THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
The Ninth Day of October
- A Rome, St. John Leonardi, Confessor, founder of the Congregation of the Clerks Regular of
the Mother of God, renowned for his labours and miracles. By his good offices the Missions
for the Propagation of the Faith were established.
- At Paris, the birthday of the holy martyrs Denis the Areopagite (Bishop), Rusticus (Priest) and
Eleutherius (Deacon). Of these, Denis having been baptized by Paul the Apostle, was
ordained first Bishop of the Athenians; then, coming to Rome, he was sent to France by
blessed Clement the Roman Pontiff, to fulfill the office of preaching, and arrived at Paris. After
he had faithfully carried out there for some years the work committed to him, at last he
suffered martyrdom, being slain with the sword with his companions after most severe
torments by the prefect Fescennius.
- On the same day, the memory of St. Abraham, Patriarch and father of all believers.
- At Monte Cassino, St. Deusdedit, Abbot, who was cast into prison by the tyrant Sicardus and
there gave up the ghost, overcome by famine and hardships.
- At Borgo-San-Donnino, on the Via Claudia, in the neighbourhood of Parma, St. Domninus,
Martyr, who, under the Emperor Maximian, gloriously fell, transfixed with a sword by them
that sought for him when he was attempting to flee from the rage of persecution.
- In Hainault, St. Gislenus, Bishop and Confessor, who, leaving his bishopric, led the life of a
monk in a monastery which he had built, and was adorned with many virtues.
- At Valentia in Aragon, St. Louis Bertrand of the Order of Preachers, Confessor, renowned
for his Apostolic spirit. By the innocence of his life and the many miracles which he did, he
confirmed the Gospel he had preached to the Americans.
- At Jerusalem, SS. Andronicus and Athanasia his wife.
- At Antioch, St. Publia, Abbess, who sang with her virgins, as Julian the Apostate passed by,
the Psalm of David: "The idols of the heathen are silver and gold" and "May their makers
become like them." By the emperor's command she was slapped and severely reproached.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors and holy virgins. Thanks be to God.
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