ON THE HOLY MARTYRS THEUSETES, HORRUS HIS SON, THEODORA, NYMPHODORA, MARCUS, AND ARABIA. LIKEWISE JULIUS THE BISHOP, ALEXANDER, PION OR PICIUS, MARIA, AND TWO OTHERS. LIKEWISE DION, TRABIA, QUARTUS, MISETHEUS, NYMPHADOBA, ARIABA, POENIS, PARTA, VICTURIA, AND VICTURINUS, AT NICAEA, OR PERHAPS SOME OF THEM ELSEWHERE.
CommentaryTheusetes, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Horrus, his son, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Theodora, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Nymphodorus, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Marcus, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Arabia, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Julius, Bishop, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Alexander, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Pion or Picius, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Maria, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Two others, Martyrs, at Nicaea (SS.) Dion, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Trabia, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Quartus, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Misetheus, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Nymphadoba, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Ariaba, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Poenis, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Parta, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Victuria, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
Victurinus, Martyr, at Nicaea (St.)
[1] In the third place these Martyrs are listed in the Martyrology of St. Jerome, and are perhaps to be subdivided into three companies; but since this is uncertain, we present them together. They are arranged thus in the said Martyrology: In the city of Nicaea, of Theusetes and Horis his son, Theodora, Nymphodora, Whether to be divided into three companies? Marcus, and Arabia. All these were burned by fire. And these should be reckoned as the first company. Then is added: Of Julius the Bishop, Alexander, Pionius, Maria, with two others. This would be the second company, to which the third is appended thus: Of Dion, Trabia, Quarta, Misetheus, Nymphadoba, Ariaba, Poenis, Parta, Victuria, and Victurinus. So much from that source. The first group is inscribed in most of the Latin Calendars, such as those of Usuard, Ado, Notker, the printed edition of Bede, Bellinus, and others; with which the Roman Martyrology agrees in these words: At Nicaea, of the holy Martyrs Theusetes and Horris his son, Theodora, Nymphodora, Marcus, and Arabia, who were all delivered to the fire. Arturus a Monasterio assigns to the sacred women's cloister the names of SS. Theusetes, Theodora, Nymphodora, and Arabia, but we think Theusetes should rather be assigned to the men, whether the nominative is Theusetes or Theuseta; indeed in the manuscripts it is also written Theuseti and Theusebius. After these Martyrs of the first company are listed, there are added in Rabanus, Notker, and the Richeberg manuscript under the name of Bede: Julius the Bishop, Alexander. But the mention of Julius alone from these is added in the manuscripts of Augsburg (St. Ulrich's) and Paris (Labbaeus). The name of Trabia is read in Maurolycus. But the name Pion, which is immediately joined to Alexander, is read in other manuscripts as Dion or Picius. In the third company we also find Pion, Mistheus or Nisisthaeus, and Arabia or Ariaba, in place of Dion, Misetheus, and Ariaba. The Blumian manuscript of St. Jerome begins this group thus: In the city of Nicaea, of Theusetes and Horisfula the Virgin, Theodora, etc. -- which reading is not displeasing, if it should be found in multiple manuscripts. Florentinus prefers to divide Nymphadoba and read Nympha and Doba.