# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr (Aug 26)
# — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/08-26*.txt at all).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/08-26.txt, English/Sancti/08-26.txt. Single
# lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source.
id: st-zephyrinus
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Zephyrinus Romanus Severo imperatore ad regendam Ecclesiam assumptus, sancivit, ut qui
        ordinandi essent, opportuno tempore et multis præsentibus clericis et laicis, de more sacris
        initiarentur; doctique ac spectatæ vitæ homines ad id officii munus deligerentur. Decrevit
        præterea, ut rem divinam facienti episcopo sacerdotes omnes astarent. Idem instituit ut
        patriarcha, primas, metropolitanus adversus episcopum non ferant sententiam, nisi apostolica
        auctoritate fulti. Vixit in pontificatu annos decem et octo, dies decem et octo. Habuit
        ordinationes quatuor mense Decembri, quibus creavit presbyteros tredecim, diaconos septem,
        episcopos per diversa loca tredecim. Antonino imperatore martyrio coronatus est, et sepultus
        via Appia prope cemeterium Callisti, septimo Kalendas Septembris.
      en: >-
        Pope Zephyrinus was a Roman, who was called to govern the Church during the reign of the
        Emperor Severus. It was he who decreed that they who are to be ordained should be ordained
        only at a fit time, and in the presence of many clerks and laymen, as was indeed already the
        custom, and that none but learned men and well known and spoken of should be set apart to
        that office. He decreed also that when the Bishop celebrated the Holy Liturgy, all the
        Priests should be present around him. Also he decreed that no Patriarch, Primate, or
        Metropolitan should pronounce sentence on a Bishop, unless they were charged with the
        authority of the Apostolic See. He lived as Pope eighteen years, eighteen days. He held four
        December ordinations, wherein he made thirteen Priests, seven Deacons, and thirteen Bishops
        for diverse places. He received the crown of his testimony under the Emperor Antonine, and
        was buried on the Appian Way, near the cemetery of Callistus, upon the 26th day of August.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
