Martyrs

ON THE HOLY MARTYRS

HERACLIUS, PAULINUS, MENSERIMUS OR MANEREMUS, ALSO DIOCLETIANUS, OR DIJUDICIANUS.

Heraclius, Martyr (S.)

Paulinus, Martyr (S.)

Menserimus, or Maneremus, Martyr (S.)

Diocletianus, or Dijudicianus, Martyr (S.)

G. H.

In the second place are commemorated these holy Martyrs in the ancient apographs of the Martyrology of Jerome, & in the Echternach are thus brought forth: And elsewhere of Heradus, Paulinus, Menserimus. In other apographs is lacking the particle & elsewhere, & for Heradus is written, Heraclius, Heraclus, Heracrus, as for Menserimus, is Maneremus, Manerimus, Minermus. From these Eraclius or Heraclius & Paulinus are reported in MSS. of Aachen of the primary church, of Paris of Labbe, also by Greven in the Auctarium of Usuard, Galesinius & Canisius, & alone Paulinus in MS. of Cologne of S. Mary at the Steps. In MS. of Tamlachta are written these names, Heradus, Paulinus, Menserinus. We gave on the preceding day from the Synaxaria of the Greeks at Athens in Sicily having suffered Heraclius, Paulinus, & Benedimus, & we said that in exemplars which at Paris P. Combefisius, at Dijon P. Chiffletius showed us, also on this XVI May they are reported: accordingly a strong suspicion is born to me, that the name Benedimus by error of the librarians has been changed into Menserimus or Maneremus; or contrariwise. There is certainly great affinity between the ancient μ & υ, by which letter for β often the Greeks use, because

pronouncing they convert B into V just as also the Spanish do. From such suspicion however I do not wish to change anything. In MS. Gellonensian or of S. William of the desert, by d'Achery in volume 3 of the Spicilegium edited, are reported the names of Eraclius, Paulinus, Diocletianus. The same are reported in MS. Augsburg of S. Vdalricus, but Dioclitianus is written. In MS. of S. Gallen Diodecianus: in MS. of Labbe & another ancient one in d'Achery, Dijudicianus & Dijudecianus, & the names of Eraclius, Paulinus are placed before.