ON THE HOLY MARTYRS OF ANCYRA: DONATUS, CASTULUS, PAPIAS, AND CLIMATIUS.
CommentaryDonatus, Martyr of Ancyra in Galatia (Saint)
That many boys were crowned with martyrdom at Ancyra in Galatia before St. Clement the Bishop, whose Acts we have already related above—boys who were his pupils and disciples—is stated in those same Acts. Whether these four are from their number may be questioned if only because one is called Climatius, or Clematius, from κλῆμα (klema), which signifies a vine-branch; whence also Κλήμης (Clemens) is derived by the Greeks. Concerning them in the Dungal manuscript: Castuli ... Papiae, Clemati ... but it does not mention Papias. The manuscript of St. Jerome reads more distinctly: Ancyra in Galatia, Donati, Castoli, Papiae, Climati. Several persons named Castulus, Donatus, and Papias appear in the sacred calendars: but never together, nor any of them at Ancyra; no Climatius or Clematius appears at all.
ON TWO HOLY MARTYRS IN THE LAKE OF PARIUM.
CommentaryTwo Holy Martyrs in the Lake of Parium
Parium is a city of the Hellespont, mentioned by Pliny, book 5, chapter 32, and by Ptolemy, book 5, chapter 2. Whether there is a Parian lake near it, or in the island of Paros, one of the Cyclades, or elsewhere, we do not know. Two Martyrs were cast into it, whom the Greek Menaea celebrate on this day as follows: On the same day the holy two Martyrs who were cast into the Parian lake are perfected.
Into the pit advance two Martyrs, Divine love casting out fear.
On the same day the holy two Martyrs, cast into the Parian lake, are perfected:
Into the abyss enter two Martyrs, With divine love driving out fear.
Maximus of Cythera also records them.