On
this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At
Alexandria, the holy martyrs Heron, Arsenius, Isidore and Dioscorus,
a boy. In the persecution of Decius, the first three were subjected
to all the refinements of cruelty by the judge, who, seeing them
displaying the same constancy, ordered that they should be cast into
the fire. But Dioscorus, after repeated scourgings, was set free
through the intervention of Providence for the consolation of the
faithful.
At Antioch, the birthday of the holy martyrs
Drusus, Zosimus and Theodore.
The same day, the martyrdom of the Saints Justus
and Abundius, who were cast into the flames in the time of the
emperor Numerian and the governor Olybrius; but having escaped
uninjured, they were struck with the sword.
At Rheims, the holy bishop Nicasius, his sister,
the virgin Eutropia, and their companions, martyrs, who were put to
death by barbarians hostile to the Church.
In the island of Cyprus, the birthday of blessed
Spiridion, bishop. He was one of those confessors who were condemned
to labour in the mines, after the plucking out of their right eye and
the severing of the sinews of the left knee. This prelate was
renowned for the gift of prophecy and glorious miracles, and in the
council of Nicaea he confounded a heathen philosopher who insulted
the Christian religion and brought him to the faith.
At Bergamo, St. Viator, bishop and confessor.
At Pavia, St. Pompey, bishop.
At Naples, in Campania, St. Agnellus, abbot.
Illustrious by the gift of miracles, he was often seen with the
standard of the cross delivering the city besieged by enemies.
At Ubeda, in Spain, St. John of the Cross,
confessor, companion of St. Theresa in reforming the Carmelites. His
feast is kept on the 24th of November.
At Milan, St. Matronian, hermit.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
