Interim Saints - March 10th
CAIUS and ALEXANDER, martyrs (after A.D. 171)
Nothing more of these martyrs is known than the brief mention in
Eusebius, quoting from Apollinaris of Hierapolis, that they were
natives of Eumenia, and that they suffered at Apamea.
CODRATUS, DIONYSIUS and OTHERS, martyrs (about A.D. 258)
They were taken before the governor Jason, at Corinth, and executed.
THE FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE (about A.D. 320)
Forty soldiers of the Thundering Legion, "natives of differenct
countries, but all young, brave, and distinguished for their services,
refused to sacrifice to the idols," and were frozen to death in an icy
pond.
MACARIUS, Bishop of Jerusalem (about A.D. 335)
S. Macarius was created bishop of Jerusalem in the year 314. He was
present at the great council of Nicća . . .
KESSOG, bishop and confessor (6th century)
Kessog or Makkessog, as he is otherwise called, an Irish prince by
birth, and an itinerary bishop in the province of Boyne, laboured for
the spread of the Gospel in Scotland.
DROCTOVEUS, abbot (about A.D. 576)
S. Droctoveus, vulgarly called in France S. Drotté, was born in the
diocese of Autun, in Burgundy.
HYMELIN, priest (8th cent.)
The blessed Hymelin, priest and confessor, was a near relative of S.
Rumbold, and an Irishman. As he lay dying, a girl gave him a sip of
water from her pitcher. The water in the pitcher was turned to wine.
"And as the soul of Hymelin fled, the chimes of the church began to
play sweetly in the air, though no man touched the bells."
Oriens.
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