On this day according to the ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:
At Besançon in France, the holy martyrs Ferreol,
priest, and Ferrution, deacon, who were sent by the blessed bishop
Irenaeus to preach the word of God, and after being exposed to
various torments under the judge Claudius, were put to the sword.
At Tarsus in Cilicia, in the reign of the emperor
Diocletian, the holy martyrs Quiricus, and Julitta, his mother.
Quiricus, a child of three years, seeing his mother cruelly scourged
in the presence of the governor Alexander, and crying bitterly, was
killed by being dashed against the steps of the tribunal. Julitta,
after being subjected to severe stripes and grievous torments, closed
the career of her martyrdom by decapitation.
At Mayence, the passion of the Saints Aurens, and
Justina, his sister, and other martyrs, who, being at Mass in church,
were massacred by the Huns then devastating Germany.
At Amathonte in Cyprus, St. Tychon, a bishop in
the time of Theodosius the Younger.
At Lyons, the demise of blessed Aurelian, bishop
of Arles.
At Nantes in Brittany, St. Similian, bishop and
confessor.
At Meissen in Germany, St. Benno, bishop.
In the village of La Louvesc, formerly of the
diocese of Vienne in Dauphiny, the decease of St. John Francis Regis,
confessor, of the Society of Jesus, distinguished by his zeal for the
salvation of souls, and by his patience. He was placed on the list of
saints by Pope Clement XII.
In Brabant, St. Lutgard, virgin.
And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors and virgins.
Thanks be to God.
