THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
The Twentieth Day of October
- St. John of Kanti, Priest and Confessor, who fell asleep in the Lord on December 24.
- In the town of Abia, near Aquila in the Abruzzi, the birthday of blessed Maximus, Deacon and
Martyr, who, in his desire to suffer, showed himself of his own accord to the persecutors who
were in pursuit; and after making a courageous confession he was stretched on the rack and
tortured, then beaten with scourges, and finally cast headlong from a height and thus died.
- At Agen in France, St. Caprasius, Martyr, who lay hid in a cave to escape the raging
persecution. At length, after hearing how blessed Faith, Virgin, had endured suffering for
Christ, he was roused to bear suffering himself, and prayed to the Lord that if he judged him
worthy of the glory of martyrdom, clear water should flow from a rock in the cave. The Lord
afforded him this sign, and he hastened, sure of himself, to the place of the contest, and by his
brave stand merited the palm of martyrdom, under the Emperor Maximian.
- At Antioch, St. Artemius, an imperial commandant, who held military office with great honour
under Constantine the Great. By Julian the Apostate, whom he had rebuked for his cruelty to
the Christians, he was ordered to be scourged and afflicted with other torments and finally
beheaded.
- At Constantinople, St. Andrew of Crete, a monk, who was often scourged by Constantine
Copronymus on account of his veneration for the holy images, and at length gave up the ghost
after one of his feet had been cut off.
- At Cologne, the passion of the holy virgins Martha and Saula with many others.
- Near Thomar in Portugal, St. Irene, Virgin and Martyr; her body was honourably buried in the
town of Scalabis, which since that time has been honoured by being named after her.
- At Aussonce, in the neighbourhood of Rheims, St. Sindulph, Priest and Confessor.
- At Minden in Germany, the translation of St. Felician, Bishop of Foligno and Martyr; a portion
of his holy relics was placed in an urn and brought to Germany from the city of Foligno in
Umbria, where he had formerly suffered, on January 24.
- At Paris, likewise the translation of the holy martyrs George, a Deacon, and Aurelius from
Cordova, a city of Spain, in which, with three companions, they had consummated martyrdom
on July 27.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors and holy virgins. Thanks be to God.
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