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Henk 't Jong wrote:
>
> And another six-sainter!!! Are there any seven-sainters somewhere in
> the liturgical year, John?

Henk - I think you're missing the point.  If you look at any page of the 
Roman Martyrology you will see that there are plenty of saints listed for 
any given day.  Only one or two will normally be selected as feast days in 
any given Calendar.  [I plan to re-start the York Calendar at the point at 
which I broke off, in July]  As John is the only one with a copy of the 
latest version of the Roman Martyrology, we can't be sure that he is 
reproducing it as it stands (he has a weakness for the saints of the Regno, 
who might not all be totally canonical...)  This is what a previous version 
of the Roman Martyrology says for this day:

At Verona, the passion of Bishop St. Zeno, who governed that Church with 
great fortitude amid the storms of persecution, and was crowned with 
martyrdom in the time of Gallienus.
In Cappadocia, in the reign of Emperor Valens, during the persecution raised 
against the Christians by Atanaric, king of the Goths, St. Sabas, himself a 
Goth, who was cast into a river after undergoing cruel torments.  Many 
orthodox Goths, as St. Augustine relates, received at that time the crown of 
martyrdom.
At Braga in Portugal, the martyr St. Victor.  Although only a catechumen, he 
refused to adore an idol, and confessed Jesus Christ with great constancy. 
After suffering many tortures, he was beheaded, and thus merited to be 
baptized in his own blood.
At Fermo, in Piceno, St. Vissia, virgin and martyr.
At Rome, on the Aurelian Way, the birthday of Pope St. Julius, who 
vigorously defended the Catholic faith against the Arians.  After a life of 
brilliant accomplishments, he rested in peace, famed for his sanctity.
At the town of Gap in France, St. Constantine, bishop and confessor.
At Pavia, Bishop St. Damian.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and 
holy virgins.

(Verónæ pássio sancti Zenónis Epíscopi, qui inter persecutiónis procéllas 
eam Ecclésiam mira constántia gubernávit, et, Galliéni témpore, martyrio 
coronátus est.
In Cappadócia sancti Sabæ Gothi, qui, sub Valénte Imperatóre, cum Rex 
Gothórum Athanarícus Christiános insequerétur, in flumen, post dira 
torménta, projéctus est; quo étiam témpore (ut sanctus Augustínus scribit) 
quamplúrimi ex Gothis orthodóxis coróna martyrii sunt insigníti.
Brácari, in Lusitánia, sancti Victóris Mártyris, qui, adhuc catechúmenus, 
cum noluísset idólum adoráre, et Christum Jesum magna constántia conféssus 
fuísset, ídeo, post multa torménta, cápite abscísso, méruit próprio sánguine 
baptizári.
Firmi, in Picéno, sanctæ Víssiæ, Vírginis et Mártyris.
Romæ, via Aurélia, natális sancti Júlii Papæ Primi, qui advérsus Ariános pro 
fide cathólica plúrimum laborávit, ac, multis præcláre gestis, sanctitáte 
célebris quiévit in pace.
Apud Vapíngum óppidum, in Gállia, sancti Constantíni, Epíscopi et 
Confessóris.
Papíæ sancti Damiáni Epíscopi.
Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque 
sanctárum Vírginum.)


John Briggs 

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