ON THE HOLY MARTYRS OF TARSUS
SEVERUS, HELION, TRATEGUS, MONTANUS, ATRANUS, EUSUCIUS, GERMANUS, PARTHENUS, PAUL.
Notice from the same Hieronymian Martyrology.
Severus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Helion, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Trategus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Montanus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Atranus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Eusucius, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Germanus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Parthenus, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
Paul, Martyr at Tarsus (S.)
J. B. S.
In the determined number of nine Martyrs all the greater Hieronymian codices agree; the discrepancy lies in this, that the Lucca codex writes, for Severus, Serene; for Trategus, Strategus; which others change into Straceus. Thus, in place of Atranus, Atrianus is put by the Lucca codex, and by both the Corbie codices, Adrianus; finally the Lucca has Eficus, which others too seem to preserve with a mutilated name … sicus: we have here also followed the most ancient codex, in which nevertheless there is this scribal error, that it places Tarsus in Cappadocia, which the manuscript of the Queen of Sweden, or Senones, does not correctly amend, beginning thus: At Tarsus of Cilicia of Cappadocia. In the rest it is genuine, only abridging the names: The birthday of the holy Helion, Montanus, Germanus, with six others. In the remaining lesser Hieronymian codices there is no sufficient distinction, so that anything solid might be drawn from them. Nor in others, whether ancient classical or more recent Martyrologists, is there any sufficiently expressed memory of these Martyrs, so that consequently they are owed to the Hieronymian codices alone, in which they are so distinctly recorded, that concerning their position, or place of martyrdom, their number and palm, no one can doubt. Now we come to the third cohort, not lacking in its own difficulty.