Interim Saints - June 18th
LEONTIUS, HYPATIUS and THEODULUS (about A.D. 135)
Saint Leontius was a soldier at Tripoli, in PhŒnicia, who believed in
Christ, and refused to sacrifice to the genius of the empire, and to
the heathen gods. He converted Hypatius and Theodulus, two other
officers, the former of whom he cured of fever. By order of Hadrian
they were all three executed.
MARCUS and MARCELLINUS, martyrs (A.D. 286)
Marcus and Marcellinus were twin brothers of a noble family in Rome . .
. Fabian, who succeeded Chromatius, ordered them to be tied, and their
feet nailed to a wooden post. The brothers bore their pains with great
cheerfulness, and sang, "Behold how good and joyful it is, brethren, to
dwell together in unity." After having been thus exposed for a day,
they were run through with lances.
ELIZABETH OF SHOENAU, virgin (A.D. 1165)
That the young nun was subject to hallucinations there can be little
doubt. One day she thought she saw a little demon in a monk's dress
and cowl in the corner of her cell, and when she ran screaming to the
abbess, it disappeared . . . Another day as she was standing in
chapter, she saw him opposite her in a surplice, like a clerk, with
mocking face and actions
. . . But this was the prelude to heavenly visions . . . Her visions
differed in nothing from the artistic representation of those scenes
common at the time, and were suggested by them. To the revelation of
S. Elizabeth are due most of the details of the legend of S. Ursula,
the value of which may be guessed accordingly.
MARY THE SORROWFUL, virgin martyr (A.D. 1290)
We have in this saint a sad instance of the miscarriage of justice . .
. very beautiful . . . He waylaid her . . . a charge of witchcraft . .
. sentenced her to death . . . a great stake was driven crashing
through her breast.
Oriens.
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