ON SS. SALONAS AND SELEUCUS,
MARTYRS AMONG THE GREEKS.
from the Manuscript Synaxary of Dijon.
CommentarySalonas, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)
Seleucus, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)
D. P.
The Dijon Synaxary often praised by us
(which because our Petrus Franciscus
Chiffletius of pious memory exhibited for use, we often call
Chiffletian) presents to us the two Martyrs noted in the title,
unknown elsewhere;
but in such a way, that we are unable to know either the place or the time at which they suffered,
nor whether they suffered together; but only by what
manner of death they obtained the crown: which both the titles, and the distichs
subscribed to the titles, express in this manner.
Ὅ
ἅγιος
Μάρτυς
Σαλώνας
ξίφει
τελειοῦται.
The holy Martyr Salonas is consummated by the sword.
Σπονδὰς
ἀπειθῶν
προσφέρειν
ἐιδώλοισι,
Τέμνῃ,
Σαλώνα,
καὶ
Θεῷ
σπόνδη
γένῃ
While you refuse, Salonas, to pour libations to idols,
You are cut by the sword, and become a libation to God.
Ὁ
ἅγιος
Μάρτυς
Σέλευκος
πρίονι
τελειοῦται.
The holy Martyr Seleucus is consummated by the saw.
Φέρει
Σέλευκος
ἀστενακτὶ
τὴν
πρίσιν,
Καὶ
τὸν
πολυστένακτον
ἐκλείπει
βίον.
Seleucus bore the sawing without groans,
And left behind a life full of groans.