ON SS. VINCENTIUS, JOHN AND MARIUS,
MARTYRS AT GORTYNA IN CRETE.
CommentaryVincentius, Martyr at Gortyna in Crete (S.)
John, Martyr at Gortyna in Crete (S.)
Marius, Martyr at Gortyna in Crete (S.)
G. H.
Gortyna once a famous city of the island of Crete, embraced the faith of Christ in the earliest times: which St. Philip, Bishop of that city, in the second century of Christ against the fury of the Gentiles and the snares of the heretics excellently defended, we said at his Life on the XI of April: That the same faith with blood shed S. Cyril defended, Bishop of the same city in the persecution of Decius, testify the Latins and Greeks in the sacred calendars at the day IX of July: and to the same these Martyrs assigns the transcript of the Hieronymian Martyrology of Epternach written nearly a thousand years ago; in which these things are read, in the city Gortyna, of Vincentius, John. The same, but the place of contest omitted, relate the transcripts of the same Martyrology of Lucca and Blume, with the Ms. of Monte Cassino, in these words, Crowned, or SS. Crowned instead of Gortyna, of Vincentius, John: to whom the name Marius is added in the Corbie transcript, printed at Paris.