# Verified against Divinum Officium (Latin Martyrologium, English translation).
monthDay: "05-18"
text:
  la: |
    Cameríni sancti Venántii Mártyris, qui, annos quíndecim natus, sub Décio Imperatóre et Antíocho Prǽside, una cum áliis decem, gloriósi certáminis cursum, cervícibus abscíssis, implévit.

    Ravénnæ natális sancti Joánnis Primi, Papæ et Mártyris; qui, ab Ariáno Itáliæ Rege Theodoríco illuc dolo evocátus, ibídem, ab eo propter orthodóxam fidem diu macerátus in cárcere, vitam finívit. Ipsíus autem festum recólitur sexto Kaléndas Júnii, quo die sacrum ejus corpus, Romam relátum, in Basílica sancti Petri, Apostolórum Príncipis, sepúltum est.

    Spoléti sancti Felícis Epíscopi, qui, sub Maximiáno Imperatóre, martýrii palmam adéptus est.

    Heracléæ, in Ægýpto, sancti Potamónis Epíscopi, qui primum, sub Maximiáno Galério, Conféssor fuit; deínde, sub Constántio Imperatóre et Ariáno Prǽside Philágrio, martýrio coronátus est. Ipsum vero beátum virum sancti Ecclésiæ Patres Athanásius et Epiphánius suis láudibus celebrárunt.

    In Ægýpto sancti Dióscori Lectóris, in quem Præses multa et vária torménta ita exércuit, ut ungues ejus effóderet et lampádibus látera inflammáret, sed, cæléstis lúminis fúlgore pertérriti, cecidérunt minístri; novíssime autem ipse Dióscorus, láminis ardéntibus adústus, martýrium consummávit.

    Ancýræ, in Galátia, sancti Theódoti Mártyris, et sanctárum septem Vírginum et Mártyrum, scílicet Thecúsæ, quæ ipsíus Theódoti erat ámita, Alexándræ, Cláudiæ, Phaínæ, Euphrásiæ, Matrónæ et Julíttæ. Hæ a Prǽside primum prostitútæ, sed Dei virtúte servátæ, deínde, lapídibus ad colla ligátis, in palúdem mersæ sunt; quarum relíquias colléctas cum Theódotus honorífice sepelísset, ídeo, comprehénsus a Prǽside, sævíssime dilaniátus est, ac demum, ense percússus, martýrii corónam accépit.

    Upsali, in Suécia, sancti Eríci, Regis et Mártyris.

    Romæ sancti Felícis Confessóris, ex Ordine Minórum Capuccinórum, evangélica simplicitáte et caritáte conspícui; quem Clemens Undécimus, Póntifex Máximus, Sanctórum fastis adscrípsit.
  en: |
    At Camarino, in the neighbourhood of Ancona, the holy martyr Venantius, who, at fifteen years of age, under Decius the Emperor and Antiochus the President, along with ten others, finished the course of a glorious contention by being beheaded.

    In Egypt, the holy Reader Dioscorus, upon whom the President practiced many and diverse tortures, so that he had his nails dug out, and his sides scarified with lamps, but a sudden light from heaven terrified the tormentors so that they fell down; lastly, he was roasted with hot plates of metal, and so finished his testimony.

    At Spoleto, the holy Felix, Bishop [of Spello,] who gained the palm of martyrdom, under the Emperor Maximian.

    In Egypt, the holy Potamion, Bishop [of Heraclea,] who was first a Confessor of the faith under the Emperor Maximian Gallerius, and afterwards crowned with martyrdom, under the Emperor Constantius and the Arian President Philagrius.

    At Ancyra, in Galatia, the holy martyrs Theodotus, and the Virgins Thecusa his aunt, Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta, who were sentenced by the President to the stews, but were preserved by the power of God whereupon stones were tied to their necks and they were sunk in a swamp. Theodotus gathered their remains and buried them honourably, whereupon he was arrested by the President and savagely mangled, and at length received the crown of his testimony by being stricken with the sword.

    At Uppsala, in Sweden, [in the year 1161,] the holy martyr Eric, King of that land.

    At Rome, [in the year 1587,] the holy Confessor Felix of Cantalicio, of the Order of Friars Minors Capuchins, who was remarkable for his Gospel simplicity and charity, and whom the Supreme Pontiff Clement XI numbered among the Saints.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
