# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus,
# Martyrs (Apr 14, sharing the date with St. Justin in the general
# Tridentine calendar). No SanctiM/04-14t*.txt at all (the only
# SanctiM file for this date, plain SanctiM/04-14.txt, bases
# `@Sancti/04-14` i.e. Justin, not these martyrs) — same "the shared
# plain file isn't necessarily yours" wrinkle as the pre-1955 pass
# (memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints); another missed pre-1955-pool
# candidate rather than a genuine SanctiM case (see memory
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/04-14t.txt, English/Sancti/04-14t.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account, no
# responsory given in the source.
id: ss-tiburtius-valerian-and-maximus
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Valerianus Romanus nobili genere ortus, Alexandro Sevéro imperatóre, hortatu beátæ
        Cæcíliæ Vírginis, quam sibi pari nobilitate uxórem desponderat, una cum Tiburtio fratre a
        sancto Urbano Papa baptizátur. Quos ubi præfectus Urbis Almachius Christiános esse
        cognóvit, et patrimonio paupéribus distributo, Christianórum córpora sepelire; accersítos
        gráviter reprehéndit: atque ubi Christum Deum constanter confiténtes, deos autem
        dæmoniórum inánia simulácra prædicántes videt, virgis cædi jubet. Sed cum verbéribus cogi
        non possent, ut Jovis simulacrum veneraréntur, immo fortes in fídei veritáte
        permanérent, ad quartum ab Urbe lápidem secúri feriúntur. Quorum virtútem admirátus
        Maximus præfecti cubicularius, qui eos ad supplícium perduxerat, Christiánum se esse
        proféssus est, cum multis præterea præfecti minístris: qui paulo post plumbátis contusi,
        omnes ex diaboli minístris, Christi Dómini Mártyres evasérunt.
      en: >-
        Valerian was a Roman, of a family as noble as that of the blessed maiden Cecily, to whom
        he was contracted in marriage, in the reign of the Emperor Alexander Severus. At her
        persuasion he and his brother Tiburtius were baptized by the holy Pope Urban. When it came
        to the knowledge of Almachius, the Prefect of the city, that they were become Christians,
        had given their substance to the poor, and were burying the bodies of the faithful, he
        sent for them and strongly rebuked them; but as they constantly confessed that Christ is
        God, and that the gods of the heathen are but vain images of devils, he commanded them to
        be beaten with rods. But, forasmuch as no blows could force them to worship the image of
        Jupiter, but they seemed rather to wax strong in witnessing to the truth of the faith that
        was in them, they were beheaded at the fourth mile-stone from the city. One of the clerks
        of the Prefect, named Maximus, who had led them out to die, was so moved at the sight of
        their courage that he himself, with many other servants of the Prefect, owned to being a
        Christian; they were sentenced to be scourged to death with whips loaded with lead, under
        the which torment, in a little while, all these, who had once been the devil's ministers,
        passed away as martyrs of Christ the Lord.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
