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Isn't there also a feast of Saint Peter's release
(miraculous) from prison/chains accounting for the
church of San Pietro in vinculi (sp? - Italian's
rusty)?
MG
--- "S. Metheny" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dennis Martin ended his insightful reply to Phyllis
> Jestice:
>
> Peter and Paul each have a separate day on their
> own: the conversion of St.
> Paul, the Chair of Peter elsewhere in the calendar.
> But June 29th is the
> feast of their martrydom, followed on June 30 by the
> commemoration of the
> rest of the martyrs of the Neronian persecution.
> Since the calendar of
> saints days in the Roman Rite grew out of the
> martyrology of the Roman
> diocese, it is not surprising that Peter and Paul
> would be put together.
> They are named together and at the head of, distinct
> from the rest of the
> list of other Roman martyrs in the Canon of the
> Roman Rite. This indicates
> a very ancient practice of honoring them in one
> breath as the protomartyrs
> of the Church of Rome.
>
> I don't know how ancient the June 30th celebration
> of the martyrs of the
> Neronian persecution is. I suspect it is a more
> modern addition, but
> perhaps someone else knows.
>
> ************************************
> The celebration of the Protomartyrs of the Roman
> Church on 30 June was added
> to the General Roman Calendar in the revision of
> 1970. Prior to that, 30
> June was given to a 'Comemoration of St. Paul.' (A
> bit of balance to the
> strong primacy of place Peter had in the Mass and
> Office texts of the joint
> celebration on 29 June.) Of course, there could
> perhaps have been a
> 'Protomartyrs' celebration in the particular
> calender of the Roman diocese.
> Or one may have appeared in the General Roman
> Calendar at some earlier
> period. (IIRC, it does not appear in the General
> Calender of the _Editio
> Princeps_ of either the _MR_ or _BR_.) Some calendar
> specialist may know.
>
>
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