrologies of St. Martin's at Trier and of St. Mary's at Utrecht, in which the following is read: At Aquileia, of Chrysanthianus the Martyr, and 90 others. In both manuscripts they are treated separately from the Saints who suffered at Concordia: concerning whom, while the following is reported in the Reichenau manuscript -- "At Aquileia, in the city of Concordia, of Donatus, Secundianus, etc." -- it seems that after the word "Aquileia," Chrysanthianus and 90 others should be inserted. In the manuscript of St. Jerome the following is found: At Aquileia, of Chrysanthianus and Eutychius. At Concordia, of Justa. Concerning the three who are added, we treated above among the Saints of Concordia, who by others are called Cordius and Justus. Ferrarius in the General Catalogue says: At Aquileia, of the holy Martyrs Chrysanthianus and companions. Concerning the same he treats in his Catalogue of the Saints of Italy, adding only that the ancient Breviary of Aquileia commemorates them together with the more recent records of the Church of Aquileia, that they are venerated on this day in the diocese of Aquileia, and that the relics of Chrysanthianus exist near Aquileia: and that he was perhaps one of those who suffered at Concordia with SS. Donatus, Secundianus, and Romulus. To these others add Chrysanthus, who together with Chrysanthianus is inscribed in the Martyrology of St. Jerome.