ON THE HOLY ALEXANDRIAN MARTYRS, COLLEGUS AND COLLOTUS THE DEACONS, PAMPONIUS, MINEPTUS, ROGATUS, QUARTINUS, SATURUS, MARINUS, QUINTASIUS, IEMSOLIUS, MARTIUS, LIKEWISE ROGATUS, SAMPHORANUS, AURELIUS OR AURELIA, CAPILLEDUS, DIONYSIUS, JANUARIUS, VICTOR, CONVOTUS, SIMPORIUS, AND EIGHT COMPANIONS.
CommentaryCollegus, Deacon, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Collotus, Deacon, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Pamponius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Mineptus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Rogatus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Quartinus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Saturus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Marinus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Quintasius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Iemsolius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Martius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Rogatus the Second, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Samphoranus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Aurelius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Capilledus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Dionysius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Januarius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Victor, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Convotus, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Simporius, Martyr at Alexandria in Egypt (Saint)
Eight Companions, Martyrs at Alexandria in Egypt (Saints)
[1] Four bands of Martyrs are set forth for this March 18 in the ancient Martyrology of Saint Jerome: of which the first is listed thus in the Parisian edition from the Corbie manuscript: On the fifteenth day before the Calends of April, at Alexandria, of Collegus the Deacon, Names of the Martyrs in the four Martyrologies of Saint Jerome, Collotus the Deacon, Pamporius, Mineptus, Rogatianus, Quartus, Saturus, Quintasius, Marinus, Iemsolus, Martius, Rogatus, Samphoronus, Aurilius, Capelledus, Dionysius, Januarius, Victor, Vogonuptus, Samphorus, with nine other Martyrs. Of Mary with her companions. The Blumian manuscript reports these Martyrs thus: At Alexandria, of Collegus the Deacon, Colotus the Deacon, Pamporius, Runeptus, Rogatus, Quartus, Saturus, Quintasius, Marinus, Lemsolus, Marcus, Rogatus, Sampronus, Aurilia, Capelledus, Dionisius, Januarius, Victor, Vogonuccus, Samphorus, with eight others. Of Mary. The Lucca manuscript inserts two additional names and enumerates them thus: At Alexandria, of Collegus the Deacon, Colotus the Deacon, Pamponius, Daneptus, Rogatus, Quartinus, Saturus, Marinus, Quintasius, Marinus, Generolus, Martius. Likewise of Rogatus, Samphoronus, Aurilia, Capillidus, Dionisius, Januarius, Victor, Vogonucta, Samforus, with eight other Martyrs, with no mention made of Mary. Finally, our most ancient manuscript written in British script, with two others inserted, reports them thus: At Alexandria, of Collecticius the Deacon, Colotus the Deacon, Pamponius, Parilis, Servilis, Mineptus, Rogatus, Quartinus, Saturus, Marinus, Quintasius, Martius. Likewise of Rogatus, Aurilius, Capillidus, Dionisius, Januarius, Victor, Convotus, Simporus, with eight others. And it assigns Mary to the next band with her companions. Without a place these are read in the Tamlaght Martyrology in Ireland: their names are Collegus, Colotus, Pamporius, Mineptus, Rogatus, Quartinus, Marinus, Aurelia, Capilledus, Dionysius, and seven others. Of Martius and forty-three others, unless these pertain to other saints.
[2] In other Martyrologies some are reported. He who is the leader and standard-bearer of the rest is reported in the manuscript of the Queen of Sweden, and from it by Lucas Holstenius in his Notes on the Roman Martyrology: At Alexandria, of Collegus the Deacon. And in others. The same things are found in the Corbie, Tournai, and Labbé manuscripts. But Rabanus and the printed Bede have Colesticus, Galesinius has Caelesticus, the Reichenau manuscript has Collecticius. In the Vatican manuscripts and another of the Church of Saint Peter, likewise in the Barberini and Augsburg manuscripts, three are named: At Alexandria, of Collegus or Collegius the Deacon, Rogatus and Saturus. Notker: At Alexandria, of Collegius and Colytus the Deacons. The Aachen manuscript: Collegius, Quartinus, and Samphorus. The Cassino and Altemps manuscripts: At Alexandria, of Collegus the Deacon, Rogatus, Saturus, Quartinus, Martinus. The Prague manuscript: Quartinus and Sanforus. Ado in the manuscript of the Queen of Sweden: On the same day, of Saint Collegius the Deacon.
[3] Diversity of the names. There is great agreement in establishing Alexandria as the arena of martyrdom; but the names of the Martyrs differ in several cases: thus Collegus, Collegius, Colesticus, Caelesticus, Collecticus and Collectitius: Colotus, Collotus and Colytus. Pamponius, Pamporius and Pamporius: Mineptus, Nineptus, Duneptus and Runeptus: Rogatus and Rogatianus: Quartinus and Quartus: Marinus and Martinus: Iemsolus, Lemsolus and Generolus: Martius, Martius and Marcus:
Samphoronus and Sampronus: Aurilius, Aurilia and Aurelia: Capelledus, Capellidus, Capilledus and Capillidus. Vogonuptus, Vogonuccus, Vogonucta and Convotus. Samphorus, Samforus and Simporus. Finally, the number added is eight, nine, or seven companions. We omit in the title the names Parilis and Servilis found in a single codex, because they are perhaps Aprilis and Servulus, the Nicomedian Martyrs, about whom we shall treat presently.
[4] On the seventeenth day the following is found concerning them in the manuscript Martyrology of the Carmelites of Cologne: Veneration on March 17, At Alexandria, the Birthday of the Saints Collegius the Deacon, Rogatus, and Satyrus, Martyrs. Nearly the same things are read in the Florarium manuscript, and in the Martyrologies printed at Cologne and Lübeck in the years 1490 and 1515. Likewise in Canisius, Maurolycus, and Felicius. The most ancient manuscript of Saint Maximin: At Alexandria, of Collogus the Deacon, Rogatus, Dionysius.