ON ST. EUSEBIUS, ROMAN MARTYR, AT GHENT IN BELGIUM.
CommentaryEusebius, Roman Martyr, at Ghent in Belgium (St.)
I. B.
[1] The relics of St. Eusebius the Martyr Several Eusebii who received the crown of martyrdom are commemorated in the Martyrologies: which one was buried in the cemetery of St. Priscilla near the city of Rome, and indeed whether any one at all of those whose names are listed, is by no means established by us. This one thing is certain: that two tibial bones of this St. Eusebius, taken from that cemetery, were donated to Balthasar Ballonus, a religious of the Society of Jesus; and after his death, to Father Ferdinand del Plano, Rector at Brussels, by the Vicar General of the Society in the year 1649, as we have related more fully from the public records on February 16, when we treated of St. Cornelius the Martyr: where we also said that they were brought to Ghent, approved by the Bishop of that city, solemnly translated on Quinquagesima Sunday in the year 1651, enclosed in a silver casket, and deposited in the chapel of St. Ignatius brought to Ghent, enclosed in a silver case in the church of the Society of Jesus, dedicated to St. Livinus, Bishop and Martyr and Apostle of the city of Ghent: and it was then decreed that his anniversary celebration should be held on February 17. Nothing else about this holy Martyr is known to us: neither his era, the condition of his life, nor the manner of his martyrdom.