ON SAINTS QUINTILLUS THE BISHOP AND CAPITULINUS, MARTYRS, AT NICOMEDIA.
CommentaryQuintillus or Quirillus, Bishop, Martyr, at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)
Capitulinus, Martyr, at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)
[1] Great agreement regarding these Martyrs is found in the older handwritten Martyrologies, although they differ considerably among themselves in the spelling of the first Saint, who in most codices is read as Quintillus, or, closely related, Quintilus, Quintilis, Quintulus, Quintolus; sometimes Quintilinus, and in contracted form Quintinus, Quintus. Saint Quintillus variously written, Meanwhile, in our manuscript Martyrology of Saint Jerome, written nearly a thousand years ago, it is written Quirillus, and the ancient manuscripts of Reichenau and Augsburg, Saint Ulrich's, agree. In the Aachen manuscript, Quintinus is recorded as having suffered at Nicomedia, and Quirillus is appended at the end to the African Martyrs, about whom we shall presently treat; we consider them one and the same Martyr. And here Saint Quintillus or Quirillus is read alone in various manuscript Martyrologies, as was also done in today's Roman Martyrology in these words: "At Nicomedia, Saint Quinctilis, Bishop and Martyr." Where Baronius cites Bede, or the Martyrology printed under the name of Bede. For this day is blank in the genuine copy of Bede.
[2] A companion, Capitulinus — sometimes Capitolinus — is added and Saint Capitulinus. in four copies of the Martyrology of Saint Jerome, in the manuscripts of Reichenau, Corbie, Aachen, Trier Saint Maximin, Tournai Saint Martin's, Laetium, Centula, and another of Queen Christina of Sweden; likewise in the printed Notker, Rabanus, and the indicated Martyrology under the name of Bede, with the same phrase everywhere: "At Nicomedia, Quintillus the Bishop and Capitulinus." In the Prague manuscript, with the place omitted, one reads: "Quintolus the Bishop and Capieralis the Bishop." But the consistent reading of the others prevails. Likewise an error of the copyists is found in the Augsburg codex, when Nicomedi is written in place of Nicomedia. Moreover, Nicomedia, the arena of illustrious Martyrs and the seat of various Emperors, is a well-known coastal city of Bithynia, on the Astacene Gulf of the Propontis.
ON SAINT DION, MARTYR, AMONG THE GREEKS.
CommentaryDion, Martyr, among the Greeks (Saint)
The Greeks recall on this day the memory of Saint Dion the Martyr, who ended his life struck by the sword. In the Menaea this couplet is added:
"Though the tyrant's dread right hand may slay you, The Lord's right hand yet crowns you, Dion."
The cruel right hand of the tyrant may strike you down, Yet the right hand of the Lord crowns you still, Dion.
In the manuscript of Mazarin and another, he is called Dionysius. The remaining details concerning place, time, and other circumstances are thus far unknown.