ON ST. SATURNINA OR SATURNINUS,
MARTYR AT MÉRIDA IN SPAIN.
CommentarySaturnina or Saturninus, Martyr at Mérida in Spain (S.)
G. H.
Mérida, once the most illustrious and ample of the Spanish cities, supplies us on this day the sacred veneration of some Saint, but of what kind you would say, whether man or woman, is not sufficiently clear. The most ancient transcript of the Hieronymian Martyrology, which belongs to the Epternac, has these things: In the city of Mérida the birthday of Saturnina. The Blumian MS. agrees. But on the contrary two other transcripts of the same Martyrology, namely the Lucca and the Corbie printed at Paris, thus have: At Mérida the birthday of St. Saturninus. The Spaniards with Tamayus Salazar are silent: because they had not knowledge of these ancient Martyrologies.