St. Charles Borromeo, cardinal, Bishop of Milan, and confessor, who went to Heaven on November 3. A duplex feast.
At Bologna, SS. Vitalis and Agricola, martyrs. Vitalis had been the slave of Agricola but was afterward his companion and associate in martyrdom. The executioners used every kind of torture against Vitalis, so that there was no part of his body left unwounded. Notwithstanding, Vitalis endured them with firmness to the very end and, while in prayer, gave up his soul to God. They slew Agricola by nailing him to a cross with numerous spikes. St. Ambrose was present at the transferral of their bodies and he relates how he gathered up the nails of the martyr, his triumphal blood, and the wood of the cross, and buried them under the sacred altars. A memory.
In the monastery of Cerfroid near Meaux, the birthday of St. Felix of Valois, founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the redernption of captives. By a decree of Pope Innocent XI, his feast is observed on November 20.
On the same day, the birthday of SS. Philologus and Patrobas, disciples of the Apostle St. Paul.
At Autun, St. Proculus, bishop and martyr.
At Myra in Lycia, the holy martyrs Nicander, bishop, and Hermes, priest, under the governor Libanius.
In the district of Vexin in Gaul, St. Clarus, priest and martyr.
At Ephesus, St. Porphyrius, martyr, under the Emperor Aurelian.
At Rodez in Gaul, Blessed Amantius, bishop, whose life was outstanding for his splendid sanctity and miracles.
At Rome, the birthday of St. Pierius, a priest of Alexandria. Deeply versed in the Holy Scriptures, and most pure in his life, he stripped himself of all his goods that he might devote himself to Christian philosophy. In the time of the Emperors Carus and Diocletian, when Theonas governed the Church of Alexandria, he taught with great distinction and published various treatises. After the persecution, he spent the remainder of his life at Rome where he died a peaceful death.
In Bithynia, St. Joannicius, abbot.
At Stuhlweissenburg in Hungary, the death of Blessed Emeric, confessor, son of St. Stephen, King of Hungary.
At Treves, St. Modesta, virgin.
The death of the venerable brother John the Teuton, 4th master general of the Order.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct, but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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