Calocerus
Martyrological notice
baptism by the apostles, preserved unspotted the robe of innocence until he received the crown of life. — Also, at Rome, on the Appian road, the birth- day of the Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs. The former was chamberlain to the wife of the em- peror Decius, and the latter chief officer in another department. For refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were put to death. — At Mcomedia, the martyr St. Philoterus, son of the proconsul Pacian, who after much suffering under the emperor Diocletian, received the crown of martyrdom. — In the same city six holy virgins and martyrs. The principal one, named Cyriaca, having freely reproved Maximian for his impiety, was most severely scourged and lac- erated, and then consumed with fire. — At Canter- bury, St. Dunstan, bishop. — In Bretagne, St. Ives, priest and confessor, who, for the love of Christ, defended the interests of orphans, widows, and the poor.
Historical martyrology witness · The Roman Martyrology (English, 1916)
baptism by the apostles, preserved unspotted the robe of innocence until he received the crown of life. — Also, at Rome, on the Appian road, the birth- day of the Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs. The former was chamberlain to the wife of the em- peror Decius, and the latter chief officer in another department. For refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were put to death. — At Mcomedia, the martyr St. Philoterus, son of the proconsul Pacian, who after much suffering under the emperor Diocletian, received the crown of martyrdom. — In the same city six holy virgins and martyrs. The principal one, named Cyriaca, having freely reproved Maximian for his impiety, was most severely scourged and lac- erated, and then consumed with fire. — At Canter- bury, St. Dunstan, bishop. — In Bretagne, St. Ives, priest and confessor, who, for the love of Christ, defended the interests of orphans, widows, and the poor.