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The Twenty-sixth Day of August

At Rome, St. Zephyrinus, pope and martyr, whose birthday falls on December 20.

At Cardona in Spain, the birthday of St. Raymond Nonnatus, cardinal and confessor, of the Order of our lady of Mercy for the Redemption of Captives. He was renowned for holiness of life and for miracles. His feast is kept on August 31.

At Rome, the holy martyrs Irenaeus and Abundius. During the persecution of Valerian, they had taken the body of St. Concordia from the sewer in which she had been cast. For doing this, they themselves were drowned in the same sewer. Their bodies were recovered by the priest Justin and buried in a crypt near St. Laurence.

At Ventimiglia, a city of Liguria, St. Secundus, martyr, a noteworthy man, and a commander of the Theban legion.

At Bergamo in Lombardy, St. Alexander, martyr, who was also a soldier of that legion. He confessed with great firmness the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and fulfilled his martyrdom by being beheaded.

Among the Marsians (in Central Italy),[1] SS. Simplicius and his sons Constantius and Victorian. Under the Emperor Antoninus, they were first tortured in various ways; then, struck with an axe, they gained the crown of martyrdom.

At Nicomedia, the suffering of St. Hadrian, a son of the Emperor Probus. He had condemned the persecution inaugurated against the Christians by Licinius. For this, he was ordered by Licinius to be put to death. His uncle, Domitius, Bishop of Byzantium, buried his body in a suburb of the city called Argyropolis.

In Spain, St. Victor, martyr, who was slain by the Moors for the Christian faith, and thus given the crown of martyrdom.

At Capua, St. Rufinus, bishop and confessor.

At Pistoia in Tuscany, St. Felix, priest and confessor.

V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.

R. Thanks be to God.

Footnotes:
[1] The Marsi were a tribe living around Lake Fucino. Theirs was one of the few dioceses named after a tribe instead of after a city.

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