On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Rome, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, despising the edict of the emperor Diocletian which ordered that the sacred books should be delivered up, preferred to surrender themselves to the executioners rather than to give holy things to dogs.
At Antioch, the passion of blessed Isidore, bishop.
At Tomis in Pontus, in the time of the emperor Licinius, three holy brothers, Argaeus, Narcissus, and the young man Marcellinus. This last, being enrolled among the new soldiers and refusing to serve, was beaten almost to death, and for a long time kept in prison. Being finally cast into the sea, he finished his martyrdom, but his brothers were beheaded.
At Milan, St. Martinian, bishop.
In Nitria in Egypt, blessed Isidore, bishop and confessor.
The same day, St. Siridion, bishop.
In Thebais, St. Macarius of Alexandria, abbot.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
At Rome, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who, despising the edict of the emperor Diocletian which ordered that the sacred books should be delivered up, preferred to surrender themselves to the executioners rather than to give holy things to dogs.
At Antioch, the passion of blessed Isidore, bishop.
At Tomis in Pontus, in the time of the emperor Licinius, three holy brothers, Argaeus, Narcissus, and the young man Marcellinus. This last, being enrolled among the new soldiers and refusing to serve, was beaten almost to death, and for a long time kept in prison. Being finally cast into the sea, he finished his martyrdom, but his brothers were beheaded.
At Milan, St. Martinian, bishop.
In Nitria in Egypt, blessed Isidore, bishop and confessor.
The same day, St. Siridion, bishop.
In Thebais, St. Macarius of Alexandria, abbot.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
