On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
The prophet Ezechiel, who was put to death in
Babylon by the Judge of the people of Israel because he reproved him
for worshipping idols. He was buried in the sepulchre of Sem and
Arphaxad, Abraham’s ancestors.
To his tomb many were used to resorting for the purpose of prayer.
At Rome, the birthday of many holy martyrs who
Pope St. Alexander baptised while he was detained in prison. The
prefect Aurelian had them all put in an old ship, taken to the deep
sea and plunged into it with stones tied to their necks.
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Apollonius,
priest, and five others who in the persecution of Maximian were
drowned in the sea.
In Africa, under the emperor Decius and the
prefect Fortunian, the holy martyrs Terentius, African, Pompey and
their companions, who were scourged, racked and subjected to other
torments. Their martyrdom ended by decapitation.
The same day, St. Macarius, bishop of Antioch,
celebrated for virtues and miracles.
At Valladolid in Spain, St. Michael of the Saints,
confessor, of the Order of Discalced Trinitarians for the Redemption
of Captives, a man remarkable for integrity of life, for the
penitential spirit, and for great love of God. Blessed Pius IX
solemnly canonised him on Pentecost Sunday in 1862 and ordered his
festival to be kept on the fifth of July.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
