Tertiodécimo Kaléndas Maji. Luna.

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Tertiodécimo Kaléndas Maji. Luna. The Nineteenth Day of April. The Night of the Moon.

Corínthi natális sancti Timónis, qui fuit unus de septem primis Diáconis.  Hic primo apud Berœam Doctor resédit, ac deínde, verbum Dómini disséminans, venit Corínthum; ibíque, a Judǽis et Græcis (ut tráditur) injéctus flammis, sed nihil læsus, demum, cruci affíxus, martyrium suum implévit. At Corinth, the birthday of St. Timon, one of the first seven deacons, who was first a teacher at Berea.  Afterwards, while preaching the word of the Lord at Corinth, he was delivered to the flames by the Jews and the Greeks, but remaining uninjured, he ended his martyrdom by crucifixion.
Cantuáriæ, in Anglia, sancti Elphégi, Epíscopi et Mártyris. At Canterbury in England, St. Alphege, bishop and martyr.
Melitínæ, in Arménia, sanctórum Mártyrum Hermógenis, Caji, Expedíti, Aristónici, Rufi et Galátæ, qui omnes una die sunt coronáti. At Melitine in Armenia, the holy martyrs Hermogenes, Caius, Expeditus, Aristonicus, Rufus, and Galatas, all crowned on the same day.
Caucolíberi, in Hispánia Tarraconénsi, pássio sancti Vincéntii Mártyris. At Collioure in Spain, the martyr St. Vincent.
Eódem die sanctórum Mártyrum Socrátis et Dionysii, qui lánceis confóssi sunt. On the same day, the holy martyrs Socrates and Denis, who were killed with spears.
Hierosólymis sancti Paphnútii Mártyris. At Jerusalem, the martyr St. Paphnutius.
Romæ sancti Leónis Papæ Noni, virtútum et miraculórum laude insígnis. At Rome, Pope St. Leo IX, illustrious for his virtues and his miracles.
Antiochíæ Pisídiæ sancti Geórgii Epíscopi, qui, ob sanctárum Imáginum cultum, exsul occúbuit. At Antioch in Pisidia, St. George, a bishop, who died in exile for the veneration of sacred images.
In cœnóbio Laubiénsi, in Bélgio, sancti Ursmári Epíscopi. In the monastery of Lobbes in Belgium, the bishop St. Ursmar.
Floréntiæ sancti Crescéntii Confessóris, qui fuit discípulus beáti Zenóbii Epíscopi. At Florence, St. Crescent, confessor, a disciple of the blessed Bishop Zenobius.
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.

 

April XIX.
St. Leo IX. Pope and Confessor
St. Elphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr
St. Ursmar, of Laubes or Lobes, Bishop and Abbot

 

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