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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I T Rome, the birthday of St. Gabinus, priest and martyr, brother of the blessed pope.Caius. Being loaded with chains and kept a long time in prison by Diocletian, he obtained the joys of heaven by a precious death. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Publius, Julian, Marcellus, and others. — In Palestine, the commemoration of the holy monks and other martyrs, who were barbarously massacred for the faith of Christ by the Saracens, under their leader Almondhar. — At Jerusalem, St. Zambdas, bishop. — At Soli, St. Auxibius, bishop. — At Benevento, St. Barbatus, a bishop illustrious for sanctity, who converted the Lombards and their chief to the faith of Christ. — At Milan, St. Mansuetus, bishop and confessor.
Source: The Roman Martyrology, Baltimore, 1916, John Murphy Company; local raw text lines 2102-2124.