Duodécimo Kaléndas Aprílis. Luna. The Twenty-First Day of March. The Night of the Moon.
In monte Cassíno natális sancti Benedícti Abbátis, qui in Occidénte fere collápsam Monachórum disciplínam restítuit ac mirífice propagávit; cujus vitam, virtútibus et miráculis gloriósam, beátus Gregórius Papa conscrípsit. At Monte Cassino, the birthday of the holy abbot St. Benedict, who restored and wonderfully extended the monastic discipline in the West, where it had almost been destroyed. His life, brilliant in virtues and miracles, was written by Pope St. Gregory.
Cátanæ, in Sicília, sancti Birílli, qui, a beáto Petro ordinátus Epíscopus, ibídem, cum multos Gentílium convertísset ad fidem, in última senectúte quiévit in pace. At Catania, St. Birillus, who was consecrated bishop by St. Peter. After converting many gentiles to the faith, he died in extreme old age.
Alexandríæ commemorátio sanctórum Mártyrum, qui, sub Constántio Imperatóre et Præfécto Philágrio, irruéntibus Ariánis et Gentílibus in Ecclésias, in die Parascéves cæsi sunt. At Alexandria, under Emperor Constantine and the governor Philagrius, the commemoration of the holy martyrs who were murdered by the Arians and the heathens, being attacked by them while they were in church on Good Friday.
Eódem die sanctórum Mártyrum Philémonis et Domníni. On the same day, the holy martyrs Philemon and Domninus.
Alexandríæ beáti Serapiónis, Anachorétæ et Epíscopi Thmúeos, magnárum virtútum viri; qui, Arianórum furóre in exsílium actus, Conféssor migrávit ad Dóminum. At Alexandria, blessed Serapion, anchoret and bishop of Thmuis, a man of great virtue, who was driven into exile by the enraged Arians, where he departed to heaven.
In território Lugdunénsi sancti Lupicíni Abbátis, cujus vita ob sanctitátis et miraculórum glóriam fuit illústris. In the territory of Lyons, St. Lupicinus, abbot, whose life was brilliant with the glory of holiness and miracles.
In loco Ranft, prope Sachseln, in Helvétia, sancti Nicolái de Flüe, patris famílias, dein Anachorétæ, arctíssima pæniténtia et mundi contémptu insígnis, ab Helvétiis pater pátriæ appelláti, quem Pius Papa Duodécimus Sanctórum fastis adscrípsit. In the village of Ranft, near Sachseln in Switzerland, St. Nicholas of Flue, a family man who became an anchoret, famed for his most ardent penitence and contempt for the world, and known by the Swiss as the father of the fatherland. He was numbered among the saints by Pope Pius XII.
Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
R. Deo grátias.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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