On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
In Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs
Epiphanius, bishop, Donatus, Rufinus and thirteen others.
At Sinope in Pontus, two hundred holy martyrs.
In Cilicia, under the prefect Maximian, St.
Calliopius, martyr. After undergoing other torments, he was fastened
to a cross with his head downward and gained the noble crown of
martyrdom.
At Nicomedia, St. Cyriacus and ten other martyrs.
At Alexandria, St. Peleusius, priest and martyr.
At Rome, St. Hegesippus, who lived near the time
of the Apostles. He came to Rome while Anicetus was Sovereign Pontiff
and remained till the accession of Eleutherius. He wrote the history
of the Church in a simple style, from the Passion of Our Lord to his
own time, and delineated in his narrative the character of those
whose lives he imitated.
At Verona, St. Saturninus, bishop and confessor.
In Syria, in the time of Valens, St. Aphraates, an
anchoret, who defended the Catholic faith against the Arians by the
power of miracles.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
