Alypius

From the Mss. Synaxaria, especially the Dijon one.

Commentary

Alypius, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)

Eubiotus or Eusebiotes, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)

Paul, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)

Juliana, Martyr among the Greeks (S.)

G. H.

The memory of these Martyrs is celebrated

among the Greeks in the Ms. Synaxarium

of the Constantinopolitan Church,

which pertains to the Clermont college

of the Society of Jesus

at Paris; likewise in the Mss. Menaea

of Cardinal Mazarin, and others

with the Dominican Fathers also

preserved at Paris; also in the Mss. Milan ones of the Ambrosian library,

and Turin ones of the Duke of Savoy, with these words

everywhere: "And of the holy Martyrs Alypius, Eubiotus,

Paul, and his sister Juliana." In the Mss. Menaea

preserved at Dijon with Peter Francis Chiflet of the Society

of Jesus, are mentioned the two former, and concerning the first

these are had. "Τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ ὅσιος Ἀλύπιος λίθῳ τὴν κεφαλὴν συντριβεὶς τελειοῦται." On the same day the holy

Alypius, when his head was crushed with a stone,

ended his life. Then is added this distich.

"Τὸν εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας τιμῶν λίθον,

Λίθῳ κεφαλὴν, Ἀλύπιε, συντρίβῃ."

While you duly honour the stone placed at the head of the corner,

Alypius, with a stone your head is crushed.

Of the other these are read: "Τῇ αυτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ ἅγιος Εὐσεβιώτης πυρὶ τελειοῦται." On the same day the holy Eusebiotes, by fire

burned, completes martyrdom; then is sung.

"Ἐυσεβιώτῃ προσδοκοῦντι τὰ στέφη,

Τὸ πυρπολοῦν πῦρ ὧς ἀέριος ἦν δρόσος."

To Eusebiotes, while he seeks crowns,

The devouring fire is turned into airy dew.

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