ON THE HOLY MARTYRS CLAUDON, EUGENES, RHODUS, DIOGENIUS, EUGENTUS, RHODON, AND PRIMA.
CommentaryClaudon, Martyr (St.) Diogenius, Martyr (St.) Eugenes, Martyr (St.) Eugentus, Martyr (St.) Pinna, Martyr (St.) Rhodon, Martyr (St.) Rhodus, Martyr (St.)
The Martyrology of St. Jerome: "And in the city of Tomi, of Claudon, Eugenes, Rhodus, the three brothers Argaeus, Narcissus, and Marcellinus the Christian boy, and of Diogenius, Eugentus, Rhodon, and Prima." These entries, like many others in that Martyrology, are obscure — and perhaps also transposed, so that one should read: "Of Rhodus, Claudon, Eugenes. And in the city of Tomi, of the three brothers, etc." Whether Claudon, Eugenes, and Rhodus are the same as those who are immediately added — Diogenius, Eugentus, and Rhodon — and then whether "Christiani" should be joined with "pueri" or is the name of a saint — I omit the question of Christianus until greater light is shed on it from elsewhere. Concerning Argaeus, Narcissus, and Marcellinus we have treated on January 2nd. Whether the others suffered with them, or at Tomi, or elsewhere, there is nothing from which I might conjecture.
The Cologne edition of Usuard has Claudon, but calls him Claudio, and joins him with Martial and Cyricus, of whom we have treated above.