ON SS. FACUNDINUS AND JUVENTINUS AND PEREGRINUS AND FELICITAS, MARTYRS AT RIMINI IN ITALY,
AT RIMINI IN ITALY.
CommentaryFacundinus, martyr, at Rimini in Italy. (S.)
Juventinus, martyr, at Rimini in Italy. (S.)
Peregrinus, martyr, at Rimini in Italy. (S.)
Felicitas, martyr, at Rimini in Italy. (S.)
J. P.
Ariminum, now Rimini, a city
of the province of Romagna, suffragan
to the archbishop of Ravenna,
and situated on the Adriatic sea and the river
Ariminus, venerates these Saints.
Ferrari writes of them
in both his Catalogues; but so little that
besides their names and cult he scarcely asserts anything
by which he might instruct the reader, as is clear from the Catalogue of the Saints
of Italy, in which at this day he thus records:
Facundinus, Juventinus, Peregrinus, brothers,
and Felicitas, their sister, at Rimini, as
tradition has it, in the time of the persecution seized and tortured
for the confession of Christ, were crowned with martyrdom
on the IV of the Nones of September. Whose bodies
are kept buried in the cathedral church. And their
memory is commemorated with an anniversary solemnity on this
day at Rimini and throughout the diocese. And presently
Ferrari indicates that these things were taken from the records and
monuments of the church of Rimini. And in his annotation
he says, The Acts of these holy Martyrs are wanting:
nor could more be known of them than
what has been said. In the Directory of the church of Rimini for the year
1644 they are to be celebrated with a double rite. In passing
I warn that today's SS. Facundinus and Juventinus
are altogether different from the two namesakes
whom we gave at the day XXVIII of August. Of today's
Martyrs Castellanus also treats in his
universal Martyrology.