On this day according
to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Caesarea in Palestine, during the persecution
of Valerian, the holy martyrs Marinus, soldier, and Asterius,
senator. The former was examined by the judge on the charge laid
against him by his fellow soldiers of being a Christian, and as he
admitted the accusation in no uncertain tone, he was beheaded and
thus received the crown of martyrdom. His mutilated body was taken up
by Asterius on his shoulders and wrapped in the garment which he
himself wore. This service gained for Asterius immediately the palm
of martyrdom as a reward for the honours which he had given to a
martyr.
In Spain, the birthday of the holy martyrs
Hemeterius and Cheledonius, soldiers in the army at Leon, a city of
Galicia. On the approach of a persecution they went to Calahorra, in
order to confess the name of Christ, and after enduring many torments
there they were crowned with martyrdom.
The same day, the passion of the Saints Felix,
Luciolus, Fortunatus, Marcia and their companions.
Also the holy soldiers Cleonicus, Eutropius and
Basiliscus, who gloriously triumphed by the death of the cross under
the governor Asclepiades during the persecution of Maximian.
At Brescia, St. Titian, bishop and confessor.
At Bamberg, the empress St. Cunegundes, who
preserved her virginity with the consent of her husband, the emperor
Henry I. She terminated a life rich in meritorious good deeds with a
holy death and worked many miracles afterward.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
