ON THE HOLY MARTYRS OF CAESAREA IN CAPPADOCIA: EUPLUS OR EUPLIA AND ALEXANDER AND CUPSICUS OR CEROCISUS AND HYSICUS AND ALOPONUS AND SILVANUS AND FIVE OTHERS, MARTYRS,
AT CAESAREA IN CAPPADOCIA
From the Hieronymian copies.
CommentaryEuplus or Euplia, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Alexander, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Cuspicus or Cerocisus, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Hysicus, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Aloponus, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Silvanus, martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia (St.)
Five other martyrs at Caesarea in Cappadocia
J. S.
A handful of martyrs who suffered at Caesarea in Cappadocia are set before us today by the Hieronymian Calendars, but their names are reported in them corruptly and in various ways. Florentinius published the text of his Martyrology thus: At Caesarea of Cappadocia, the birthday of the holy Euplus, Alexander, Cupsicus *, Hysicus, Aloponus, Silvanus, with five others. In the Corbie copy the number of Martyrs is the same, and there they are expressed thus: At Caesaria of Cappadocia, the birthday of the holy Euplia, Alexander, Cirocisus, Hisicus, Alapon, Silvanus, with five others. From these I judge that there were eleven Martyrs in all. The diversity of the names I have already noted in the title itself, and I do not care to divine in which of the two places they are written more correctly. For the rest, out of this whole handful only one Martyr, with his name corrupted, is set down in the Echternach copy, which has it thus: At Caesarea of Cappadocia, of Euferia. In the Gellone copy, in d'Achery, these are mixed with others, unless we should believe that mention is made there of Euplia alone, who is placed first, although the name of Silvanus is afterwards twice repeated. In two of the more abridged copies published by us after the seventh volume of June — the Labbean, namely, and the Augsburg — there is likewise a memory of Euplia, and afterwards of Silvanus; but the latter may also belong to another class.
Annotations* so in the corrigenda