ON SS. ORESTES, DIOMEDES, AND RHODON,
MARTYRS AMONG THE GREEKS.
From the Ms. Synaxaria.
CommentaryOrestes, Martyr honored by the Greeks (S.)
Diomedes, Martyr honored by the Greeks (S.)
Rhodon, Martyr honored by the Greeks (S.)
G. H.
The illustrious Greek Ms. Synaxarion
of the Church of Constantinople, which
belongs to the Clermont College
of the Society of Jesus at Paris,
this day IX June begins with these
three Martyrs; but to be lamented,
that no elogium of them, as of others there,
is added. The words are these: On the IX day of the same month
of June, the contest of the holy Martyrs Orestes,
Diomedes, & Rhodon. The same things are read in the Mss.
Greek Menaea, which we ourselves found in the monastery
of Crypta-Ferrata in Latium, at Paris in the Library of
Cardinal Mazarin & of the Fathers of the Order of S. Dominic
of the Congregation of S. Louis, & at Turin in the Library
of the Duke of Savoy. There is some Rhodon
Martyr, by us from Latin Mss. related on III January.
But various Martyrs, with the name of Orestes & Diomedes,
are found in the Fasti, both Latin and
Greek; but nowhere these three or two of them are joined.