THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
The Twenty-Third Day of October
- St. Antony Mary Claret, Bishop and Confessor, whose birthday is recorded tomorrow.
- At Vilak in Hungary, the birthday of St. John of Capistrano, Priest of the Order of Friars
Minor, Confessor, a man illustrious for holiness of life and zeal for the spreading of the
Catholic faith. He by his prayers and miracles delivered from siege the town of Tornau, which
was wasted by a powerful Turkish army. His feast is kept on March 28.
- At Antioch, the birthday of St. Theodore, Priest, who was arrested in the persecution of the
wicked Julian, and, after the torture of the rack and many severe torments, including the
burning of his sides with torches, as he persisted in the confession of Christ, consummated
martyrdom by the death of the sword.
- In Spain, near Cadiz, at Puente de Zuaso, the holy martyrs Ser-vandus and Germanus, who, in
the persecution of Diocletian, under the subgovernor Viator, after stripes, squalid
imprisonment, hunger, thirst and the hardships of a long journey which they endured loaded
with chains, at last fulfilled the course of their martyrdom, their throats being severed.
Germanus was buried at Merida and Servandus at Seville.
- At Constantinople, St. Ignatius, Bishop, who, as he rebuked Bardas Caesar for putting away
his wife, was by him afflicted with many torments and driven into exile. He was, however,
restored by the Roman Pontiff Nicholas, and at last rested in peace.
- At Bordeaux, St. Severin, Bishop of Cologne, Confessor.
- At Rouen, St. Romanus, Bishop.
- Near Salerno, St. Verus, Bishop.
- In the district of Amiens, St. Domitius, Priest.
- In the neighbourhood of Poitiers, St. Benedict, Confessor.
- At Mantua, blessed John the Good, of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine, Confessor,
whose illustrious life was written by St. Antonine.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors and holy virgins. Thanks be to God.
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