# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Silverius, Pope and Martyr (June 20) —
# pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/06-20*.txt at all; the "t" suffix
# variant at this date is an empty stub, not relevant).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-20.txt, English/Sancti/06-20.txt. Single
# lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source. The
# English source has an evident stray-word artifact ("for defending Save
# the heresy of Eutyches") — transcribed here as "the heresy of
# Eutyches", dropping the stray "Save".
id: st-silverius
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Silverius Campanus post Agapitum proxime Pontifex creatus est: cujus doctrina et sanctitas
        illuxit in insectandis hæreticis, et constantis animi magnitudo perspecta est in tuendo
        judicio Agapiti. Nam Anthimum, quem, quia Eutychianam hæresim defendebat, Agapitus ab
        episcopatu Constantinopolitano deposuerat, cum a Theodora Augusta sæpissime rogatus esset,
        restituere noluit. Quam ob rem irata mulier mandat Belisario ut Silverium mittat in
        exsilium. Qui exsulavit in insula Pontia, unde his verbis scripsisse fertur ad Amatorem
        episcopum: Sustentor pane tribulationis et aqua angustiæ; nec tamen dimisi, aut dimitto
        officium meum. Et sane, brevi incommodis ærumnisque confectus, obdormivit in Domino,
        duodecimo Kalendas Julii; Cujus corpus Romam delatum, et in basilica Vaticana depositum,
        multis miraculis illustratum fuit. Præfuit Ecclesiæ annos tres et amplius, creatis mense
        Decembri presbyteris tredecim, diaconis quinque, episcopis per diversa loca decem et novem.
      en: >-
        This Silverius was a native of Campania, and succeeded Agapitus in the Papacy. His
        orthodoxy and holiness shone brightest in his onslaughts upon heretics, and he showed
        admirable firmness in upholding a sentence by Agapitus. Agapitus had deposed Anthimus from
        the Patriarchate of Constantinople for defending the heresy of Eutyches; and Silverius would
        never allow of his restoration, although the Empress Theodora repeatedly asked him to do so.
        The woman was enraged at him on this account, and ordered Belisarius to send Silverius into
        exile. He was accordingly banished to the island of Ponza, whence he is said to have written
        these words to Bishop Amator: I am fed upon the bread of tribulation and the water of
        affliction, but nevertheless I have not given up, and I will not give up, doing my duty. But
        sickness and the hardships of his exile soon broke his strength, and he fell asleep in the
        Lord upon the 20th day of June. Many miracles shed a lustre upon his grave. He ruled the
        Church for more than three years, and ordained in the month of December thirteen Priests,
        five Deacons, and nineteen Bishops for diverse Sees.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
