Damian
Martyrological notice
A T Home, St. Philip Neri, founder of the Congre- ^ gation of the Oratory, celebrated for his virginal purity, the gift of prophecy, and miracles. — Also, at Rome, St. Eleutherius, pope and martyr, who con- verted many noble Romans to the Christian faith. He sent the saints Damian and Fugatius to England, who baptized king Lucius with his wife and almost all his people. — In the same city, the holy martyrs Simitrius, priest, and twenty-two others, who suf- fered under Antoninus Pius. — At Athens, during the persecution of Adrian, the birthday of blessed Quad- ratus, a disciple of the Apostles, who collected through his zealous exertions the faithful dispersed by terror, and presented to the emperor an excellent apology of the Christian religion, worthy of an apos- tle.— At Vienne, St. Zachary, bishop and martyr, who suffered under Trajan. — In Africa, St. Quadra- tus, martyr, on whose festival St. Augustine preached a sermon. — At Todi, the birthday of the holy mar
Historical martyrology witness · The Roman Martyrology (English, 1916)
A T Home, St. Philip Neri, founder of the Congre- ^ gation of the Oratory, celebrated for his virginal purity, the gift of prophecy, and miracles. — Also, at Rome, St. Eleutherius, pope and martyr, who con- verted many noble Romans to the Christian faith. He sent the saints Damian and Fugatius to England, who baptized king Lucius with his wife and almost all his people. — In the same city, the holy martyrs Simitrius, priest, and twenty-two others, who suf- fered under Antoninus Pius. — At Athens, during the persecution of Adrian, the birthday of blessed Quad- ratus, a disciple of the Apostles, who collected through his zealous exertions the faithful dispersed by terror, and presented to the emperor an excellent apology of the Christian religion, worthy of an apos- tle.— At Vienne, St. Zachary, bishop and martyr, who suffered under Trajan. — In Africa, St. Quadra- tus, martyr, on whose festival St. Augustine preached a sermon. — At Todi, the birthday of the holy mar