Interim Saints - April 28th
VITALIS and VALERIA, martyrs (about A.D. 171)
In the persecution of Marcus Aurelius . . . Paulinus, the magistrate,
ordered Vitalis to be brought before him, and placed on the rack, and
then to be cast into a pit, and earth and stones to be thrown in upon
him till he was dead. His wife, Valeria . . . was so severely beaten
that she died two days after of the blows she had received.
APHRODISIUS and companions, martyrs (date uncertain)
S. Aphrodisius . . . is said to have been an Egyptian, who received SS.
Mary, Joseph and the infant Saviour, into his house on the occasion of
the flight into Egypt.
THEODORA and DIDYMUS, martyrs (A.D. 303)
. . . the prefect ordered her to be taken to the public stews . . .
Now there was a young Christian, named Didymus, at Alexandria, who had
heard the sentence, and he was full of zeal for God, and resolved to
deliver the virgin from the place of wickedness and peril. therefore
he went to where she was, dressed in soldier's clothes and armour, and
shutting the door behind him, he said, "Fear not, my sister. I am thy
brother in Jesus Christ. I am come to save thee. Change clothese with
me." So she disguised herself in his cuirass and greaves, and went
forth. But the agony of fear, and the sudden reaction was too great
for her tender spirit to bear, and she fell down, and her soul escaped
to God, and was at rest. Then Didymus was taken, and brought before
the prefect, and at his command his head was smitten off, and his body
consumed in a fire.
CRONAN OF ROSCREA, abbot (about A.D. 615)
Cronan was a native of Ely O'Carrol, in Munster . . . he erected a
large monastery, which in course of time gave rise to the town of
Roscrea.
PRUDENTIUS, bishop of Tarazona (date uncertain)
A life full of fables and additions, not in any way trustworthy.
Oriens.
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