Roman Martyrology

The reading

December 19

At Alexandria, in Egypt, blessed Nemesius, martyr, who was first denounced before the judge as a robber, but on being freed from that charge, was soon after, in the persecution of Decius, accused before the judge Emilian of being a Christian. By him he was twice subjected to the torture, and condemned to be burned alive with robbers, thus bearing a resemblance to our Saviour, who was crucified with thieves. — At Mcsea, the Saints Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and Secundus, martyrs. — At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Cyriacus, Paulillus, Secundus, Anastasius, Sindimius, and their companions. — In Mauritania (Barbary), St. Timothy, deacon, who, after enduring a painful imprisonment for the faith of Christ, was cast into the fire, where he consummated his martyr dom. — At Gaza, in Palestine, the martyrdom of the Saints Meuris and Thea. — At Avignon, blessed Urban V., who deserved well of the Church by restoring the Apostolic See to Rome, by bringing about a reunion of the Latins and the Greeks, and by suppressing heretics. Pius IX. approved and confirmed the veneration which had long been paid to him. — At Auxerre, St. Gregory, bishop and confessor. — At Orleans, St. Adjutus, an abbot renowned for the spirit of prophecy. — At Rome, St. Fausta, mother of St. Anastasia, distinguished for noble birth and piety.

Source: The Roman Martyrology, Baltimore, 1916, John Murphy Company; local raw text lines 13210-13244.