Quintodécimo Kaléndas Maji. Luna. The Seventeenth Day of April. The Night of the Moon.
| Romæ sancti Anicéti, Papæ et Mártyris; qui martyrii palmam in persecutióne Marci Aurélii Antoníni et Lúcii Veri accépit. | At Rome, St. Anicetus, pope and martyr, who received the palm of martyrdom in the persecution of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Verus. |
| Córdubæ, in Hispánia, sanctórum Mártyrum Elíæ Presbyteri, Pauli et Isidóri Monachórum, qui, in persecutióne Arábica, ob Christiánæ fidei professiónem, interémpti sunt. | At Cordoba in Spain, the holy martyrs Elias, a priest, and the monks Paul and Isidore, who were slain in the Arab persecution for the profession of the Christian faith. |
| Antiochíæ sanctórum Mártyrum Petri Diáconi, et Hermógenis, qui ejúsdem Petri erat miníster. | At Antioch, the holy martyrs Peter, a deacon, and Hermogenes, who was his servant. |
| In Africa natális beáti Mappálici Mártyris, qui (ut scribit sanctus Cypriánus in epístola ad Mártyres et Confessóres), cum áliis plúribus, martyrio coronátus est. | In Africa, the birthday of blessed Mappalicus, martyr. St. Cyprian relates in his Epistle to the Martyrs and Confessors that he, along with many others, was crowned with martyrdom. |
| Ibídem sanctórum Mártyrum Fortunáti et Marciáni. | In the same place, the holy martyrs Fortunatus and Marcian. |
| Viénnæ, in Gállia, sancti Pantágathi Epíscopi. | At Vienne in France, Bishop St. Pantagathus. |
| Dertónæ sancti Innocéntii, Epíscopi et Confessóris. | At Tortona, St. Innocent, bishop and confessor. |
| Cistércii, in Gállia, sancti Stéphani Abbátis, qui primus erémum Cisterciénsem incóluit, et sanctum Bernárdum, cum sóciis ad se veniéntem, lætus excépit. | At Citeaux in France, St. Stephen Harding, abbot, who was first to live in the Cistercian desert and who joyfully welcomed St. Bernard and his companions when they came to him. |
| In monastério Casæ Dei, Claromontánæ diœcésis, in Gállia, sancti Robérti Confessóris, qui ejúsdem monastérii cónditor et primus Abbas éxstitit. | In the monastery of Chaise-Dieu, in the diocese of Clermont, St. Robert, confessor, the founder and first abbot of the monastery. |
Butlers Lives of the Saints
| April XVII. | ||
| St. Anicetus, Pope and Martyr | ||
| St. Stephen, Abbot of Citeaux, Confessor | ||
| St. Simeon, Bishop of Ctesiphon, and His Companions, Martyrs | ||
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