Add February Matins readings for pre-1955 sanctoral saints

Sts. Blaise, Apollonia, and Faustinus and Jovita. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr (Feb 9) —
+# pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/02-09.txt is a different, later
+# saint (St. Cyril of Alexandria, added as a Doctor in 1882) who
+# displaced Apollonia on the general calendar's own Feb 9 slot; her
+# content survives at the suffixed sibling file (see memory
+# vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle").
+# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/02-09o.txt, English/Sancti/02-09o.txt.
+# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account, no
+# responsory given in the source.
+id: st-apollonia
+readings:
+  - nocturn: 2
+    isGospel: false
+    text:
+      la: >-
+        Apollónia virgo Alexandrína, sub Décio imperatóre, cum ingravescénte jam ætáte ad idóla
+        sisterétur, ut eis veneratiónem adhibéret; illis contémptis, Jesum Christum verum Deum
+        coléndum esse prædicábat. Quam ob rem omnes ei contúsi sunt et evúlsi dentes; ac, nisi
+        Christum detestáta deos cóleret, accénso rogo combustúros vivam mináti sunt ímpii carnífices.
+        Quibus illa, se quamvis mortem pro Jesu Christi fide subitúram, respóndit. Itaque
+        comprehénsa ut comburerétur, cum paulísper, quasi delíberans quid agéndum esset, stetísset,
+        ex illórum mánibus elápsa, álacris in ignem sibi parátum, majóri Spíritus Sancti flamma
+        intus accénsa, se injécit. Unde brevi, consúmpto córpore, puríssimus spíritus in cælum ad
+        sempitérnam martyrii corónam evolávit.
+      en: >-
+        Apollonia was an aged virgin of Alexandria, who, in the reign of the Emperor Decius, was
+        brought before the idols to worship them, but refused, declaring that Christ Jesus is True
+        God, and that to Him worship is due. The cruel executioners beat and pulled out all her
+        teeth, and threatened to burn her alive if she would not deny Christ. To whom she answered,
+        that for Christ Jesus' sake she was ready to die. Being taken to the place of execution she
+        stood for a few moments as if in doubt, and then, the fire of the Holy Ghost burning up in
+        her heart, she broke from those that held her, and leapt of her own accord into the flames.
+        Her body was quickly consumed, and her soul departed pure to obtain the eternal crown of
+        martyrdom.
+    status: { la: verified, en: verified }