Roman Martyrology
The daily memory of martyrs, confessors, virgins, bishops, doctors, and holy witnesses.
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1916 Baltimore edition
The Roman Martyrology, Baltimore, 1916, published by John Murphy Company.
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At Antioch, in the reign of Diocletian and Maximian, the birthday of the Saints Julian, martyr, and Basilissa, his virgin wife. Having lived in a state of virginity with her husband, she reached the end of her days in peace. But after the death by fire of a multitude of priests and ministers of the Church of Christ, who had taken refuge in his house from the severity of the persecution, Julian was ordered by the president Marcian to be tormented in many ways and executed. With him suffered Anthony, a priest, and Anastasius, whom Julian raised from the dead, and made partaker of the grace of Christ; also, Celsus, a boy, with his mother Marcionilla, seven brothers, and many others. — In Mauritania Csesariensis (now Algeria), St. Marciana, virgin, who consummated her martyrdom by bein condemned to the beasts. — At Smyrna, the holy martyrs Vitalis, Revocatus, and Fortunatus. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, Felix, and seven others. — At Sebaste, in Armenia, St. Peter, bishop, brother of St. Basil the Great. — At Ancona, St. Marcellinus, bishop, who, according to St. Gregory, miraculously deliverer! that city from destruction by fire.
Source: The Roman Martyrology, Baltimore, 1916, John Murphy Company; local raw text lines 687-716.