At Calaruega in Spain, Blessed Mannes, brother of our Father St. Dominic. He possessed sincerity and simplicity to a high degree, and was devoted to contemplation. Rich in merit and renowned for his miracles, he died a holy death in the Cistercian monastery of St. Peter at Gamiel. A duplex feast.
At Rome, the holy martyrs Abdon and Sennen, Persians. Under the Emperor Decius, they were brought to Rome bound in chains, and for the Christian faith were first scourged with leaden tipped whips and then slain with the sword. A memory.
At Assisi in Umbria, St. Rufinus, martyr.
At Tuburbe in Africa, the holy virgins and martyrs Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda. In the persecution of Valerian and Gallienus, Maxima and Donatilla were forced to drink vinegar and gall and were then severely beaten. They were tortured on the rack, burnt on gridirons, and then rubbed with lime. Afterward, they were thrown to the beasts, along with Secunda, a girl of twelve years of age. As the beasts did not harm them, all three were slain by the sword.
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, St. Julitta, martyr. She went to law to recover her goods from an influential man who had defrauded her. He maintained that since she was a Christian she ought not to be heard. She was immediately ordered by the judge to offer incense to idols, so that she might present her case. She firmly refused. Being cast into the flames, she rendered up her soul to God, but her body remained unhurt by the fire. St. Basil the Great has celebrated the excellence of her glory in a beautiful eulogy.
At Auxerre, St. Ursus, bishop and confessor.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct, but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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