ON THE HOLY MARTYRS OF NEVEDUNUM
ZOTICUS, AMANDUS, ARTES.
From the Hieronymian Martyrologies.
CommentaryZoticus, Martyr, at Nevedunum (S.)
Amandus, Martyr, at Nevedunum (S.)
Artes, Martyr, at Nevedunum (S.)
BY THE AUTHOR J. B. S.
In these three there is a little greater difficulty, since they are assigned to Syria in some greater and lesser apographs; but in the most ancient the name of Zoticus is here plainly passed over. For thus it reads: At Nevedunum, of Amantius, Artes. But since elsewhere Zoticus is most constantly found, I have thought that he can be numbered with the other two. Thus the Lucca codices have: In Syria, at Nevedunum, of Zoticus, Amandus, Sichetis—wrongly, I suppose, for Artes. The Corbie: In Syrica, at Nevedunum, of Zoticus, Amandus, Artes. I am deceived, unless it be plain enough, that in these codices those names Syria and Syrica were wrongly transposed hither from the preceding announcement: for in vain would you seek Nevedunum in Syria, as Florentinius also observed before me. But where precisely that Nevedunum is to be placed, I indeed do not hitherto define. Let the curious of these matters see the dissertation of our Janninck in volume VI of June, from page 17, where he accurately disputes concerning that town, claiming Nevedunum, which is named on 4 and 6 June, under that proper formation for Gaul, from the ancient Martyrology of St. Savinus of Lavedan, edited by Saussay, which embraces only Gallic Saints.
[2] But since the aforesaid Martyrology makes no mention even by a word of today's Nevedunum Martyrs, nothing forbids to seek our Nevedunum on the Danube, concerning which see there many things most diligently discussed. Moreover, what I said above, that some Zoticus is to be assigned to Nevedunum also on this day, although both another Zoticus of Nevedunum on the 4th, and Amandus or Amantius on the 4th of the same
month are found, besides the Corbie and Lucca apographs, so also the Rhinow, Reichenau, and Queen of Sweden codices will teach, in which Zoticus is expressly ascribed to Nevedunum. Although for the rest I gladly confess that both confusion of Saints and repetitions are not rare in those codices. But that in Greven these Martyrs are placed in Syria, we do not doubt to have flowed from some codex, similar to the Barberini, which was also printed in the edition of Bede. From the more recent Martyrologies nothing can here be added or taken away.