On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, the martyrdom of St. Longinus, the soldier who is said to have pierced our Lord’s side with a lance.
The same day, the birthday of St. Aristobulus, a disciple of the Apostles who terminated by martyrdom a life spent in preaching the Gospel.
At Thessalonica, St. Matrona, servant of a Jewess, who, worshipping Christ secretly, and stealing away daily to the church to pray, was detected by her mistress and subjected to many trials. Being at last beaten to death with heavy clubs, she gave up her pure soul to God in confessing Christ.
The same day, St. Menignus, a dyer, who suffered under Decius.
In Egypt, St. Meander, who, seeking diligently for the remains of the holy martyrs, merited to be made a martyr himself, under the emperor Diocletian.
At Cordova, St. Leocritia, virgin and martyr.
At Rome, the birthday of Pope St. Zachary, who governed the Church of God with great vigilance, and renowned for merits, rested in peace.
At Rieti, the bishop St. Probus, at whose death the martyrs Juvenal and Eleutherius were present.
At Rome, St. Speciosus, a monk, whose soul his brother saw carried up to heaven.
At Vienna in Austria, St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, a professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, remarkable for his energy in promoting the glory of God and the salvation of souls. As he became illustrious by his virtues and miracles, Pope St. Pius X placed him in the Martyrology.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
