ON THE HOLY MARTYRS FELIX, CELSIANUS, CAECILIANUS, MARTIALIS, FAUSTACIUS, DATIUS, SATURNINUS, QUINCTINUS, MARINUS, SATURUS, GADDIANUS, CAELIANUS, SERVULUS, ROGATUS, VINCENTIA, VICTOR, REPOSITA, PRIMUS, LUCIUS, MAIULINUS, HONORATUS, MARCUSSUS, SECUNDUS, CASTINUS, CAIUS, CAELESTINUS, HERMES THE BISHOP, AND OTHERS.
CommentaryFelix, Martyr (S.) Celsianus, Martyr (S.) Caecilianus, Martyr (S.) Martialis, Martyr (S.) Faustacius, Martyr (S.) Datius, Martyr (S.) Saturninus, Martyr (S.) Quinctinus, Martyr (S.) Marinus, Martyr (S.) Saturus, Martyr (S.) Gaddianus, Martyr (S.) Caelianus, Martyr (S.) Servulus, Martyr (S.) Rogatus, Martyr (S.) Vincentia, Martyr (S.) Victor, Martyr (S.) Reposita, Martyr (S.) Primus, Martyr (S.) Lucius, Martyr (S.) Maiulinus, Martyr (S.) Honoratus, Martyr (S.) Marcussus, Martyr (S.) Secundus, Martyr (S.) Castinus, Martyr (S.) Caius, Martyr (S.) Caelestinus, Martyr (S.) Hermes, Bishop, Martyr (S.) Others, Martyrs
From various sources.
[1] Neither where these glorious champions obtained the crown of martyrdom, nor whether they all suffered together, are we able to declare. We found their names in two ancient codices, the one called the Martyrology of S. Jerome, copied from the autograph of S. Willibrord by Laurentius of Echternach; the other, the Irish codex of the Dungal community. The former has the following: The names of these Saints from an ancient manuscript. "At Rome, of S. Agnes the Virgin. Felix, Fructuosus, Celsianus, Caelianus, Angorius, Martialis. Likewise Felix, Cendeus, Vitus, Florus, Leontius, Cyriacus, Faustacius. At Nicomedia, Eustasius. In Africa, Solutor, Hermes. In Spain, in the city of Tarragona, SS. Fructuosus, Augorius, Eulogia, Dacius. At Troyes, S. Patroclus. At Clermont, the deposition of Avitus the Bishop. Elsewhere, Saturninus, Quinctinus, Marinus, Datius, Saturus, Gaddianus, Caelianus, Zabulus, Mammar, Vincentia, Rogatus, Victor, Reposita, Primus, Lucius, Maulinus, Honoratus, Macusus, Secundus, Castinus, Caius, Caelestinus, Hermes the Bishop. And Publius, Vincent. In the city of Spoleto, Vitalis."
[2] The Dungal codex has the following: "Fructuosus the Bishop, Felix, Celsio, Cicilianus, Augurius, Martialis, Fulogia, likewise from another source. Eulogia, Vincentia, Agnes the Virgin at Rome, Reposita, Felix, Emerentiana, Vincentius, Cendrenus, Florus, Vitus, Leontius, Publius, Cyriacus, Vincens, Faustacius, Eustacius, Salator, Hermes, Fructuosus, Augorius, Diacius, Vitalis, Patroclus, Avitus the Bishop, Saturninus, Quinctinus, Marinus, Datius, Rutirus, Gaddianus, Caelianus, Servulus, Rogatus, Victor, Primus, Lucius, Maiulinus, Honoratus, Nascusus, Castinus, Caelestinus, Zatius, Hermis."
[3] From these we first set aside those whom we have recorded on 20 January as having obtained the glory of martyrdom at Nicomedia under cognate names: Felix, Cendeus, Vitus, Florus, Leontius, Cyriacus; although there is no reason why Certain of these belong to another day. others bearing the same names could not have been found in the same place or elsewhere, given the great number of those killed. But we do not wish to affirm anything that is not established and certain. Concerning Fructuosus the Bishop, Augurius and Eulogius the Deacons, and Publius, we have spoken above: concerning Agnes, Eustasius, Solutor, Hermes, Patroclus, Avitus, and Vitalis, we shall speak below. Vincent, or Vincens, is perhaps the one from Caesaraugusta of whom we treat on 22 January. The second Fructuosus and the second Augurius, expressed in both Martyrologies, we have omitted, lest they be the Tarraconenses written twice by some error: and for the same reason Eulogia and Fulogia, perhaps put for Eulogius: and the second Dacius added to them, written in one codex as Dacus and in the other as Diacius, perhaps for the appellative "Deacon."
[4] The remaining ones are therefore Felix, Martialis, Saturninus, Quinctinus, Marinus, Datius, Caelianus, Vincentia, Rogatus, Victor, Reposita, Primus, Lucius, Honoratus, Castinus, Caelestinus, Hermes, expressed in the same manner in both manuscripts; and Secundus, recorded in only one. The Dungal codex presents the remaining names with some variation: Some are variously expressed. Celsio for Celsianus; Faustacius, which we have followed, for Fustacius; Rutirus for Saturus; Cicilianus for the earlier Caelianus, whence we have made Caecilianus; Gaddanus for Gaddianus; Servulus, which is more pleasing, for Zabulus; Maiulinus for Maulinus; Nascusus for Macusus; Zatius for Caius, or Datius. What Mammar means in the codex of Laurentius of Echternach, we cannot conjecture.
[5] We proceed timidly and as if groping in the dark, when we are deprived of the light of Acts. One might perhaps suspect that Felix and Martialis are those who are mentioned in the Acts of SS. Fructuosus and companions: especially since we have said above that SS. Fructuosus, Augurius, and Eulogius with companions are celebrated in the Mozarabic Mass. The Carthusians of Cologne, in the additions to Usuard, mention Hermes and Caelestinus: "Hermes the Bishop, likewise S. Caelestinus."