Acta Sanctorum

Secundus

13 January · commentary
Latin source: Heiligenlexikon
St. Secundus (or Secundinus), a Roman martyr, is known only from brief entries in the Martyrology of St. Jerome and related manuscripts. Whether he was a companion of the Forty Soldiers on the Via Lavicana remains uncertain.

ON ST. SECUNDUS, OR SECUNDINUS, MARTYR, AT ROME.

Commentary

Secundus, Martyr at Rome (St.)

The Martyrology of St. Jerome also gives us this saint: "At Rome, of Secundus." The Bavarian manuscript of Bede reads: "Secundina, Corona, and forty soldiers." Notker has the same. The Irish manuscript reads: "Of Corona, Serdus, and twenty-five others." For "Serdus" perhaps "Secdus" was written, that is, Secundus; and that ancient scribe, whoever he was, read "Serdus." Whether this person was killed with those mentioned previously is hidden from us.