On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Rome, on the Via Latina, the holy martyrs
Jovinus and Basileus, who suffered under the emperors Valerian and
Gallienus.
Also at Rome, under the emperor Alexander and the
prefect Ulpian, many holy martyrs, who were a long time tortured and
then condemned to capital punishment.
At Porto, the holy martyrs Paul, Heraclius,
Secundilla and Januaria.
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, the holy martyrs
Lucius, bishop, Absalom and Lorgius.
In Campania, the commemoration of eighty holy
martyrs who were barbarously killed by the Lombards because they
would not eat meat which had been offered to the idols, nor adore a
goat’s head.
At Rome, St. Simplicius, pope and confessor.
In England, St. Chad, bishop of Mercia and
Lindisfarne, whose brilliant virtues are mentioned by the Venerable
Bede.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
