ON THE HOLY MARTYRS TIMOTHY, EUCTUS (OR POLYEUCTUS), RUSTICUS, PISSEUS (OR CIPISEUS), SECUNDUS, LUCIUS, FELIX, JANUARIUS, AND PALLADIUS.
CommentaryTimothy, in Greece (St.); Euctus or Polyeuctus, in Greece (St.) Felix, in Greece (St.); Januarius, in Greece (St.) Lucius, in Greece (St.); Palladius, in Greece (St.) Pisseus or Cipiseus, in Greece (St.); Rusticus, in Greece (St.) Secundus, in Greece (St.)
Concerning these holy martyrs, the Martyrology of St. Jerome has: "The sixth day before the Ides. In Greece: Euctus, Rusticus, Pisseus, Timothy, Secundus, Lucius, Felix, Januarius." In the manuscript of Rhinow, likewise very ancient: "In Greece: Cipiseus, Secundus, Timothy, Lucius, Rusticus." Many others mention Timothy: Bede: "Timothy in Greece." Notker: "In Greece, Polyeuctus" (I hardly doubt that this is the same Euctus already mentioned, with the name corrupted either here by prosthesis or there by aphaeresis) "and Palladius" (perhaps this is the Palladius who on January 7 is called Palladas in the Martyrology of St. Jerome). And after some intervening entries, Notker continues: "In Greece, Rusticus, Timothy, and Jucundus." The Lubeck edition of Usuard from 1475 and the Paris edition of 1536, Bellinus's Paris edition of 1521, and very many manuscripts under the name of Usuard: "In Greece, St. Timothy." The Cologne Martyrology: "In Greece, St. Timothy the Confessor." The Carthusians of Cologne in the Additions to Usuard, and the German Martyrology: "In Greece, St. Timothy the Confessor, who was translated to Constantinople on May 9." But on May 9 they show themselves to be treating of St. Timothy the disciple of Paul, of whom we shall speak on January 24. But concerning this St. Timothy and his companions we have nothing established. Timothy the Confessor in Greece is reported in the same German Martyrology, by Maurolycus, and by Petrus de Nataliis, Book 11, chapter 130, section 30, but on January 9.