# Matins Nocturn 2 readings for Ss. Nazarius and Celsus, Martyrs, St.
# Victor I, Pope and Martyr, and St. Innocent I, Pope and Confessor
# (July 28) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/07-28*.txt at all).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/07-28.txt, English/Sancti/07-28.txt.
# Lectio4 (Nazarius and Celsus), Lectio5 (Victor I), and Lectio6
# (Innocent I) are three distinct saints' vitae, genuine source changes,
# kept as three separate readings. No responsory given.
id: ss-nazarius-celsus-victor-and-innocent
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Nazarius, a beato Lino papa baptizatus, cum in Gálliam profectus esset, ibi Celsum púerum, a
        se christiánis præceptis prius instructum, baptizávit. Qui una Trévirim euntes, Nerónis
        persecutióne, in mare uterque dejícitur, unde mirabíliter evasérunt. Postea Mediolanum
        veniéntes, cum ibi Christi fidem disseminárent, ab Anolino præfecto, constantíssime Christum
        Deum confiténtes, cápite plectúntur: quorum córpora extra portam Romanam sepúlta sunt. Quæ
        cum diu latuíssent, Dei mónitu a beato Ambrosio conspersa recénti sánguine sunt invénta,
        tamquam si paulo ante martyrium passi essent; unde, in urbem translata, honorifico sepúlcro
        contecta sunt.
      en: >-
        Nazarius was baptized by the blessed Pope Linus, and afterwards went to Gaul. There he met
        with the boy Celsus, whom he instructed in the Christian law, and baptized. They went
        together to Trier, and, in the persecution under Nero, were both thrown into the sea, from
        which they had a marvellous escape. Later on, they came to Milan, where they spread the
        Faith of Christ, and as they remained firm in declaring that He is God, the Prefect Anolinus
        had them beheaded. Their bodies were buried outside the Roman gate, and lay long unknown,
        till, by a revelation from God, Blessed Ambrose found them, smeared with fresh blood, as
        though they had only a short time undergone martyrdom. They were taken up from thence,
        carried into the city, and laid in an honourable sepulchre.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Victor in Africa natus, Sevéro imperatóre rexit Ecclésiam. Confirmávit decretum Pii primi,
        ut sacrum Pascha die Dominico celebrarétur: qui ritus ut póstea in mores inducerétur, habita
        sunt multis in locis concília; et in Nicæna dénique prima synodo sancítum est, ut Paschæ dies
        festus post quartam décimam lunam agerétur, ne Christiáni Judæos imitari videréntur. Státuit
        ut quavis aqua, modo naturali, si necessitas cógeret, quicúmque baptizari posset. Theódotum
        Coriárium Byzantinum, docéntem Christum tantummodo hóminem fuísse, ejécit ex Ecclésia.
        Scripsit de quæstióne Paschæ et alia quædam opúscula. Creávit duabus ordinatiónibus, mense
        Decembri, presbyteros quatuor, diaconos septem, episcopos per diversa loca duodecim.
        Martyrio coronátus, sepelítur in Vaticano, quinto Kalendas Augusti. Sedit annos novem,
        mensem unum, dies viginti octo.
      en: >-
        Victor was by birth an African, and governed the Church in the time of the Emperor Severus.
        He confirmed the decree of Pius I that the Holy Passover should be kept upon the Lord's Day.
        To bring this rule into use, Councils were held in many places, and in the First Synod of
        Nice it was decided that the Holy Passover Day should be kept after the 14th day of the
        month (Nisan), lest the Christians should seem to be copying the Jews. Victor decided that
        if need be, baptism can be administered with any water, as long as it be natural. He cast
        out of the Church Theodotus the tanner, of Constantinople, who taught that Christ was
        nothing but a man. He wrote upon the subject of the Passover, and some other small works. He
        held two Ordinations in the month of December, wherein he ordained four Priests, seven
        Deacons, and twelve Bishops for diverse places. He received the crown of his testimony, and
        was buried at the Vatican on the 28th day of July. He sat in the throne of Peter nine years,
        one month, and twenty-eight days.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    text:
      la: >-
        Innocentius Albanénsis, sancti Hierónymi et Augustíni ætate flóruit. De quo ille ad
        Demetríadem vírginem: Sancti Innocentii, qui apostolicæ cathedræ et beátæ memóriæ Anastasii
        successor et fílius est, teneas fidem nec peregrinam, quamvis tibi prudens callídaque
        videaris, doctrinam recipias. Eum, tamquam justum Lot subtractum Dei providéntia, ad
        Ravennam servátum fuísse, scribit Orósius, ne Romani pópuli vidéret excidium. Is, Pelagio et
        Cælestio damnatis, contra eórum hæresim decretum fecit, ut párvuli, ex christiana étiam
        mulíere nati, per baptismum renasci debérent; ut in eis regeneratióne mundétur, quod
        generatióne contraxérunt. Probávit etiam, ut Sábbato, ob memóriam Christi Dómini sepultúræ
        jejunium servarétur. Sedit annos quíndecim, mensem unum, dies decem. Quatuor ordinatiónibus,
        mense Decembri, creávit presbyteros trigínta, diaconos quíndecim, episcopos per diversa loca
        quinquagínta quatuor. Sepultus est in cœmeterio ad Ursum pileátum.
      en: >-
        Innocent of Albano flourished in the time of St. Jerome and St. Augustine. Concerning him,
        St. Jerome saith, writing to Demetrias: Keep firm hold on the faith of holy Innocent, who is
        the heir and the child of the Apostolic See, and of Anastasius of blessed memory, and receive
        not any strange doctrine, how wise and acute soever thou mayest count thyself. Orosius
        writeth that God kept Innocent at Ravenna that he might not see the destruction of the Roman
        people, even as righteous Lot was withdrawn by God's Providence. He condemned Pelagius and
        Caelestius, and made a decree against their heresy, that little children, even those whose
        mother was a Christian, must be born again in baptism, that the new birth may wash away in
        them the stain which they have contracted in their conception. He approved also that a Fast
        should be kept upon Saturday in memory of the Lord Christ's lying in the grave on that day.
        He sat in the throne of Peter fifteen years, one month, and ten days. He held four
        Ordinations in the month of December, and made therein thirty Priests, fifteen Deacons, and
        forty-four Bishops for diverse places. He was buried in the Bear-and-Cap Cemetery.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
