CONCERNING S. THEODORE OR THEODULUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR AT ANTIOCH.
CommentaryTheodore, or Theodulus, Priest and Martyr at Antioch (S.)
The ancient commemoration of this Martyr is clearly established: only in the form of his name is there some variation. The very ancient Martyrologies of S. Jerome in four copies, others of S. Cyriacus and of Queen Christina of Sweden, the former cited by Baronius, the latter by Holstenius -- likewise the Barberinian, Cassinese, Altempsian, Richenaugiense, Rhinoviense, and others, and with them Usuard and Notker -- report him in these words throughout: "At Antioch, of S. Theodore the Martyr." The same is read in the manuscript Florarium, and in Maurolycus, Felicius, Galesinius, and Canisius, who adds that he excelled in uprightness of morals, wisdom, and eloquence. In the Augsburg manuscript of S. Ulrich and of S. Maximinus, he is called Theodoricus; by Bellinus, Theodolus; in today's Roman Martyrology, Theodulus, and it is added in the Notes that more ancient copies attest to this reading: but these we have never happened to see. He is inscribed in the distich of Wandelbert cited above. Another Theodoricus the Priest, who also suffered at Antioch under Julian the Apostate, is reported in certain Martyrologies indicated above among those Passed Over, whom others also call Theodore, as does the Roman Martyrology, to which he is assigned under October 23.