Reverian
Martyrological notice
At Austum, of the Saints Reverian, bishop, and Paul, priest, with ten others, who under Aurelian, emperor, were crowned with martyrdom.
The lives of the saints · 6 · SS. Reverian, B. and Comp., MM. at Autun, a.d. 272.
SS. Reverian, B. and Comp., MM. at Autun, a.d. 272.
S. Secondus, M. at Amelia, in Umbria, circ. a.d. 303.
S. Pamphilus, P.M., Valens, D.M., and Paul, M. at Ca-sarea
in Palestine, a.d. 309. S. Caprasius, Ab. o/Lerins, circ. A.D. 430. S. Ronan, H. in Brittany, 6th cent. S. Wistan, K.M. at Evesham, a.d. 749. S. Symeon, H. at Treves, a.d. 1033. S. Inigo, Ab. at Ogni, near Burgos, in Spain, a.d. 1057. S. Cuno, Archb. Elect offreves, M. at Tholey, a.d. 1066. S. Peter of Pisa, H. at Montebello, in Umbria, a.d. 1435.
SS. GRATIAN AND FELINUS, MM. (uncertain.)
[Roman Martyrology, inserted by Baronius in these words: — "At Perugia the holy martyrs Gratian and Felinus, soldiers who, after suffer- ing various tortures under Decius, received the crown of martyrdom." And Baronius quotes as his authority the Acts preserved at Perugia. But he laboured under a very serious mistake. The so-called Acts of SS. Gratian and Felinus, used as lections in the Arona Passionale, are ex- tracted from the Acts of SS. Florentinus and Companions, martyrs at Perugia commemorated the same day. But these Acts are in their turn not genuine ; they are, in fact, the Acts of SS. Secundianus and Comp. (Aug. 9th), which have been adapted " by some monk, more pious than learned," says Henschenius, — we should have said "as unscrupulously as ignorantly," — by merely altering the names of persons and places so as to make the Acts serve for the Perugian martyrs, of whom, therefore, we may con- clude that nothing was known. Consequently the less said about SS. Gratian and Felinus, patrons of Arona, or of SS. Florentinus and Companions at Perugia, the better. The relics of SS. Gratian and Felinus are now at Arona. Those of S. Florentinus were translated to Douai.]
1 The Bollandists suppose that several — perhaps five — saints of the same name hare been confounded in one, consequently the life of S. Clarus is in inextricable confusion.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Augustoduni sanctorum Reveriani Episcopi, et Pauli Presbyteri, cum aliis decem, qui, sub Aureliano Principe, martyrio coronati sunt.