ON SS. AQUILINUS AND VICTORINUS
MARTYRS IN ISAURIA.
CommentaryAquilinus, Martyr in Isauria (S.)
Victorinus, Martyr in Isauria (S.)
G. H.
Isauria, a region of Asia, is part of southern Galatia, bordering Pisidia, where also is the city Isaura, in the Councils called Isauropolis: for Ilvarius at the first Constantinopolitan, & Athius at Chalcedon were Bishops of Isauropolis as participants. In this Isauria, either region, or perhaps even city, flourished these two Martyrs: from whom three apographs of the Martyrology of Jerome thus auspicate this day: XVII Kalends of June in Isauria of Aquilinus, Memory in ancient fasts Victorianus; which the same are had everywhere in all Martyrologies printed & written by hand, with today's Roman Martyrology. Usuard writes these things, also in the first place: In Isauria the province natale of SS. Aquilinus & Victorianus, whose deeds are had. The same are read in Ado & others: & in Petrus de Natalibus toward the end of book XI; where he enumerates Saints, whose deeds he could not obtain; meanwhile no. 141 he relates these things: Aquilinus & Victorianus Martyrs, whose deeds are had, in Syria, indeed Isauria, the province they suffered XVII Kalends of June. In a similar way as here for Isauria, is written Syria, so also elsewhere Isauria, Esaurea & Caesarea is read. As also for Victorianus, Victorinus, Victurinus & Victoriana is found. They are separated in the most ancient MS. of Echternach by the common particle elsewhere from the three Martyrs, of whom we shall soon treat: who, with the said particle elsewhere omitted, in other apographs of the Martyrology of Jerome to these two are joined, & one or another in other Fasts, as will soon appear. In MS. of Tamlachta are indicated Aquilinus & Victorinus; as also in the Gellonensian volume 13 of the spicilegium edited by d'Achery. In MS. Florarium on the day XVI March, are reported SS. Aquilinus & Victorianus Martyrs, whom we then deferred to this day. Are also these two Martyrs Aquilinus & Victorianus on the day following XVII May, inscribed in the ancient Martyrology of Cassino written in Lombardic character. also 17 May, Likewise on the day XIV June in the ancient Calendar before the book of S. Isidore on Ecclesiastical Offices, & 14 June. preserved at Rome among the Fathers of the Congregation of the Oratory. The Acts indeed cited by Usuard & others citing him, have nowhere hitherto appeared.