ON THE HOLY ROMAN MARTYRS EMETRIUS, MAXIMUS, FELICISSIMUS.
CommentaryEmetrius, Martyr at Rome (St.) Maximus, Martyr at Rome (St.) Felicissimus, Martyr at Rome (St.)
The aforementioned Irish manuscript of the Convent of Dungal records the holy Martyrs Maximus and Felicissimus, but mingled with others, with no indication of the place where they fell: this manuscript Martyrology of St. Jerome specifies the place and adds Emetrius to Maximus. Perhaps Demetrius? At Rome, it says, on the Via Salaria, of Emetrius, Maximus. Whether Felicissimus should be joined to them is not clear to us. Many Martyrs of that name are commemorated on other days, having been crowned at Rome. We consider this one different from them, both because in the Dungal manuscript, as we have said, he is assigned to this day, and because in the most ancient manuscript of Rhinow these words are also read: At Rome, of Felicissimus.