Pelinus
Life and witness
At Pentinia, in Abruzzo, of St. Pelinus, bishop of Brindisi,t who under Julian the apostate, when the temple of Mars, by the power of his prayers, fell to the ground, being cruelly beaten by the idolatrous priests, and stabbed with fourscore and five wounds, deserved the crown of martyrdom. Also, of St. Anastasius, martyr, who, out of the ardent desire he had of martyrdom, offered himself voluntarily to the persecutors.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Corfinii, in Pelignis, sancti Pelini, Episcopi Brundusini, qui, cum ob ejus orationem, sub Juliano Apostata, templum Martis corruisset, a templorum Pontificibus dirissime caesus est, atque, octoginta et quinque vulneribus confossus, martyrii coronam promeruit.