Interim Saints - May 5th
MAXIMUS, bishop of Jerusalem (circ. A.D. 358)
Maximus, bishop of Jerusalem, suffered in the persecution of Maximian.
One of his eyes was plcuked out, and a leg was lamed by the application
of red hot irons to the sinews.
HILARY, bishop of Arles (A.D. 449)
S. Hilary was born of noble parents in the year 401, and was a relative
of S. Honoratus of Arles, who was then in the island of Lérins . . .
His impetuous character precipitated him into actions of more than
questionable canonicity, on account of which he fell into disfavour
with S. Leo the Great . . . Hilary was commanded by S. Leo to confine
himself to his own diocese, was deprived of the authority he claimed
over the province of Vienne, and forbidden to be present at any future
ordination.
MAURONTIUS, abbot (A.D. 701)
Adalbald, and his saintly wife Rictrudis, were the parents of
Maurontius . . . Maurontius built the abbey of Breuil on his own
property at the confines of Artois and Flanders, on the river Lys.
PIUS V, pope (A.D. 1572)
. . . Pius V foresaw and prevented a danger that menaced all Eastern
and Southern Europe. The Ottoman power was making rapid progress . . .
The Christians sailed from Corfu, and found the Turkish fleet at anchor
in the harbour of Lepanto. Six hundred vessels of war met face to face
on October 7th, 1571. Rerely in history had so gorgeous a scene of
martial array been witnessed . . . By sunset the battle had been won .
. . His next design was the formation of a league against England . . .
But death approached, and it was reserved for a successor to see the
attempt made and fail.
Oriens.
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