On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Carthage, the holy martyrs Heraclius and
Zosimus.
At Alexandria, the passion of the Saints Candidus,
Piperion and twenty others.
At Laodicea in Syria, during the persecution of
Diocletian, the holy martyrs Trophimus and Thalus, who obtained
crowns of glory, after undergoing many severe torments.
At Antioch, the commemoration of many holy
martyrs, some of whom by order of the emperor Maximian were laid on
red-hot gridirons, not to be burned to death, but to suffer a longer
time. Others were subjected to different horrible torments and won
the palm of martyrdom.
Also the saints Gorgonius and Firmus.
At Cordova, St. Eulogius, a priest, who deserved
to be associated with the martyrs of that city from the persecution
of the Saracens because in writing of their combats for the faith he
had envied their happiness.
At Sardis, the bishop St. Euthymius, who was
banished by the Iconoclast emperor Michael for the worship of holy
images. He consummated his martyrdom during the reign of Theophilus.
At Jerusalem, the bishop St. Sophronius.
At Milan, St. Benedict, bishop.
In the diocese of Amiens, the abbot St. Firmin.
At Carthage, St. Constantine, confessor.
At Babueum in Campania, St. Peter, confessor,
renowned for miracles.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
