Roman
Martyrology, Complete, May
Semen est sanguis Christianorum
(The blood of Christians is the seed of the Church) Tertullian, Apologeticum,
50
(The Notation P2V
preceding a name indicates that the Saint or Martyr was added
after 1900 and prior to 1962 and the purging of
Saints by Pope Paul VI following the Second Vatican Council)
ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 1st
This Day, the First Day of May
The birthday of the blessed Apostles
Philip and James. Philip, after having converted
nearly all Scythia to the faith of Christ, went to Hierapolis,
in Asia, where he was fastened to a cross, overwhelmed with
stones, and thus terminated his life gloriously. James,
who is also called the brother of our Lord, was
the first bishop of Jerusalem. Being hurled down
from a pinnacle of the temple, he had his legs broken, and
being then struck on the head with a dyer's staff, he expired,
and was buried near the temple.
In Egypt, St. Jeremias, prophet,
who was stoned to death by the people at Taphnas, where
he was interred. St. Epiphanius relates that the faithful
were wont to pray at his grave, and to take away from it
dust to heal those who were stung by serpents.
In France, in the province of Vivarais,
blessed Andeol,
sub-deacon, who was sent from the East into Gaul
with others by St. Polycarp to preach the word of God. Under
the emperor Severus he was scourged with thorny sticks,
and having his head split with a wooden sword into four
parts, in the shape of a cross, terminated his martyrdom.
At Huesca, in Spain, the holy martyrs
Orentius and Patience.
At Sion, in Switzerland, St. Sigismund,
king of the Burgundians, who was drowned in a well,
and afterwards became renowned for miracles.
At Auxerre, St. Amator, bishop and
confessor.
At Auch, St. Orientius, bishop.
In England, the Saints Asaph, bishop,
and Walburge, virgin.
At Bergamo, St. Grata, widow.
At Forli, St. Peregrinus, of
the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 2nd
This Day, the Second Day of May
At Alexandria, the birthday of St.
Athanasius, bishop of that city and
Doctor of the Church, most
celebrated for sanctity and learning. Although almost all
the world had formed a conspiracy to persecute him, he courageously
defended the Catholic faith from the reign of Constantine
to that of Valens, against emperors, governors, and a multitude
of Arian bishops, whose perfidious attacks forced him to
wander as an exile over the whole earth without finding
a place of security. At length, however, he was restored
to his church, and after fighting many combats, and winning
many crowns by his patience, he departed for Heaven in the
forty-sixth year of his priesthood, in the time of the emperors
Valentinian and Valens.
At Rome, the holy martyrs Saturninus,
Neopolus, Germanus, and Celestine, who after much
suffering were thrown into prison, where they rested in
the Lord.
Also the holy martyrs Exuperius and
Zoe, his wife, with their sons, Cyriacus and Theodulus,
who suffered under the emperor Adrian.
At Seville, St. Felix, deacon and
martyr.
The same day, St. Vindemial, bishop
and martyr, who with the holy
bishops Eugenius and Longinus, combated the Arians
by his teaching and miracles, and was decapitated by order
of king Hunneric.
At Avila, in Spain, St. Secundus,
bishop, who is also mentioned with others on the
15th of this month.
At Florence, the bishop St. Antoninus,
of the Order of Preachers, renowned for holiness and learning.
His feast is kept on the 10th of this month.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 3rd
This Day, the Third Day of May
At Jerusalem, the Finding of the Holy
Cross of our Lord, in the time of the emperor Constantine.
At Rome, on the Nomentan road, the
holy martyrs Alexander, Pope, Eventius and Theodulus, priests.
Alexander was bound, imprisoned, racked, lacerated with
hooks, burned, pierced in all his limbs with pointed instruments,
and finally put to death, under the emperor Adrian and the
judge Aurelian. Eventius and Theodulus, after along imprisonment
were exposed to the flames, and then beheaded.
At Narni, St. Juvenal, bishop and
confessor.
At Constantinople, the holy martyrs
Alexander, soldier, and Antonina, virgin.
In the persecution of Maximian, under the governor Festus,
Antonina, having been condemned
to remain in a house of debauch, was delivered by
Alexander, who secretly exchanging
garments with her, took her place. They were, tortured together,
and both having their hands cut off, and being cast into
the fire, were crowned at the end of their noble combat
for the faith.
In Thebais, the holy martyrs Timothy
and his wife Maura. The Arian prefect caused them
to be tortured, and then fastened to a cross, on which remaining
suspended and alive for nine days, and encouraging each
other to persevere in the faith, they consummated their
martyrdom.
At Aphrodisia, in Caria, the holy
martyrs Diodorus and Rodopian, who were stoned to
death by their fellow-citizens, in the persecution of Diocletian.
On Mount Senario, near Florence, the
blessed Sostenaeus and Uguccio, confessors,
who responding to a voice from Heaven, departed this life
on the same day and at the same hour, while reciting the
angelical salutation.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 4th
This Day, the Fourth Day of May
At Ostia, the birthday of St. Monica,
mother of blessed Augustine, who has left us in the
ninth book of his Confessions a beautiful sketch of her
life.
At the metal mines of Phennes, in Palestine, the birthday
of the blessed Silvanus, bishop
of Gaza, who was crowned with martyrdom
with many of his clerics by
the command of Caesar Galerius Maximian, in the persecution
of Diocletian.
Also, thirty-nine holy martyrs,
who were beheaded together after having been condemned to
work in the same mines, to be branded with a hot iron, and
to undergo other torments.
At Jerusalem, in the reign of Julian the Apostate,
St. Cyriacus, bishop, who was
murdered as he was visiting the holy places.
In Umbria, St. Porphyry, martyr.
At Nicomedia, the birthday of St.
Antonia, martyr, who, for the confession of Christ,
was cruelly tortured, subjected to diverse torments, suspended
by one arm for three days, kept two years in prison, and
finally delivered to the flames by the governor Priscillian.
At Lorch, in Austria, under the emperor Diocletian and the
governor Aquilinus, the martyr St.
Florian, who was precipitated into the river Enns,
with a stone tied to his neck.
At Tarsus, St. Pelagia, virgin,
who endured martyrdom under Diocletian by being shut up
within a red-hot brazen ox.
At Cologne, St. Paulinus, martyr.
At Milan, St. Venerius, bishop,
whose virtues are attested by St. John Chrysostom in the
epistle which he wrote to him.
In the province of Perigord, St. Sacerdos,
bishop of Limoges.
At Hildesheim, in Saxony, St. Godard,
bishop and confessor, ranked among the Saints by
Innocent II.
At Auxerre, St. Curcodomus, deacon.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 5th
This Day, the Fifth Day of May
At Rome, Pope St. Pius V, of
the Order of Preachers, who labored zealously and successfully
for the re-establishment of ecclesiastical discipline, the
extirpation of heresies, the destruction of the enemies
of the Christian name, and governed the Catholic Church
by holy laws and the example of a saintly life.
Also at Rome, St. Crescentiana, martyr.
In the same city, St. Sylvanus, martyr.
At Alexandria, St. Euthymius, deacon,
who died in prison for Christ.
At Thessalonica, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Irenaeus, Peregrinus and Irenes, who
were burned alive.
At Auxerre, the martyrdom of
St. Jovinian, lector.
At Leocata, in Sicily, St. Angelus,
a priest of the Order of Carmelites, who was murdered
by the heretics for defending the Catholic faith.
At Jerusalem, St. Maximus, bishop
and confessor, whom the Caesar Maximian Galerius
condemned to work in the mines, after having plucked out
one of his eyes and branded him on the foot with hot iron.
At Edessa, in Syria, St. Eulogius,
bishop and confessor.
At Aries, in France, St. Hilary, bishop,
noted for his learning and holiness.
At Vienne, the bishop St. Nicetus,
a man venerable for his sanctity.
At Bologna, St. Theodore, a bishop
who was eminent for merits.
The same day, St. Sacerdos, bishop
of Saguntum.
At Milan, St. Geruntius, bishop.
In the same city, the conversion of
St. Augustine, bishop and Doctor of the Church, whom
the blessed bishop Ambrose instructed in the Catholic faith,
and baptized on this day.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 6th
This Day, the Sixth Day of May
At Rome, the feast of St. John before
the Latin Gate. Being bound and brought to Rome from
Ephesus by the order of Domitian, he was condemned by the
Senate to be cast, near the said gate, into a vessel of
boiling oil, from which he came out more healthy and vigorous
than before.
At Antioch, St. Evodius, who,
as the blessed Ignatius wrote to the people of Antioch,
was consecrated first bishop
of that city by the Apostle St. Peter, and ended his life
by a glorious martyrdom.
At Cyrene, St. Lucius, bishop,
who is mentioned by St. Luke, in the Acts of the Apostles.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Heliodorus
and Venustus, with seventy-five others.
In Cyprus, St. Theodotus, bishop
of Cyrinia, who having undergone grievous afflictions under
the emperor Licinius, at length yielded his soul to God,
when peace was restored to the Church.
At Damascus, the birthday of the blessed
John Damascene, renowned for sanctity and learning,
who, by both the written and the spoken word, courageously
resisted Leo the Isaurian, in defending the worship paid
to sacred images. By order of this emperor his right hand
was cut off, but commending himself to an image of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, which he had defended, his hand was immediately
restored to him entire and sound.
At Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, St. Protogenes,
bishop.
In England, St. Eadbert, bishop
of Lindisfarne, eminent for doctrine and piety.
At Rome, St. Benedicta, virgin.
At Salerno, the Translation of St.
Matthew, Apostle. His sacred body previously transferred
from Ethiopia to various countries, was finally taken to
Salerno, and there with great pomp placed in a church dedicated
under his invocation.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 7th
This Day, the Seventh Day of May
At Cracow, in Poland, the birthday of
St. Stanislaus, bishop and martyr,
who was murdered by the wicked king Boleslas.
At Terracina, in Campania, the birthday of
blessed Flavia Domitilla, virgin and
martyr, niece of the Consul Flavius Clemens. She
received the religious veil at the hands of St. Clement,
and in the persecution of Domitian was exiled with many
others to the island of Pontia, where she endured a long
martyrdom for Christ. Taken afterwards to Terracina, she
converted many to the faith of Christ by her teaching and
miracles. The judge ordered the chamber in which she was
with the virgins Euphrosina and Theodora,
to be set on fire, and she thus consummated her glorious
martyrdom. She is also mentioned with the holy martyrs Nereus
and Achilleus, on the 12th of this month.
The same day, St. Juvenal, martyr.
At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Flavius,
Augustus, and Augustine, brothers.
In the same city, St. Quadratus, martyr,
who was frequently tortured in the persecution of Decius,
and at last decapitated.
At Rome, St. Benedict, Pope and confessor.
At York, in England, St. John, bishop
renowned for his saintly life and miracles.
At Pavia, the bishop St. Peter.
At Rome, the translation of the body
of St. Stephen, the first martyr, which was brought
from Constantinople to Rome, and laid in the sepulchre of
the martyr St. Lawrence in the field of Verano, where it
is honored with great devotion by the pious faithful.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 8th
This Day, the Eight Day of May
On Mount Gargano, the apparition of
the Archangel St. Michael.
At Milan, the birthday of the holy
martyr Victor, a Moor. He became a Christian in his
youth, and served as soldier in the imperial army. When
Maximian wished to force him to offer sacrifice to idols,
he persevered with the greatest fortitude in the confession
of the Lord. Being first beaten with rods, but without experiencing
any pain, through the protection of God, and then having
melted lead poured over him, which did him no injury whatever,
he at length terminated the career of his glorious martyrdom
by being beheaded.
At Constantinople, in the persecution of Diocletian and
Maximian, St. Acathius, a centurion,
who, being denounced as a Christian by the tribune Firmus,
and cruelly tortured at Perinthus by the judge Bibian, was
finally condemned to death at Byzantium by the proconsul
Flaccinus. His body was afterwards miraculously brought
to the shore of Syllacium, where it is preserved with due
honor.
At Vienne, St. Denis, bishop and confessor.
At Auxerre, St. Helladius, bishop.
In the diocese of Besancon, St. Peter,
bishop.
In Ireland, St. Wiro, bishop.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 9th
This Day, the Ninth Day of May
At Nazianzus, the birthday of St.
Gregory, bishop and Doctor of the Church, surnamed
the Theologian, because of his remarkable knowledge of divinity.
At Constantinople, he restored the Catholic faith, which
was fast waning, and repressed the rising heresies.
At Rome, St. Hennas, mentioned
by the Apostle St. Paul in the epistle to the Romans. Generously
sacrificing himself, he became an offering acceptable to
God, and adorned with virtues took his departure for the
Heavenly kingdom.
In Persia, three hundred and ten holy
martyrs.
At Caglio, on the Flaminian road, the passion of
St. Gerontius, bishop of Cervia.
In the castle of Windisch, the decease of
St. Beatus, confessor.
At Constantinople, the translation
of the Apostle St. Andrew and the evangelist St. Luke,
out of Achaia, and of Timothy, disciple
of the blessed Apostle Paul, from Ephesus. The body of St.
Andrew, long after, was conveyed to Amalfi, where
it is honored by the pious concourse of the faithful. From
his tomb continually issues a liquid which heals diseases.
At Rome, also, the translation of
St. Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church, from
Bethlehem of Juda, to the basilica of St. Mary of the Manger.
At Bari, in Apulia, the translation
likewise of the holy bishop Nicholas, from Myra,
a town of Lycia.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 10th
This Day, the Tenth Day of May
St. Antonitus confessor and archbishop
of Florence, whose birthday is the 2nd of May.
At Rome, on the Latin road, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Gordian and Epimachus.
In the time of Julian the Apostate, the former was a long
time scourged and finally decapitated for confessing the
name of Christ. He was buried at night by the Christians,
in a crypt to which, shortly before, the remains of
the blessed martyr Epimachus
had been translated from Alexandria, where he had been martyred
for the faith of Christ.
In the land of Hus, the holy prophet
Job, a man of wonderful patience.
At Rome, the blessed priest and martyr
Calepodius, who was killed with the sword, by order
of the emperor Alexander. His body was dragged through the
city and thrown into the Tiber. It was afterwards found
and buried by Pope Callistus. The
consul Palmatius was also beheaded with his wife, his sons,
and forty-two of both sexes belonging to his household;
likewise, the senator Simplicius
with his wife, and sixty-eight of his house; Felix also
with his wife Blanda. The heads of all these martyrs
were exposed over different gates of the city, to terrify
the Christians.
Also, at Rome, on the Latin way, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Quartus and Quinctus,
whose bodies were translated to Capua.
At Lentini, in Sicily, the holy martyrs
Alphius, Philadelphus, and Cyrinus.
At Smyrna, St. Dioscorides, martyr.
At Bologna, blessed Nicholas Albergati,
a Carthusian monk, bishop of
that city, and Cardinal of
the holy Roman Church, celebrated for his holiness and Legations
Apostolic. His body was buried at Florence, in the monastery
of the Carthusians.
At Taranto, St. Cataldus, a bishop
renowned for miracles.
At Milan, the finding of the bodies
of the holy martyrs Nazarius and Celsus. The blessed
bishop Ambrose found the body of St. Nazarius covered with
blood still fresh, which he translated to the basilica of
the Apostles, together with the body of the blessed boy
Celsus, whom Nazarius had brought up, and whom Anolinus,
in the persecution of Nero, had ordered to be struck with
the sword on the 28th of July, the day when their martyrdom
is commemorated.
At Madrid, St. Isidore, a laborer.
Being renowned for miracles, Pope Gregory XV placed him
in the number of the Saints at the same time with St. Ignatius,
St. Francis, St. Theresa, and St. Philip.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 11th
This Day, the Eleventh Day of May
At Rome, on the Salarian road, the birthday of
blessed Anthimus, priest, who,
after having distinguished himself by his virtues and preaching,
was precipitated into the Tiber, in the persecution of Diocletian.
He was rescued by an angel, and restored to his oratory.
Being afterwards decapitated, he went victoriously to Heaven.
The same day, St. Evelius, martyr,
who belonged to the household of Nero. On seeing the martyrdom
of St. Torpes, he believed in Christ, and for Him was beheaded.
Also, at Rome, the holy martyrs Maximus,
Bassus, and Fabius, who were put to death on the
Salarian way, in the time of Diocletian.
At Camerino, the holy martyrs Anastasius
and his companions, who were killed in the persecution
of Decius, under the governor Antiochus.
At Osimo, in the March of Ancona,
the holy martyrs Sisinus, a deacon, Diocletius and Florentius,
disciples of the priest St. Anthimus, who consummated their
martyrdom under Diocletian by being overwhelmed with stones.
At Varennes, St. Gangulpus, martyr.
At Vienne, St. Mamertus, bishop,
who, to avert an impending calamity, instituted in that
city the three days Litanies immediately before the Ascension
of our Lord. This rite was afterwards received and approved
by the universal Church.
At Souvigny, the decease of St. Maieul,
abbot of Cluny, whose life was distinguished for
merits and holiness.
At San Severino, in the March of Ancona,
St. Illuminatus, confessor.
At Grottaglia, in the diocese of Taranto,
St. Francis Girolamo, confessor,
of the Society of Jesus, renowned for his zeal for the salvation
of souls, and for his patience. He was canonized by Pope
Gregory XVI. The day of his death is celebrated with great
solemnity in the church of the professed house, at Naples,
where his body rests.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 12th
This Day, the Twelfth Day of May
At Rome, on the Ardeatine road, the
holy martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, brothers, who
first underwent along exile for Christ in the island of
Pontia with Flavia Domitilla,
whose chamberlains they were. Afterwards they endured a
most severe scourging. Finally, as the ex-consul Minutius
Rufus endeavored by using the rack and fire to force them
to offer sacrifices, they said, that having been baptized
by the blessed Apostle Peter, they could by no means sacrifice
to idols. They were beheaded, and their sacred relics, with
those of Flavia Domitilla, were, by order of Pope Clement
VIII, solemnly transferred the day before this, from the
sacristy of St. Adrian to their ancient church now repaired,
in which they were formerly preserved.
In the same place, on the Aurelian road,
the holy martyr Pancratius, who, at
fourteen years of age, endured martyrdom by decapitation
under Diocletian.
Also, at Rome, St. Denis, uncle of
the same blessed Pancratius.
In Sicily, St. Philip Argyrio,
who was sent to that island by the Roman Pontiff, and converted
to Christ a great portion of it. His sanctity is particularly
manifested by the deliverance of possessed persons.
At Salamis, in Cyprus, St. Epiphanius,
a bishop of great erudition and profound knowledge
of the holy Scriptures. He was also admirable for the sanctity
of his life, his zeal for the Catholic faith, his charity
to the poor, and the gift of miracles.
At Constantinople, St. Germanus, a
bishop distinguished by virtues and learning, who
with great courage reprehended Leo the Isaurian for promulgating
an edict against holy images.
At Treves, St. Modoaldus, bishop.
At Calzada, St. Dominic, confessor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 13th
This Day, the Thirteenth Day of May
At Rome, in the time of the emperor Phocas, the
dedication of the church of St. Mary
of the Martyrs, formerly a temple of all the gods, called
Pantheon, which was purified and dedicated by the
blessed Pope Boniface IV to the honor of the Blessed Mary
ever Virgin, and of all the martyrs.
At Constantinople, under the emperor Diocletian and the
proconsul Laudicius, the blessed Lucius,
a priest and martyr, who first at Amphipolis endured
many tribulations and torments for the confession of Christ,
and then being led to Byzantium, suffered capital punishment.
At Heraclea, the martyr St. Glyceria,
a native of Rome, who suffered under the emperor Antoninus
and the governor Sabinus.
At Alexandria, the commemoration of
many holy martyrs, who were
killed by the Arians for the Catholic faith in the church
of St. Theonas.
At Maestricht, St. Servatius, bishop
of Tongres, whose grave, as a public sign of his merit,
was free from snow during winter (though everything around
was covered with it), until the inhabitants built a church
over it.
In Palestine, St. John the Silent.
At Valladolid, St. Peter Regalati,
confessor, of the Order of Friars Minor, restorer
of regular discipline in the monasteries of Spain. He was
numbered among the Saints by the Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict
XIV.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 14th
This Day, the Fourteenth Day of May
The birthday of the holy martyr Boniface,
who suffered at Tarsus, in Cilicia, under Diocletian and
Maximian. His body was subsequently carried to Rome, and
buried on the Latin road.
In France, St. Pontius, martyr.
Having by his preaching and his zeal converted to the faith
of Christ the two Caesars Philip, he obtained the palm of
martyrdom under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus.
In Syria, the holy martyrs Victor
and Corona, under the emperor Antoninus. Victor was
subjected to various horrible torments by the judge Sebastian.
As Corona, the wife of a certain soldier, was proclaiming
him happy for his fortitude in his sufferings, she saw two
crowns falling from Heaven, one for Victor, the other for
herself. She related this to all present, and was torn to
pieces between two trees; Victor was beheaded.
In Sardinia, the holy martyrs Justa,
Justina, and Henedina.
At Rome, Pope St. Paschal,
who took up from the crypts many bodies of the holy martyrs,
and placed them honorably in various churches.
At Ferentino, in Tuscany, the holy
bishop Boniface, who was renowned from his childhood
for holiness and miracles, as is related by the blessed
Pope Gregory.
At Naples, in Campania, St. Pomponius,
bishop.
In Egypt, St. Pachomius, an abbot,
who erected many monasteries in that country, and wrote
a monastic rule, which was dictated to him by an angel.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 15th
This Day, the Fifteenth Day of May
At Rouen, St. John Baptist de la Salle,
confessor, who deserved well both of religion and
society by his labors for the education of youth, especially
of the poor, and by the founding of the Society of the Brothers
of the Christian Schools.
In Spain, the Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon,
Secundus, Indaletius, Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius,
who were consecrated bishops at Rome by the holy Apostles,
and sent to Spain to preach the word of God. When they had
evangelized various cities, and brought innumerable multitudes
under the yoke of Christ, they rested in peace in various
parts of that country: Torquatus at Cadiz, Ctesiphon at
Vierco, Secundus at Avila, Indaletius at Portilla, Caecilius
at Elvira, Hesychius at Gibraltar, and Euphrasius at Anduxar.
At Evora, in Portugal, St.Mancius,
martyr.
In the island of Chio, the birthday of
blessed Isidore, martyr, in
whose church is a well into which he is said to have been
thrown. By drinking of the water from this well, the sick
are frequently cured.
At Lampsacum, in Hellespont, the martyrdom
of the Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Dionysia.
At Fausina, in Sardinia, in the time of Diocletian and the
governor Barbarus, St. Simplicius,
a bishop, who consummated
his martyrdom by being transpierced with a lance.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 16th
This Day, the Sixteenth Day of May
At Gubbio, St. Ubaldus, a bishop
renowned for miracles.
In Isauria, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Aquillinus and Victorian.
At Auxerre, the passion of St. Peregrinus,
first bishop of that city.
He was sent into Gaul with other clerics by the blessed
Pope Xystus, and having accomplished his work of preaching
the Gospel, he merited an everlasting crown by being condemned
to capital punishment.
At Uzalis, in Africa, the holy martyrs
Felix and Gennadius.
In Palestine, the martyrdom of the
holy monks massacred by the Saracens in the monastery
of St. Sabas.
In Persia, the holy martyrs Audas,
a bishop, seven priests, nine deacons and seven virgins,
who endured various kinds of torments under king Isdegerdes,
and thus gloriously consummated their martyrdom.
At Prague, in Bohemia, St. John Nepomucen,
a canon of the metropolitan church, who, being tempted in
vain to betray the secret of confession, was cast into the
river Moldau, and thus won the palm of martyrdom.
At Amiens, in France, the bishop St.
Honoratus.
At Le Mans, St. Domnolus, bishop.
At Mirandola, in Aemilia, St. Possidius,
bishop of Calamae, disciple of St. Augustine, and
the writer of his glorious life.
At Troyes, St. Fidolus, confessor.
In Ireland, St. Brendan, abbot.
At Frejus, St. Maxima, virgin,
who rested in peace with a reputation for many virtues.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 17th
This Day, the Seventeenth Day of May
At Villareal, in the kingdom of Valencia,
St. Pascal, of the Order of
Friars Minor, a man remarkable for innocence of life and
the spirit of penance. Pope Leo XIII declared him Heavenly
patron of Eucharistic Congresses and Societies formed in
honor of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
At Pisa, in Tuscany, the holy martyr
Torpes, who filled a high office in the court of
Nero, and was one of those of whom the Apostle St. Paul
wrote from Rome to the Philippians: "All the saints salute
you, especially those that are of the house of Caesar."
For the faith of Christ, he was, by order of Satellicus,
buffeted, cruelly scourged and delivered to the beasts to
be devoured, but being uninjured, he at last terminated
his martyrdom by decapitation on the 29th of April. His
feast, however, is kept on this day, on account of the translation
of his body.
The same day, St. Restituta, virgin
and martyr, who was subjected to various kinds of
tortures in Africa by the judge Proculus, in the reign of
Valerian, and then put in a boat filled with pitch and tow,
to be burnt to death on the sea. But the flame turned on
those who had kindled it, and the saint yielded her spirit
to God in prayer. Her body was, by divine providence, carried
in the boat to the island of Ischia, near Naples, where
it was received by the Christians with great veneration.
A church was afterwards erected in her honor in that city
by Constantine the Great.
At Noyon, the holy martyrs Heradius,
Paul, and Aquilinus, with two others.
At Chalcedon, the holy martyrs Solochanus
and his companions, soldiers under the emperor Maximian.
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Adrio,
Victor and Basilla.
At Wurzburg, St. Bruno, bishop and
confessor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 18th
This Day, the Eighteenth Day of May
At Camerino, the holy martyr Venantius,
who at fifteen years of age, with
ten others, ended a glorious combat by being beheaded
under the emperor Decius and the governor Antiochus.
In Egypt, St. Dioscorus, a lector,
who was subjected by the governor to many various torments,
such as the tearing off of his nails and the burning of
his sides with torches; but a light from Heaven having prostrated
the executioners, the saint finally consummated his martyrdom
by having red-hot metal applied to his body.
At Spoleto, St. Felix, a bishop,
who obtained the palm of martyrdom under the emperor Maximian.
In Egypt, St. Potamon, bishop, a confessor
under Maximian Galerius, and afterwards a
martyr under the emperor Constantius,
and the Arian governor Philagrius.
At Ancyra, in Galatia, the martyrs
St. Theodotus, and the saintly virgins Thecusa, his aunt,
Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta.
They were at first taken to a place of debauch, but the
power of God having preserved them from evil, they had stones
tied to their necks, and were plunged into a lake. For gathering
their remains and burying them honorably, Theodotus was
arrested by the governor, and after being horribly lacerated,
was put to the sword, and thus received the crown of martyrdom.
At Upsal, in Sweden, St. Eric, king
and martyr.
At Rome, St. Felix, confessor,
of the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor, celebrated for his
evangelical simplicity and charity. He was inscribed on
the roll of Saints by the Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XI.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 19th
This Day, the Nineteenth Day of May
The birthday of St. Peter of Moroni,
who, while leading the life of an anchoret, was created
Sovereign Pontiff and called Celestin V. Having abdicated
the pontificate, he led a religious life in solitude, where,
renowned for virtues and miracles, he went to God.
At Rome, the saintly virgin Pudentiana,
who, after numberless tribulations, after burying with great
respect many martyrs, and distributing all her goods to
the poor for Christ's sake, departed from this world to
go to Heaven.
In the same city, St. Pudens, senator,
father of the virgin just mentioned, who, being clothed
with Christ in baptism by the Apostles, preserved unspotted
the robe of innocence until he received the crown of life.
Also, at Rome, on the Appian road, the birthday of the
Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs.
The former was chamberlain to the wife of the emperor Decius,
and the latter chief officer in another department. For
refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were put to death.
At Nicomedia, the martyr St. Philoterus,
son of the proconsul Pacian, who after much suffering under
the emperor Diocletian, received the crown of martyrdom.
In the same city six holy virgins
and martyrs. The principal one, named
Cyriaca, having freely reproved
Maximian for his impiety, was most severely scourged and
lacerated, and then consumed with fire.
At Canterbury, St. Dunstan, bishop.
In Bretagne, St. Ives, priest and
confessor, who, for the love of Christ, defended
the interests of orphans, widows, and the poor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 20th
This Day, the Twentieth Day of May
At Aquila, in Abruzzo, St. Bernardine
of Siena, of the Order of Friars Minor, who ennobled
Italy by his preaching and example.
At Rome, on the Salarian road, the birthday of
St. Basilla, virgin, who was
of royal race and betrothed to an illustrious personage.
As she refused to marry him, he accused her of being a Christian.
The emperor Gallienus gave orders that she should accept
him or die by the sword. Answering that she had for her
spouse the King of kings, she was transpierced with a sword.
At Nimes, in France, St. Baudelius,
martyr. Being arrested, but refusing to sacrifice
to idols, and remaining immovable in the faith of Christ,
notwithstanding blows and tortures, he gained the palm of
martyrdom by a precious death.
At Edessa, in Syria, the holy martyrs
Thalalaeus, Asterius, Alexander, and their companions,
who suffered under the emperor Numerian.
In Thebais, St. Aquila, martyr
to the faith, whose body was torn with iron combs.
At Bourges, in France, St. Austregisil,
bishop and confessor.
At Brescia, St. Anastasius, bishop.
At Pavia, St. Theodore, bishop.
At Rome, St. Plautilla, wife of
an ex-consul and mother of the blessed Flavia Domitilla.
She was baptized by the Apostle St. Peter, and after giving
the example of all virtues, rested in peace.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 21st
This Day, the Twenty-First Day of May
In Mauritania (Morocco), the birthday of
the holy martyrs Timothy, Polius,
and Eutychius, deacons, who merited to be crowned
together for dispensing the word of God in that region.
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Polieuctus, Victorius,
and Donatus.
At Cordova, St. Secundinus, martyr.
The same day, the holy martyrs Synesius
and Theopompus.
At Caesarea Philippi, the holy martyrs
Nicostratus and Antiochus, tribunes, with other soldiers.
The same day St. Valens, bishop,
who was put to death with three boys.
At Alexandria, the commemoration of
the holy martyrs Secundus, a priest,
and others, whom the Arian bishop George caused to
be barbarously killed during the holy days of Pentecost,
under the emperor Constantius.
Also, the saintly bishops and priests,
who, being banished by the Arians, merited to be associated
with holy confessors.
At Nice, in France, St. Hospitius,
confessor, distinguished by the virtue of abstinence
and the spirit of prophecy.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 22nd
This Day, the Twenty-Second Day of May
At Rome, the holy martyrs Faustinus,
Timothy, and Venustus.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Castus
and Aemilius, who consummated their martyrdom by
fire. St. Cyprian says that they were overcome in the first
combat, but in the second God made them victorious, so that,
though at first yielding to the fire, they became finally
stronger than the fire.
In Corsica, St. Julia, virgin,
who won her crown by being crucified.
At Comana, in Pontus, under the emperor Maximian and the
governor Agrippa, the holy martyr
Basiliscus, who was forced to wear iron shoes pierced
with heated nails, and endured many other trials. Being
at last decapitated and thrown into a river, he obtained
the glory of martyrdom.
In Spain, St. Quiteria, virgin and
martyr.
At Ravenna, St. Marcian, bishop
and confessor.
In the diocese of Auxerre, the abbot
St. Romanus, who ministered to St. Benedict in his
cave. Going later to France, he built a monastery there,
and leaving many disciples and imitators of his sanctity,
went to rest in the Lord.
At Aquino, St. Fulk, confessor.
At Pistoja, in Tuscany, the blessed
Attho, of the Vallumbrosan Order.
At Auxerre, St. Helena, virgin.
At Cassia, in Umbria, blessed Rita,
a widow, and nun of the Order of Augustinians, who
after being disengaged from her earthly marriage, loved
only Christ, her eternal spouse.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 23rd
This Day, the Twenty-Third Day of May
At Langres, in France, the martyrdom of
the holy bishop Desiderius,
who visited the king as a suppliant in behalf of his people
who were maltreated by the Vandal army. Being forthwith
condemned to decapitation, he readily presented his neck,
and being struck with the sword, died for the sheep committed
to his charge and departed for Heaven.
With him suffered many of his flock,
who are buried in the same city.
In Spain, the holy martyrs Epitacius,
bishop, and Basileus.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Quintian,
Lucius, and Julian, who merited eternal crowns by
their sufferings, during the persecution of the Vandals.
In Cappadocia, the commemoration of
the holy martyrs who died by having their legs crushed,
in the persecution of Maximian Galerius.
Also, in Mesopotamia, those martyrs
who, at the same time, were suspended in the air with their
heads downward. Being suffocated with smoke, and consumed
with a slow fire, they consummated their martyrdom.
In the territory of Lyons, St. Desiderius,
bishop of Vienne, who was crowned with martyrdom
by being overwhelmed with stones by order of king Theodoric.
At Synnada, in Phrygia, St. Michael,
bishop.
The same day, St. Mercurialis, bishop.
At Naples, in Campania, St. Euphebius,
bishop.
At Norcia, the Saints Eutychius and
Florentius, monks, mentioned by the blessed Pope
Gregory.
At Borne, the birthday of St. John
Baptist de Rossi, confessor, a man illustrious for
his patience and his zeal in preaching the Gospel to the
poor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 24th
This Day, the Twenty-Fourth Day of May
At Antioch, the birthday of St. Manahen,
foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch. He was a doctor and
prophet under the grace of the New Testament, and his remains
now repose in the city of Antioch.
Also, blessed Joanna, wife
of Chuza, Herod's steward, mentioned by the evangelist St.
Luke.
At Porto, the birthday of St. Vincent,
martyr.
At Brescia, St. Afra, martyr,
who suffered under the emperor Adrian.
At Nantes, in Bretagne, in the time of the emperor Diocletian,
the blessed martyrs Donatian and Rogatian,
brothers, who, because of their constancy in the
faith, were sent to prison, stretched on the rack, and lacerated.
Finally, they were transpierced with a soldier's lance and
beheaded.
In Istria, the holy martyrs Zoellus,
Servilius, Felix, Silvanus, and Diocles.
The same day, the holy martyrs Meletius,
military officer, and two hundred and fifty-two of his companions,
who achieved their martyrdom by various kinds of deaths.
Also, the holy martyrs Susanna, Marciana,
and Pallada, wives of the soldiers just mentioned, who were
put to death with their young children.
At Milan, St. Kobustian, martyr.
At Morocco, in Africa, the passion
of blessed John de Prado, of the Order of the Discalced
Friars Minor of the Strict Observance, who, whilst preaching
the Gospel, was bound, imprisoned and scourged; and after
enduring with fortitude many other torments for Christ,
terminated his martyrdom by fire.
In the monastery of Lerins, St. Vincent,
a priest eminent for learning and sanctity.
At Bologna, the translation of St.
Dominic, confessor, in the time of Pope Gregory IX.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 25th
This Day, the Twenty-Fifth Day of May
At Salerno, the demise of the blessed
Pope Gregory VII, a most zealous protector and champion
of ecclesiastical liberty.
At Florence, St. Mary Magdalen, virgin,
of the Order of the Carmelites, illustrious by the holiness
of her life. Her feast is kept on the 27th of May.
At Borne, on the Nomentan road, the birthday of
blessed Urban, Pope and martyr,
by whose exhortation and teaching many, among whom were
Tiburtius and Valerian, received the faith of Christ and
suffered martyrdom for it. He himself endured many afflictions
for the Church of God, and was crowned with martyrdom by
being beheaded in the persecution of Alexander Severus.
At Dorostorum, in Mysia, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Pasicrates, Valentio,
and two others, crowned with them.
At Milan, the holy bishop Denis,
who for the Catholic faith was, by the Arian emperor Constantius,
banished to Cappadocia, where he yielded his soul to God
in a manner almost like that of the martyrs. His sacred
body was sent to the blessed bishop Ambrose, at Milan, by
bishop Aurelius, with the assistance, it is said, of St.
Basil the Great.
At Rome, Pope St. Boniface IV,
who dedicated the Pantheon to the honor of blessed Mary
of the Martyrs.
At Florence, the birthday of St. Zenobius,
bishop of that city, renowned for holiness of life
and glorious miracles.
In England, St. Aldhelm, bishop
of Sherburn.
In the territory of Troyes, St. Leo,
confessor.
At Assisi, in Umbria, the translation
of St. Francis, confessor, in the time of Pope Gregory
IX.
At Veroli, in Campania, the translation
of St. Mary, mother of James, whose sacred body is
rendered illustrious by many miracles.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 26th
This Day, the Twenty-Sixth Day of May
At Rome, St. Philip Neri, founder
of the Congregation of the Oratory, celebrated for his virginal
purity, the gift of prophecy, and miracles.
Also, at Rome, St. Eleutherius, Pope
and martyr, who converted many noble Romans to the
Christian faith. He sent the saints Damian and Fugatius
to England, who baptized king Lucius with his wife and almost
all his people.
In the same city, the holy martyrs
Simitrius, priest, and twenty-two others, who suffered
under Antoninus Pius.
At Athens, during the persecution of Adrian, the birthday
of blessed Quadratus, a disciple
of the Apostles, who collected through his zealous exertions
the faithful dispersed by terror, and presented to the emperor
an excellent apology of the Christian religion, worthy of
an Apostle.
At Vienne, St. Zachary, bishop and
martyr, who suffered under Trajan.
In Africa, St. Quadratus, martyr,
on whose festival St. Augustine preached a sermon.
At Todi, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus.
In the territory of Auxerre, the passion
of St. Priscus, martyr, with a great multitude of Christians.
At Canterbury, in England, St. Augustine,
bishop, who was sent thither with others by the blessed
Pope Gregory and preached the Gospel of Christ to the English
nation. Celebrated for virtues and miracles, he went peacefully
to his rest in the Lord.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 27th
This Day, the Twenty-Seventh Day of May
The demise of the Venerable Bede,
priest, confessor and doctor, renowned for sanctity
and learning.
The birthday of St. John, Pope and
martyr, who was called to Ravenna by the Arian king
of Italy, Theodoric, and after languishing a long time in
prison for the orthodox faith, terminated his life.
At Dorostorum, in Mysia, in the time of the emperor Alexander,
the martyrdom of blessed Julius, a
veteran soldier in retirement, who was arrested by
the officials and presented to the governor Maximus. Having
in his presence execrated the idols, and confessed the name
of Christ with the utmost constancy, he was condemned to
capital punishment.
At Sora, in the time of the emperor Aurelian and the proconsul
Agathius, St. Restituta, virgin and
martyr, who overcame in a combat for the faith the
violence of the demons, the caresses of her family, and
the cruelty of the executioners. Being finally beheaded
with other Christians, she obtained the honor of martyrdom.
In the territory of Arras, St. Kanulph,
martyr.
At Orange, in France, St. Eutropius,
a bishop, illustrious for virtues and miracles.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti Mártyres, oráte pro nobis.
("All ye Holy Martyrs, pray for us", from the Litaniae
Sanctorum, the Litany of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 28th
This Day, the Twenty-Eight Day of May
At Canterbury, in England, St. Augustine,
bishop, mentioned on the 26th of this month.
In Sardinia, the holy martyrs Emilius,
Felix, Priam, and Lucian, who were crowned after
having combated for Christ.
At Chartres, in France, under the emperor Domitian,
St. Caraunus, martyr, who was
beheaded, and thus acquired the glory of martyrdom.
At Corinth, St. Helconides, martyr,
who was first subjected to torments in the reign of the
emperor Gordian, under the governor Perennius, and then
again tortured under his successor Justin. But being liberated
by an angel, she had her breasts cut off, was exposed to
wild beasts and to fire, and at length terminated her martyrdom
by decapitation.
Also, the martyrdom of the Saints
Crescens, Dioscorides, Paul, and Helladius.
At Thecua, in Palestine, the saintly
monks who became martyrs by being killed by the Saracens,
in the time of Theodosius the Younger. Their sacred remains
were gathered by the inhabitants of the place and preserved
with the greatest veneration.
At Paris, St. Germanus, bishop and
confessor, whose celebrity for holiness, merit, and
miracles, has been transmitted to us by the writings of
bishop Fortunatus.
At Milan, St. Senator, bishop,
very renowned for virtues and learning.
At Urgel, in Spain, St. Justus, bishop.
At Florence, St. Podius, bishop and
confessor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 29th
This Day, the Twenty-Ninth Day of May
The feast of St. Mary Magdalen, Carmelite
nun, whose birthday is on the 25th of this month.
At Rome, on the Aurelian road, the birthday of
St. Restitutus, martyr.
At Iconium, a town of Isauria, in the time of the emperor
Aurelian, the martyrdom of the Saints
Conon and his son, a child twelve years of age, who
were laid on a grate over burning coals sprinkled with oil,
were racked and exposed to the fire; and finally, having
their hands crushed with a mallet, they breathed their last.
The same day, in the time of the emperor Honorius, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Sisinius, Martyrius,
and Alexander, who were persecuted by the Gentiles
of Anaunia, and obtained the crown of martyrdom, as is related
by Paulinus in the Life of St. Ambrose.
At Caesarea Philippi, the holy martyrs
Theodosia, mother of the martyr St. Procopius, and twelve
other noble matrons, who ended their life by decapitation,
in the persecution of Diocletian.
In Umbria, the passion of fifteen
hundred and twenty-five holy martyrs.
At Treves, blessed Maximus, bishop
and confessor, who received with honor the patriarch
St. Athanasius, banished by the Arian persecutors.
At Verona, St. Maximus, bishop.
At Arcanum, in Campania, St. Eleutherius,
confessor.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 30th
This Day, the Thirtieth Day of May
At Rome, on the Aurelian road, the birthday of
St. Felix, Pope and martyr,
who was crowned with martyrdom under the emperor Aurelian.
At Torres, in Sardinia, the holy martyrs
Gabinus and Crispulus.
At Antioch, the Saints Sycus and Palatinus,
who endured many torments for the name of Christ.
At Ravenna, St. Exuperantius, bishop
and confessor.
At Pavia, St. Anastasius, bishop.
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the
Saints Basil and his wife Emmelia, parents of St. Basil
the Great, who lived in exile in the fastnesses of
Pontus during the reign of Galerius Maximian, and after
the persecution rested in peace, leaving their children
the heirs of their virtues.
At Seville, in Spain, St. Ferdinand
III, King of Castile and Leon, surnamed the Saint,
on account of his eminent virtues, and celebrated for his
zeal in propagating the faith. Having conquered the Moors,
he quitted his kingdom on earth to pass happily to that
of Heaven.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
May 31st
This Day, the Thirty-First Day of May
At Brescia, St. Angela Merici, virgin,
foundress of the nuns of St. Ursula. She is mentioned
on the 27th of January.
At Borne, St. Petronilla, virgin,
daughter of the blessed Apostle Peter, who refused to marry
the nobleman Flaccus. Being granted three days to deliberate,
she gave herself up to fasting and prayer, and on the third
day, after having received the sacrament of the body of
Christ, she yielded up her soul.
At Aquileia, the holy martyrs Cantius,
Cantian, and Cantianilla. For their attachment to
the Christian faith, they were condemned to capital punishment
with their tutor Protus, in the time of the emperors Diocletian
and Maximian.
At Torres, in Sardinia, St. Crescentian,
martyr.
At Comana, in Pontus, in the time of the emperor Antoninus,
St. Hermias, a soldier. being
miraculously delivered from many horrible torments, he converted
his executioner to Christ, and made him partaker of the
crown which he himself obtained first by having his head
struck off with the sword.
At Verona, St. Lupicinus, bishop.
At Rome, St. Paschasius, deacon
and confessor, who is mentioned by the blessed Pope
Gregory.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and holy virgins.
Omnes sancti
Mártyres, oráte pro nobis. ("All ye Holy Martyrs,
pray for us", from the Litaniae Sanctorum, the Litany
of the Saints)
Response: Thanks be to God.
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Roman
Martyrology by Month
Totally Faithful to the Sacred
Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Holy See in Rome
“Scio
opera tua ... quia modicum habes virtutem, et servasti verbum
Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
“I
know your works ... that you have but little power, and
yet you have kept My word, and have not denied My Name.”
(Apocalypse
3.8)
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