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12 of June's 13 SanctiM-track saints authored, including the major
Duplex I class feast of Ss. Peter and Paul. One left unsourced (the
Vigil of St. John the Baptist has only a Nocturn 1 scripture reading
in the source, nothing proper to author for Nocturn 2/3). Found a new
wrinkle: St. William Abbot has real vita content in both tracks,
essentially the same story independently transcribed — sourced from
the Tridentine file since only it has an English translation.
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saints (Tridentine/Divino Afflatu-sourced, no Monastic 1617 track) are now done — see saints (Tridentine/Divino Afflatu-sourced, no Monastic 1617 track) are now done — see
"Pre-1955 saints' Matins readings" below. The larger pool of saints that *do* have a "Pre-1955 saints' Matins readings" below. The larger pool of saints that *do* have a
Monastic 1617 track (`SanctiM/`) is in progress — see "SanctiM-track saints' Matins Monastic 1617 track (`SanctiM/`) is in progress — see "SanctiM-track saints' Matins
readings" below — January-May done (46/51), ~103 candidates remain (June onward). readings" below — January-June done (58/64), ~91 candidates remain (July onward).
- The bulk Vulgate (Latin) + Douay-Rheims (English) scripture import into - The bulk Vulgate (Latin) + Douay-Rheims (English) scripture import into
`src/data/scripture/` — long-term project, explicitly deferred; Matins scripture `src/data/scripture/` — long-term project, explicitly deferred; Matins scripture
citations resolve to `missing` text until it lands. citations resolve to `missing` text until it lands.
@@ -1471,7 +1471,20 @@ later saint" wrinkle). Left unauthored: `st-romanus-abbot` — turns out to have
pre-1955 pass), but it carries no Lectio content at all, only `vide C5b` (Common of a pre-1955 pass), but it carries no Lectio content at all, only `vide C5b` (Common of a
Confessor) — Common-only, not a gap. `npm test`/`tsc --noEmit` both pass. Confessor) — Common-only, not a gap. `npm test`/`tsc --noEmit` both pass.
**Not done in this pass**: the remaining ~103 SanctiM-track candidates (June onward) — same **June done (12/13 saints, 1 left unauthored as no-proper-content)**:
`ss-marcellinus-peter-and-erasmus`, `ss-primus-and-felicianus`, `st-barnabas`,
`st-basil-the-great`, `ss-vitus-modestus-and-crescentia`, `ss-mark-and-marcellian` (missed
pre-1955-pool candidate), `nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist`, `st-william-abbot` (a genuine
Monastic-only vita exists too, but its content is essentially identical to the Tridentine
track's own account and only the Tridentine track has an English translation, so sourced from
there instead), `ss-john-and-paul`, `st-leo-ii` (off-date, like St. Paul the Hermit in the
pre-1955 pass — the general calendar keeps him on Jul 3, not Jun 28), `ss-peter-and-paul`
(Duplex I class), `commemoration-of-st-paul`. Left unauthored: `vigil-of-st-john-the-baptist`
its Tridentine file has only a Nocturn 1 (`Lectio1-3`, scripture) and no Nocturn 2/3 content at
all in either track, so nothing to source, same category as the pre-1955 pass's Common-only
exceptions but for a Vigil rather than a Common fallback. `npm test`/`tsc --noEmit` both pass.
**Not done in this pass**: the remaining ~91 SanctiM-track candidates (July onward) — same
authoring shape, continue month by month. authoring shape, continue month by month.
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Commemoration of St. Paul (Jun
# 30) — SanctiM/06-30.txt's own Lectio4-9 all resolve back to
# `@Sancti/06-30:LectioN` (resliced), so this feast's own proper
# content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-30.txt, English/Sancti/06-30.txt.
#
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 (St. Augustine's treatise On Grace and Free
# Will) combined into one reading, one continuous excerpt.
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Matt 10:16-22) is a bare
# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given, so — per
# the pre-1955 pass's convention of not transcribing bare incipits —
# only the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), combined
# with Lectio8-9 as one continuous excerpt of St. John Chrysostom's
# homily. No responsory given for either reading.
id: commemoration-of-st-paul
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, On Grace and Free Will, ch. 6-7"
text:
la: >-
Apóstolus Paulus, quem certe invénimus sine ullis méritis bonis, immo cum multis méritis
malis, Dei grátiam consecútum, reddéntis bona pro malis, videámus quid dicat, sua jam
propinquánte passióne, scribens ad Timótheum: Ego enim jam ímmolor, inquit, et tempus
resolutiónis meæ instat. Bonum certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem servávi. Ista
útique jam mérita sua bona commémorat; ut post bona mérita consequátur corónam, qui post
mérita mala consecútus est grátiam. Dénique atténdite quid sequátur: Súperest, inquit,
mihi coróna justítiæ, quam reddet mihi Dóminus in illa die justus judex. Cui rédderet
corónam justus judex, si non donásset grátiam miséricors Pater? Et quómodo esset ista
coróna justítiæ, nisi præcessísset grátia, quæ justíficat ímpium? Quómodo ista débita
redderétur, nisi prius illa gratúita donarétur?
Proínde considerémus ipsa mérita Apóstoli Pauli, quibus dixit corónam redditúrum
júdicem justum, et videámus utrum mérita ipsíus tamquam ipsíus, id est, ex ipso ei
comparáta, an dona sint Dei. Bonum, inquit, certámen certávi, cursum consummávi, fidem
servávi. Primo ista bona ópera, si non ea præcessíssent cogitatiónes bonæ, nulla essent.
Atténdite ítaque quid de ipsis cogitatiónibus dicat; ait enim scribens ad Corínthios: Non
quia idónei sumus cogitáre áliquid a nobis, tamquam a nobismetípsis; sed sufficiéntia
nostra ex Deo est. Deínde síngula inspiciámus.
Bonum, inquit, certámen certávi. Quæro qua virtúte certáverit, utrum quæ illi ex
semetípso fúerit, an quæ désuper data sit? Sed absit ut tantus doctor ignoráverit legem
Dei, cujus vox est in Deuteronómio: Ne dicas in corde tuo: Fortitúdo mea et poténtia manus
meæ fecit mihi virtútem magnam hanc; sed memoráberis Dómini Dei tui, quia ipse tibi dat
fortitúdinem fácere virtútem. Quid autem prodest bonum certámen, nisi sequátur victória?
Et quis dat victóriam, nisi ille, de quo dicit ipse: Grátias Deo, qui dat nobis victóriam
per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum?
en: >-
The Apostle Paul was a man, who, when we first hear of him, had not only no merits, but a
great many demerits. That man received the grace of God, Who returneth good for evil, and
let us see in what sort of language, when the hour of his last sufferings was at hand, he
wrote to Timothy. He saith: I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is
at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Here
he counteth his merits, whereon a crown was immediately to follow, just as grace had
followed immediately on his demerits. Listen to what cometh next: Henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at
that day. Unto whom would the Lord give a crown as a righteous Judge, if He had not first
given grace, as a merciful Father? And how would that crown be a crown of righteousness,
if there had not first come grace which justifieth the ungodly? How could a reward have
been earned unless the power to earn had first been given unearned?
Let us now consider what were the merits of the Apostle Paul, which entitled him to look
for a crown of righteousness from the Lord, the righteous Judge, and let us see whether
these merits sprang from himself or were God's gifts to him. He saith: I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. To begin with, these good
works would have been nothing worth, unless they had come from good thoughts. Listen
therefore to what this same Paul saith concerning good thoughts. He writeth to the
Corinthians: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves;
but our sufficiency is of God. Now let us take point by point.
He saith: I have fought a good fight. I should like to know in whose strength he fought;
in his own strength or in strength given him from above? God forbid that this great
teacher should be supposed not to have known the Law of his God, Who saith in the Book of
Deuteronomy: Say not in thine heart: My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me
this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for it is He That giveth thee power
to get wealth. And, again, what is the good of a fight except it end in victory? And who
is he that giveth victory save He of Whom this very same Paul saith: Thanks be to God,
Which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ!
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. John Chrysostom, Homily 34 on Matthew (on Matt 10:16-22)"
text:
la: >-
Sed dícere vidétur: Nolíte turbári, si, cum vos inter lupos mitto, tamquam oves et
colúmbas esse júbeo. Nam, etsi possum contrárium quoque præstáre, et non permíttere ut
grave áliquid patiámini, nec lupis tamquam oves subjécti sitis, sed effícere ut leónibus
terribilióres evadátis; tamen sic éxpedit fíeri: hoc et vos quoque illustrióres fáciet, et
meam declarábit virtútem. Sic enim póstea dixit Paulo: Súfficit tibi grátia mea, nam
virtus mea in infirmitáte perfícitur. Ipse ígitur vos ut tales essétis feci.
Sed inspiciámus quam prudéntiam éxigit: serpéntis certe. Nam, quemádmodum serpens totum
seípsum tradit, nec mínimum curat si ipsum quoque corpus incídi necésse sit, dúmmodo
caput suum íntegrum servet; eódem tu quoque modo, præter fidem cétera pérdere non cures,
sive pecúnias, sive corpus, sive étiam vitam ipsam profúndere necésse sit. Fides enim
caput est et radix; qua serváta, etiámsi ómnia perdas, ómnia tamen rursus majóre cum
glória recuperábis. Idcírco nec símplices solum jussit esse, nec prudéntes solum; sed
ambo hæc in unum míscuit, ut ea in virtútem convertántur.
Quod si rebus ipsis id ita fíeri vidére desíderas, lege Actuum Apostolórum librum;
perspícies profécto, cum sæpe Judæórum pópulus in Apóstolos insurréxerit ac dentes
exacúerit, illos, colúmbæ simplicitátem imitándo et cum decénti modéstia respondéndo,
iram ipsórum superásse, furórem exstinxísse, ímpetum retardásse. Nam, cum illi dícerent:
Nonne præcipiéndo præcépimus vobis, ne docerétis in nómine isto? quamvis innúmera
possent édere mirácula, nihil tamen ásperum neque dixérunt neque fecérunt; sed summa cum
mansuetúdine respondéntes dicébant: Si justum est vos audíre magis quam Deum, judicáte.
Perspexísti simplicitátem colúmbæ, vide nunc serpéntis prudéntiam: Non enim póssumus,
ínquiunt, nos quæ vídimus et audívimus, non loqui.
en: >-
It is as though He said: Let not your heart be troubled, although when I send you forth
as sheep in the midst of wolves, I bid you be harmless as doves; for, albeit, if I would, I
could now make things otherwise, and suffer not that ye should have to bear anything
grievous, neither be at the mercy of the wolves as are other sheep, but on the contrary,
could make you more dreadful to the lions than the lions to you; nevertheless, thus must
it needs be, and yourselves it will make more glorious, and My power it will wholly show
forth. For thus was it that afterwards the Same Lord said unto Paul: My grace is
sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. It is I that have made
you to be what ye are.
But let us look what wisdom it is which the Lord requireth. It is the wisdom of the
serpent. The serpent draweth all the rest of his body after his head, and it is no matter
to him if his body be cut through, so long as he keepeth his head unharmed. Thus, O
Christian, is it with thee. It is no matter to thee that for thy faith's sake thou
shouldest lose all things else, money, or body, or, if need be, life itself; thy faith is
thy head, and the root of thy being; hold fast to that, and, as long as thou hast that,
although thou shouldest lose all things else, it will only be to receive them back again
with interest an hundredfold. And thus it is that the Lord biddeth us, not to be
single-hearted only, nor wise only, but both together, that therefrom we may be strong.
If thou wilt see how these words were brought to the proof in very deed, read the Book of
the Acts of the Apostles. There thou wilt see how that oftentimes the Jewish people rose
against the Apostles and gnashed on them with their teeth, but they, with dove-like
guilelessness, gave them smooth answers, and turned away their wrath, and quenched their
fury, and stopped their onset. When the Jews said: Did not we straitly command you, that
ye should not teach in this Name? although the Apostles could have worked any miracles
they chose, yet they neither said nor did anything sharp, but answered them with all
meekness: Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God,
judge ye. Here thou hast the harmlessness of doves; listen now to the wisdom of serpents:
We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
# (Jun 24) — SanctiM/06-24.txt's own Lectio4-9 all resolve back to
# `@Sancti/06-24:LectioN` (resliced), so this feast's own proper
# content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-24.txt, English/Sancti/06-24.txt.
#
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 (St. Augustine's sermon) combined into one
# reading, one continuous excerpt.
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Luke 1:57-69) quotes only the
# opening sentence before "Et réliqua", not the full pericope, so —
# per the pre-1955 pass's convention of not transcribing bare incipits
# — only the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel),
# combined with Lectio8-9 as one continuous excerpt of St. Ambrose's
# commentary. No responsory given for either reading.
id: nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Sermon 20 on the Saints"
text:
la: >-
Post illum sacrosánctum Dómini natális diem, nullíus hóminum nativitátem légimus
celebrári, nisi solíus beáti Joánnis Baptístæ. In áliis Sanctis et eléctis Dei nóvimus
illum diem coli, quo illos, post consummatiónem labórum et devíctum triumphatúmque
mundum, in perpétuas æternitátes præsens hæc vita partúriit. In áliis consummáta últimi
diéi mérita celebrántur: in hoc étiam prima dies, et ipsa étiam hóminis inítia
consecrántur; pro hac absque dúbio causa, quia per hunc Dóminus advéntum suum, ne súbito
hómines insperátum non agnóscerent, vóluit esse testátum. Joánnes autem figúra fuit
véteris Testaménti, et in se formam prǽtulit legis; et ídeo Joánnes prænuntiávit
Salvatórem, sicut lex grátiam præcucúrrit.
Quod autem nondum natus de secréto matérni úteri prophetávit, et expers lucis jam testis
est veritátis; hoc est intellegéndum, quod latens sub velámine et carne lítteræ, et
Redemptórem mundo spíritu prædicávit, et nobis Dóminum nostrum de quodam legis útero
proclamávit. Ergo quia Judǽi erravérunt a ventre, id est, a lege quæ a Christo grávida
erat, erravérunt a ventre, locúti sunt falsa; ídeo hic venit in testimónium, ut
testimónium perhibéret de lúmine.
Quod autem Joánnes in cárcere constitútus ad Christum discípulos suos órdinat; lex ad
Evangélium transmíttit. Quæ lex juxta typum Joánnis, quasi ignorántiæ clausa cárcere, in
obscúro et in occúlto jacébat, et Judáica cæcitáte sensus intra lítteram tenebátur
inclúsus. De hoc beátus Evangelísta prolóquitur: Ille erat lucérna ardens, id est,
Spíritus Sancti igne succénsus, ut mundo ignorántiæ nocte possésso lumen salútis
osténderet, et quasi inter densíssimas delictórum ténebras splendidíssimus justítiæ
solem lucis suæ rádio demonstráret, et de seípso dicens: Ego vox clamántis in desérto.
en: >-
Outside the most holy Birthday of the Lord, we find celebrated in the Gospel the birth of
only one other, namely, that of the blessed Baptist, John. As regardeth all others among
God's holy and chosen ones we know that that day is observed whereon, with their work
finished, and the world conquered and finally trampled down, they were born from this
into a better life, even one of everlasting blessedness. In others is honoured the
crowning of the struggle on their last day of dying life, but in John is honoured the
first day; in him the very beginning is found hallowed. And the reason of this is, without
doubt, because he was sent from God to bear witness to the coming of the Light, lest when
It came It might take the darkness by surprise, and the darkness might not comprehend It.
Now, John was a figure of the Old Testament, and showed in his own person a typical
embodiment of the Law; and therefore John heralded beforehand the coming of the Saviour,
even as the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us to the grace of Christ.
But as touching this, that he prophesied while yet in the hidden depths of his mother's
womb, and while himself lightless bore testimony to the truth, we are to understand it as
a figure how that while himself wrapped round with the veil and carnal ordinances of the
letter, he by the spirit preached unto the world a Redeemer, and testified that Jesus is
our Lord even while for himself, working under the law, the birth of the new dispensation
was still in the womb of the future, and not come to day. The Jews were estranged from the
womb, that is from the Law, that womb heavy with the Christ That was to be; they went
astray from the belly, speaking lies; and therefore John came for a witness, to bear
witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
But as for this, that when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two
of his disciples; this is the Law sending to the Gospel. For John here was a figure of the
Law, imprisoned in ignorance, lying in the dark, and in a hidden place, and he was
fettered through Jewish misunderstanding within the bonds of the letter. But of him was it
said, as is written in the Blessed Evangelist: He was a burning and a shining light; that
is to say, that, when the whole world was wrapt in the night of ignorance, this Saint was
kindled by the fire of the Holy Ghost, to show before men the light of salvation, and at
the hour of the thickest darkness of sin, appeared like a bright morning star to herald
the rising of that Sun so right gloriously radiant, the Son of righteousness, Christ our
Lord. And this is why John said of himself: I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Bk. 2 (on Luke 1:57-69)"
text:
la: >-
Péperit fílium Elísabeth, et congratulabántur vicíni. Habet Sanctórum edítio lætítiam
plurimórum, quia commúne est bonum; justítia enim commúnis est virtus. Et ídeo in ortu
justi futúræ vitæ insígne præmíttitur, et grátia secutúræ virtútis exsultatióne
vicinórum præfiguránte signátur. Pulchre autem tempus, quo fuit in útero Prophéta,
descríbitur, ne Maríæ præséntia taceátur; sed tempus silétur infántiæ, eo quia infántiæ
impediménta nescívit. Et ídeo in Evangélio nihil super eo légimus, nisi ortum ejus, et
oráculum, exsultatiónem in útero, vocem in desérto.
Neque enim ullam infántiæ sensit ætátem, qui supra natúram, supra ætátem in útero
pósitus matris, a mensúra cœpit ætátis plenitúdinis Christi. Mire sanctus Evangelísta
præmitténdum putávit, quod plúrimi infántem patris nómine Zacharíam appellándum
putáverint; ut advértas matri non nomen alicújus displicuísse degéneris, sed id Sancto
infúsum Spíritu, quod ab Angelo ante Zacharíæ fúerat prænuntiátum. Et quidem ille mutus
intimáre vocábulum fílii nequívit uxóri; sed per prophetíam Elísabeth dídicit, quod non
didícerat a maríto.
Joánnes est, inquit, nomen ejus; hoc est, non nos ei nomen impónimus, qui jam a Deo
nomen accépit. Habet vocábulum suum, quod agnóvimus, non quod elégimus. Habent hoc
mérita Sanctórum, ut a Deo nomen accípiant. Sic Jacob Israël dícitur, quia Deum vidit.
Sic Dóminus noster Jesus nominátus est, ántequam natus; cui non Angelus, sed Pater nomen
impósuit. Vides Angelos quæ audíerint, non quæ usurpáverint, nuntiáre. Nec miréris, si
nomen múlier, quod non audívit, asséruit; quando Spíritus ei Sanctus, qui Angelo
mandáverat, revelávit.
en: >-
Elizabeth's full time came that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son.
And her neighbours rejoiced with her. The birth of a Saint is a joy for many, for it is a
good to all. Righteousness is an help to all, and therefore when a righteous man is born
it is an heralding of his life, which is still to come, that the helpful excellency of his
future should be hailed by the, as it were, prophetic joy of the neighbours. It is well
that we should be told concerning the prophet, while he was yet in the womb, that we may
know how that Mary was there; but we hear nothing of his childhood, because we know that
it was safe and strong through the nearness of the Lord, Himself then in that womb which
was free from the sorrows of pregnancy. And therefore we read in the Gospel nothing
touching him save his coming, the annunciation thereof to his father, the leap which he
gave in the womb, and his crying in the wilderness.
It was not for him to feel childishness, who beyond all use of nature or of his age, when
as yet he lay in his mother's womb, leapt at once unto the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ. It is strange how that the Holy Evangelist hath judged meet to tell us
that they thought to call the child Zacharias, after the name of his father, that thou
mayest notice that the mother would have none of the names whereby their kindred were
called, but only that name which the Holy Ghost had dictated, and which the Angel had told
before unto Zacharias. The dumb man had certainly not been able to tell his wife by what
name to call the child, and Elizabeth must needs have learnt by revelation what she could
not have heard from her husband.
His name is John; that is, it is not for us to choose a name now for him to whom God hath
given a name already. He hath a name, which we know, but it is not one of our choosing. To
receive a name from God is one of the honours of the Saints. Thus was it that Jacob's name
was no more called Jacob but Israel, because he saw God face to face. Thus was it that our
Lord Jesus was named before He was born, with a name not given by an Angel, but by the
Father. Thou seest that Angels tell that which they have been bidden to tell, not matters
of their own choosing. Nor oughtest thou to wonder that Elizabeth named a name which she
had not heard, since it had been revealed to her by the same Holy Ghost Who had commanded
the Angel to tell it.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. John and Paul, Martyrs (Jun 26) —
# SanctiM/06-26.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/06-26`) with no
# Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is sourced
# from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see
# memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-26.txt, English/Sancti/06-26.txt.
# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous account, no
# genuine source break.
id: ss-john-and-paul
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Joánnes et Paulus fratres Románi, cum facultátibus a Constántia Constantíni fília, cui
pie fidelitérque servíerant, sibi relíctis, Christi páuperes álerent; a Juliáno Apóstata
in númerum familiárium suórum invitáti, líbere negavérunt se apud eum esse velle, qui a
Jesu Christo defecísset. Quibus ille ad deliberándum decem dies præfínit ut nisi ad eam
diem ei adhærére et Jovi sacrificáre constitúerint, sibi moriéndum esse certo sciant.
Illi intra id tempus réliqua sua bona distribuérunt paupéribus, quo expeditióres ad
Dóminum migráre possent, et plures juvárent, a quibus in ætérna tabernácula
reciperéntur. Die décima Terentiánus prætóriæ cohórtis præféctus, ad eos missus cum
alláta Jovis effígie ut eam veneraréntur, imperatóris mandátum eis expónit, ut nisi Jovi
cultum adhíbeant, moriántur. Qui, ut erant orántes respondérunt, se pro Christi fide,
quem Deum mente et ore venerabántur, non dubitánter mortem subitúros.
At Terentiánus véritus, ne, si públice interficeréntur, pópulus commoverétur; domi, ubi
tunc erant, abscíssis eórum capítibus, sexto Kaléndas Júlii secréto eos sepeliéndos
curávit; rumorémque sparsit, Joánnem et Paulum in exsílium ejéctos esse. Verum eórum mors
a spirítibus immúndis, qui multórum córpora vexábant, pervulgáta est; in quibus
Terentiáni fílius, et ipse oppréssus a dǽmone, ad sepúlcrum Mártyrum perdúctus liberátus
est. Quo miráculo et is in Christum crédidit, et ejus pater Terentiánus; a quo étiam
horum beatórum Mártyrum vita scripta esse dícitur.
en: >-
John and Paul were two Roman brethren, the godly and trustworthy servants of Constantia,
daughter of Constantine. At her death they spent in feeding Christ's poor the property
which she left them. Julian the Apostate asked them to enter his household, but they
bravely answered that they would not be servants to one who had run away from the service
of Jesus Christ. Julian gave them ten days to consider on their choice, whether, at the
end of that time, they would cleave to him, and sacrifice to Jupiter, or most surely die.
This interval they spent in distributing to poor creatures all that remained of their
goods, that they might be quite free to depart hence to the Lord, and so succoured many
by whom they have long since been received into everlasting habitations. On the tenth day
Terentian, Prefect of the Praetorian Cohort, was sent to them, bringing with him the image
of Jupiter. He explained to them the command of the Emperor, that they should worship the
said image or die. They were engaged in prayer, but answered him that for their loyalty to
Christ, Whom their understanding acknowledged and their mouths confessed to be God, they
felt no hesitation in choosing to suffer death.
Terentian, to avoid the uproar, which might have been caused by their public execution,
caused their heads to be cut off at home where they then were. They lifted up their last
earthly testimony upon the 26th day of June. They were privately buried, and a story set
about that they had been sent into exile. The fact of their death was made generally known
by the unclean spirits by whom the bodies of many were tormented, and among others that of
Terentian's own son, who was possessed with a devil, and delivered by being brought to the
grave of the Martyrs. By this miracle he was led to believe in Christ, and so likewise was
his father Terentian, who is said to have been the writer of the life of these blessed
Martyrs.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Marcellinus, Peter, and Erasmus,
# Martyrs (Jun 2) — SanctiM/06-02.txt inherits the whole day
# (`@Sancti/06-02`) with no Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own
# proper content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints). A second SanctiM variant
# (`SanctiM/06-02M.txt`) narrows this to Marcellinus and Peter alone,
# the same "Monastic office narrows a joint feast" pattern already
# seen for `ss-vincent-and-anastasius.yml`, `ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml`,
# and `ss-alexander-eventius-theodulus-and-juvenal.yml` — the full
# three-martyr text is used here per vu-prefer-text-over-missing.
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-02.txt, English/Sancti/06-02.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account
# covering Marcellinus and Peter together, then Erasmus, no genuine
# internal break (both stories told in immediate succession in the
# source). No responsory given in the source.
id: ss-marcellinus-peter-and-erasmus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Petrus exorcísta, Diocletiáno imperatóre, Romæ a Seréno júdice propter christiánæ fídei
confessiónem missus in cárcerem, Paulínam Artémii, qui cárceri præerat, filiam a dæmone
agitátam liberávit. Quo facto et paréntes puéllæ cum tota família, et vicínos qui ad rei
novitátem concúrrerant, Jesu Christo conciliátos ad Marcellínum presbyterum addúxit, a
quo omnes baptizáti sunt. Quod ubi rescívit Serénus, Petrum et Marcellínum ad se vocátos
aspérius objúrgat, et ad verbórum acerbitátem minas ac terróres adjúngit, nisi Christo
renúntient. Cui cum Marcellínus christiána libertáte respondéret, pugnis contúsum, et a
Petro sejúnctum, nudum inclúdit in cárcerem stratum vitri fragméntis, sine cibo ac sine
lúmine. Petrum item constríngi ímperat arctíssimis vínculis. Sed cum utríque ex
torméntis fides et ánimus crésceret, constánti confessióne, et abscísso cápite, illústre
testimónium Jesu Christo dedérunt.
Erásmus epíscopus, imperatóribus Diocletiáno et Maximiáno, in Campánia plumbátis et
fústibus cæsus, resína quoque, súlphure, plumbo liquefácto, et fervénti pice, cera,
oleóque perfúsus, inde tamen ínteger et inviolátus evásit. Quo miráculo multi se ad
Christi fidem convertérunt. Verum is, íterum detrúsus in cárcerem, constríctus férreis
gravissimísque vínculis, inde ab Angelo mirabíliter eréptus est. Deínde Fórmiis a
Maximiáno váriis afféctus supplíciis, tunicáque ærea candénti indútus, illa étiam
torménta, divína virtúte superávit. Dénique, plúrimis et in fide confirmátis, et ad fidem
convérsis, insígnem martyrii palmam adéptus est.
en: >-
This Peter was an exorcist, whom, in the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, Serenus the
Judge cast into prison at Rome because he confessed the Christian faith. He there set
free Paulina, the daughter of Artemius, the keeper of the prison, from an evil spirit
which tormented her. Upon this, Artemius and his wife and all their house, with their
neighbours who had run together to see the strange thing, would fain be made friends with
Jesus Christ. Peter therefore brought them to Marcellinus, the Priest, who baptized them
all. When Serenus heard of it, he called Peter and Marcellinus before him, and sharply
rebuked them, adding to his bitter words threats and terrors, unless they would deny
Christ. Marcellinus answered him with Christian boldness, whereupon he caused him to be
buffeted, separated him from Peter and shut him up naked in a prison strewn with broken
glass, without either food or light. Peter also he straitly confined. But when both of
them were found to wax faithfuller and braver in their bonds, they were beheaded,
unshaken in their testimony, and confessing Jesus Christ gloriously by their blood.
Elmo was a Bishop in Campania who, in the reign of the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian
was beaten with clubs and whips loaded with lead, and afterwards anointed with melted
pitch, sulphur, and lead, and boiling resin, wax, and oil. From all this he came forth
whole and sound; which wonder turned many to believe in Christ. He was remanded again to
prison, and straitly bound in heavy iron fetters. But from these he was wondrously
delivered by an angel. At last, at Formi, Maximian caused him to be subjected to diverse
torments, and in the end being clad in a coat of redhot brass, the power of God made him
to be more than conqueror in this thing also, and to grasp the palm-branch of a glorious
testimony, whereby he strengthened many in the faith and turned many to it.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Mark and Marcellian, Martyrs (Jun
# 18). No genuine SanctiM match: the correct Tridentine file is the
# suffixed `Sancti/06-18t.txt` (the plain `Sancti/06-18.txt` is St.
# Ephrem the Syrian instead, a different saint occupying the general
# calendar's own June 18 slot), and the only SanctiM file for this
# date, `SanctiM/06-18.txt`, bases `@Sancti/06-18` (Ephrem, not Mark
# and Marcellian) — same "don't trust the plain file" wrinkle as the
# pre-1955 pass (memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints); a missed
# pre-1955-pool candidate rather than a genuine SanctiM case (see
# memory vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-18t.txt, English/Sancti/06-18t.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account, no
# responsory given in the source.
id: ss-mark-and-marcellian
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Marcus et Marcellianus fratres Romani, propter christianam fidem a Fabiano duce
comprehensi, ad stipitem alligati sunt, pedibus clavis confixis. Ad quos cum ita
loqueretur judex: Resipiscite miseri, et vos ipsos ab his cruciatibus eripite:
responderunt: Numquam tam jucunde epulati sumus, quam hæc libenter Jesu Christi causa
perferimus, in cujus amóre nunc fixi esse cœpimus: utinam tamdiu nos hæc pati sinat,
quamdiu hoc corruptibili corpore vestiti erimus. Qui diem noctemque in tormentis
divinas laudes canentes, denique telis transfixi, ad martyrii gloriam pervenerunt.
Quorum corpora via Ardeatina sepulta sunt.
en: >-
Mark and Marcellian were two brothers, Romans, who were arrested by Duke Fabian for
believing in Christ, and fastened to a beam, to which their feet were nailed. The Judge
said to them: Wretched creatures, do think for a moment, and free yourselves from such
suffering. But they answered him: We have never enjoyed any dinner so much as we do what
we are now undergoing here for Jesus Christ's sake. We have got ourselves a little fast to
His love now. Would that He would let us suffer this as long as we are clad in this
corruptible body. Still suffering, they for a day and a night sang the praises of God
continually, and in the end were thrust through with darts, and so attained the glory of
Martyrdom. Their bodies are buried upon the Way to Ardea.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles (Jun
# 29, Duplex I class) — SanctiM/06-29.txt's own Lectio4-9 all resolve
# back to `@Sancti/06-29:LectioN` (resliced), so this feast's own
# proper content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-29.txt, English/Sancti/06-29.txt.
#
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 (Pope St. Leo the Great's sermon) combined into
# one reading, one continuous excerpt.
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Matt 16:13-19) is a bare
# incipit ("Et réliqua") with no full pericope text given (this
# feast's own version of the same Peter's-confession pericope already
# given in full for `chair-of-st-peter-at-rome.yml` in January) — per
# the pre-1955 pass's convention of not transcribing bare incipits,
# only the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel), combined
# with Lectio8-9 as one continuous excerpt of St. Jerome's commentary.
# No responsory given for either reading.
id: ss-peter-and-paul
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "Pope St. Leo the Great, Sermon 1 for the Birthday of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul"
text:
la: >-
Omnium quidem sanctárum solemnitátum, dilectíssimi, totus mundus est párticeps, et
uníus fídei píetas éxigit, ut quidquid pro salúte universórum gestum recólitur, commúnibus
ubíque gáudiis celebrétur. Verúmtamen hodiérna festívitas, præter illam reveréntiam quam
toto terrárum orbe proméruit, speciáli et própria nostræ Urbis exsultatióne veneránda
est; ut, ubi præcipuórum Apostolórum glorificátus est éxitus, ibi in die martýrii eórum
sit lætítiæ principátus. Isti enim sunt viri, per quos tibi Evangélium Christi, Roma,
resplénduit; et, quæ eras magístra erróris, facta es discípula veritátis.
Isti sunt patres tui veríque pastóres, qui te regnis cæléstibus inseréndam multo
mélius multóque felícius condidérunt, quam illi quorum stúdio prima mœ́nium tuórum
fundaménta locáta sunt; ex quibus is qui tibi nomen dedit, fratérna te cæde fœdávit.
Isti sunt, qui te ad hanc glóriam provexérunt, ut gens sancta, pópulus eléctus, cívitas
sacerdotális et régia, per sacram beáti Petri Sedem caput orbis effécta, látius
præsidéres religióne divína quam dominatióne terréna. Quamvis enim, multis aucta
victóriis, jus impérii tui terra maríque protúleris; minus tamen est quod tibi béllicus
labor súbdidit, quam quod pax christiána subjécit.
Disposítio namque divínitus óperi máxime congruébat, ut multa regna uno
confœderaréntur império, et cito pérvios habéret pópulos prædicátio generális, quos
uníus tenéret régimen civitátis. Hæc autem cívitas ignórans suæ provectiónis auctórem,
cum pene ómnibus dominarétur géntibus, ómnium géntium serviébat erróribus; et magnam
sibi videbátur assumpsísse religiónem, quia nullam respúerat falsitátem. Unde, quantum
erat per diábolum tenácius illigáta, tantum per Christum est mirabílius absolúta.
en: >-
Dearly beloved brethren, in the joy of all the holy Feast-days the whole world is
partaker. There is but one love of God, and whatsoever is solemnly called to memory, if it
hath been done for the salvation of all, must needs be worth the honour of a joyful
memorial at the hands of all. Nevertheless, this feast which we are keeping today, besides
that world-wide worship which it doth of right get throughout all the earth, doth deserve
from this city of ours an outburst of gladness altogether special and our own. In this
place it was that the two chiefest of the Apostles did so right gloriously finish their
race. And upon this day whereon they lifted up that their last testimony, let it be in
this place that the memory thereof receiveth the chiefest of jubilant celebrations. O
Rome, these twain are the men who brought the light of the Gospel of Christ to shine upon
thee! These are they by whom thou, from being the teacher of lies, wast turned into a
learner of the truth.
These twain be thy fathers, these be in good sooth thy shepherds, these twain be they
who laid for thee, as touching the kingdom of heaven, better and happier foundations,
than did they that first planned thine earthly ramparts, wherefrom he that gave thee thy
name took occasion to pollute thee with a brother's blood. These are they who have set on
thine head this thy glorious crown, that thou art become an holy nation, a chosen people,
a city both Priestly and Kingly, whom the Sacred Throne of blessed Peter hath exalted till
thou art become the Lady of the world, unto whom the world-wide love for God hath conceded
a broader lordship than is the possession of any mere earthly empire. Thou wast once
waxen great by victories, until thy power was spread haughtily over land and sea, but thy
power was narrower then which the toils of war had won for thee, than that thou now hast
which hath been laid at thy feet by the peace of Christ.
It well suited for the doing of the work which God had decreed that the multitude of
kingdoms should be bound together under one rule, and that so the universal preaching of
the Gospel should find easier entry into all peoples, since all were governed by the
empire of one city. But this city, knowing not Him, Who had been pleased to make her
great, used her lordship over almost all nations to make herself the minister of all their
falsehoods, and seemed to herself exceeding godly because there was no false god whom she
rejected. But the tighter that Satan had bound her, the more wondrous was the work of
Christ in setting her free.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. Jerome, Priest, Commentary on Matthew, Bk. 3 (on Matt 16:13-19)"
text:
la: >-
Pulchre intérrogat: Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? quia qui de fílio hóminis
loquúntur, hómines sunt; qui vero divinitátem ejus intéllegunt, non hómines, sed dii
appellántur. At illi dixérunt: Alii Joánnem Baptístam, álii autem Elíam. Miror quosdam
intérpretes causas errórum inquírere singulórum, et disputatiónem longíssimam téxere,
quare Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum álii Joánnem putáverint, álii Elíam, álii Jeremíam
aut unum ex prophétis; cum sic potúerint erráre in Elía et Jeremía, quo modo Heródes
errávit in Joánne, dicens: Quem ego decollávi Joánnem, ipse surréxit a mórtuis, et
virtútes operántur in eo.
Vos autem quem me esse dícitis? Prudens lector, atténde quod, ex consequéntibus
textúque sermónis, Apóstoli nequáquam hómines, sed dii appellántur. Cum enim dixísset:
Quem dicunt hómines esse Fílium hóminis? subjécit: Vos autem quem me esse dícitis? Illis,
quia hómines sunt, humána opinántibus, vos qui estis dii, quem me esse existimátis?
Petrus ex persóna ómnium Apostolórum profitétur: Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi. Deum
vivum appéllat, ad distinctiónem eórum deórum, qui putántur dii, sed mórtui sunt.
Respóndens autem Jesus, dixit ei: Beátus es, Simon Bar-Jona. Testimónio de se Apóstoli
reddit vicem. Petrus díxerat: Tu es Christus Fílius Dei vivi; mercédem recépit vera
conféssio: Beátus es, Simon Bar-Jona. Quare? Quia non revelávit tibi caro et sanguis, sed
revelávit Pater. Quod caro et sanguis reveláre non pótuit, Spíritus Sancti grátia
revelátum est. Ergo ex confessióne sortítur vocábulum, quod revelatiónem ex Spíritu
Sancto hábeat, cujus et fílius appellándus sit. Síquidem Bar-Jona in nostra lingua sonat
Fílius colúmbæ.
en: >-
Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am? This question is well put, for they who speak
of Him as the Son of man are men, while they that know of Him that He is God are called
not men but gods. And they said: Some say that Thou art John the Baptist, some, Elias. I
marvel that some commentators have thought it worth their while to search into the origin
of each of these blunders, and to engage in a discussion of weary length as to why some
thought that our Lord Jesus Christ was John the Baptist, some, Elias and others, Jeremias,
or one of the Prophets. Their blunders concerning Elias and Jeremias were but of a piece
with Herod's concerning John the Baptist: It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from
the dead and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.
But who say ye that I am? Mark, discreet reader, from the context, that a distinction is
here drawn between the Apostles and mere men. The Apostles are called gods. Who, asketh
the Lord, do men say that I am, but, on the other hand, who say ye that I am? They, being
but men, deal in human speculations, but ye that are gods, who be ye persuaded that I am.
And then Peter, as the representative of all the Apostles, uttered the testimony: Thou art
the Christ, the Son of the living God. He calleth God living, to mark the difference
between Him and all other that be called gods, and who are indeed dead.
And Jesus answered and said unto him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona. The Apostle
having testified of the Lord, the Lord in turn testifieth of the Apostle. Peter had said:
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, and he received, in return for that his
testimony to the truth, the words: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona. Why blessed? For
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father. What flesh and blood could
not reveal, the grace of the Holy Ghost had revealed. Meet for him therefore, because of
his confession, is his name, as the name of one who hath revelation from the Holy Ghost,
and therefore is called His son. Bar-Jona is, being interpreted, The-son-of-the-Dove.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Primus and Felicianus, Martyrs (Jun
# 9) — SanctiM/06-09.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/06-09`) with
# no Nocturn 2/3 override, so this feast's own proper content is
# sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint
# (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-09.txt, English/Sancti/06-09.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account, no
# responsory given in the source.
id: ss-primus-and-felicianus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Primus et Felicianus fratres, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni accusáti
christianæ religiónis, in víncula conjiciúntur; quibus soluti, inde eripiúntur ab
Angelo. Mox ad prætorem adducti, cum christianam fidem acerrime tueréntur, alter ab
altero distracti sunt; ac primum varie tentáta est constántia Feliciáni. Sed, cum
suasores impietátis se posse quidquam verbis proficere desperárent, affixis stipiti
mánibus ejus et pédibus, ipsum sine cibo et potu inde triduum pendentem reliquérunt.
Postridie ejus diéi, prætor vocátum ad se Primum sic affátur: Vides quanto sit prudentior,
quam tu, frater tuus, qui obsecutus imperatóribus, apud ipsos est honoratus? Quem si tu
quoque imitari volueris, particeps eris ejus honoris et gratiæ. Cui Primus: Qui factum
sit fratri meo, cognóvi ex Angelo. Utinam, quemádmodum sum cum eo voluntáte
conjunctíssimus, sic ab eodem ne martyrio disjungar. Quo dicto excanduit prætor, et ad
ceteros cruciatus, quibus Primum affecit, præsénte jam Feliciáno, liquátum igne plumbum
in os ejus jussit infundi. Mox utrumque perduci imperat in theatrum, in eosque immitti
duos leónis; qui, prostráti ad eórum genua, cápite et cauda ipsis blandiebántur. Ad id
spectaculum cum ámplius duódecim míllia hóminum convenissent, quingénti cum suis
familiis christianam religiónem suscepérunt. Quibus rebus permotus prætor, eos secúri
pércuti jussit.
en: >-
Primus and Felician were two brothers who were accused of Christianity during the
persecution by Diocletian and Maximian, and thrown into irons, which an angel broke, and
so freed their limbs. In the presence of the Praetor they most earnestly clave to the
profession of their faith, and were immediately parted one from the other. Felician's was
the steadfastness which was first tried in diverse ways. They, however, that strove to
argue him into sin, when they found that words availed nothing, fastened his hands and
feet to a post, and left him to hang there three days without food or drink. On the fourth
day the Praetor called Primus before him, and said to him: Seest thou how much thy brother
is wiser than thou? He hath obeyed the Emperors, and they have made him honourable. Thou
hast only to follow his example to be made partaker of his honours and favours. Primus
answered him: What hath befallen my brother I know, for an angel hath told me. God grant
that, seeing I have the same will that he hath, I may not be divided from him in
uplifting of testimony. These words raised the wrath of the Praetor, and to the torments
which he had already inflicted on Primus, he added this also, that he had boiling lead put
into his mouth, compelling his brother Felician to be present and see it done. After that,
he had them led into the theatre and two lions let loose upon them, in the presence of
about twelve thousand people who were gathered together to see the show. The lions only
fawned upon the knees of the Saints, making friends with them with motions of their heads
and tails. This exhibition turned five hundred persons and their households to Christ.
The Praetor, then, moved beyond all endurance by what had passed, caused Primus and
Felician to be beheaded.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia,
# Martyrs (Jun 15) — SanctiM/06-15M.txt bases `@Sancti/06-15` (the
# whole day, with no Nocturn 2/3 override) but narrows the Officium to
# St. Vitus alone, the same "Monastic office narrows a joint feast"
# pattern already seen for `ss-vincent-and-anastasius.yml`,
# `ss-cletus-and-marcellinus.yml`, `ss-alexander-eventius-theodulus-and-juvenal.yml`,
# and `ss-marcellinus-peter-and-erasmus.yml` — the full three-martyr
# text is used here per vu-prefer-text-over-missing (see memory
# vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-15.txt, English/Sancti/06-15.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), one continuous account, no
# responsory given in the source.
id: ss-vitus-modestus-and-crescentia
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Vitus admodum puer inscio patre baptizatus est: quod cum ille rescivisset, nihil
prætermisit, quo filium a christiana religione removeret. Qua in voluntate permanentem,
Valeriano judici verberibus castigandum tradidit. Sed nihilominus in sententia
persistens, patri redditus est. Sed dum eum pater gravius punire cogitat, Vitus Angeli
monitu, comitibus Modesto et Crescentia, ejus educatoribus, migrat in alienas terras:
ibique eam sanctitatis laudem adeptus est, ut ejus fama ad Diocletianum perlata, ipsum
imperator accerseret, ut filium suum a dæmone vexatum liberaret: Quo liberato, cum ei
amplissimis præmiis ingratus imperator, ut deos coleret, persuadere non potuisset, una
cum Modesto et Crescentia vinculis constrictum mittit in carcerem. Quos ubi
constantiores esse comperit, demitti jubet in ingens vas liquato plumbo, ferventi resina
ac pice plenum: in quo cum trium Hebræorum puerorum more divinos hymnos canerent, inde
erepti leoni objiciuntur: qui prostérnens se, eorum pedes lambebat. Quare inflammatus
ira imperator, quod multitudinem videbat miraculo commoveri, eos in catasta sterni jubet
et ita cædi eorum membra, atque ossa divelli. Quo tempore tonitrua, fulgura, magnique
terræmotus fuere, quibus templa deorum corruerunt, et multi oppressi sunt. Eorum
reliquias Florentia nobilis femina, unguentis conditas, honorifice sepelivit.
en: >-
This Vitus was a child who was baptized without his father's knowledge. When his father
had found it out, he used his best endeavours to dissuade his son from the Christian
religion, but as he found him persistent in it, he handed him over to Valerian the judge
to be whipped. But as he still remained as unshaken as before, he was given back to his
father. But while his father was turning over in his mind to what severe discipline to
subject him, Vitus, being warned by an Angel, fled out of the country, in company with his
foster-parents Modestus and Crescentia. In his new home he gained great praise for
holiness, so that the fame of it came to Diocletian, which Emperor sent for him to
deliver his own child which was vexed with a devil. Him Vitus delivered, but when the
Emperor found that with all his great gifts he could not bring him to worship the gods, he
had the ingratitude to cast him and Modestus and Crescentia into prison, binding them in
fetters. But when they were found in their prison more faithful than ever to their
confession, the Emperor commanded them to be thrown into a great vessel full of melted
lead, resin, and pitch. Therein these three, like the three Holy Children in the burning
fiery furnace, sang praise to God, and upon that they were haled forth and cast to a lion,
but he lay down before them, and licked their feet. Then the Emperor, being filled with
fury, more especially because he saw that the multitude that looked on were stirred up at
the miracle, commanded Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia to be stretched upon a block and
their limbs crushed, and their bones rent one from the other. While as they were dying
there came great thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes, so that temples of the
gods fell down, and many men were killed. As for that which remained of the Martyrs, the
noble lady Florence took it, and embalmed it with spices, and honourably buried it.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Barnabas, Apostle (Jun 11) —
# SanctiM/06-11.txt's own Lectio4-6 resolve back to `@Sancti/06-11:Lectio3-5`
# (resliced), so this saint's own proper content is sourced from the
# Tridentine track exactly as for a pre-1955 saint (see memory
# vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-11.txt, English/Sancti/06-11.txt.
# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous account drawn
# from Acts. No responsory given in the source.
id: st-barnabas
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Bárnabas Levítes, Cýprius génere, qui et Joseph, cum Paulo Géntium Apóstolus ordinátus
est ad prædicándum Jesu Christi Evangélium. Is, agro véndito quem habébat, redáctam ex eo
pecúniam áttulit Apóstolis. Missus autem Antiochíam prædicatiónis causa, cum ibi multos
ad Christi Dómini fidem convérsos esse comperísset, incredibíliter lætátus, eos
hortabátur ut in Christi fide permanérent. Qua cohortatióne multum proficiébat, quod ab
ómnibus vir bonus et Spíritu Sancto plenus habebátur.
Proféctus inde Tarsum ut quæreret Paulum, cum eo Antiochíam venit. In ejus urbis
ecclésia annum commoráti, christiánæ fídei et vitæ illis homínibus præcépta dedérunt: ubi
étiam Jesu Christi cultóres primum Christiáni sunt appelláti. Discípuli autem Pauli et
Bárnabæ, suis facultátibus Christiános, qui in Judǽa erant, sustentábant, eo mitténtes
pecúniam per Paulum et Bárnabam. Qui perfúncti illo caritátis offício, adhíbito Joánne,
cui cognómen erat Marcus, rediérunt Antiochíam.
Cum autem Antiochíæ in Ecclésia, cum céteris prophétis et doctóribus, Paulus et
Bárnabas in jejúnio et oratióne Dómino deservírent, dixit Spíritus Sanctus: Segregáte
mihi Saulum et Bárnabam in opus, ad quod assúmpsi eos. Tunc jejunántes et orántes,
imponentésque eis manus, dimisérunt illos. Itaque Seleucíam venérunt, inde in Cyprum; ac
multas prætérea urbes regionésque, prædicántes Evangélium summa cum audéntium utilitáte,
peragrárunt. Postrémo Bárnabas digréssus a Paulo, una cum Joánne, qui cognominátus est
Marcus, navigávit in Cyprum; ibíque círciter séptimum Nerónis annum, tértio Idus Júnii ad
apostólici múneris laudem, martyrii corónam adjúnxit. Ejus corpus, Zenóne imperatóre,
repértum est in ínsula Cypro; ad cujus pectus erat Evangélium Matthæi, Bárnabæ manu
conscríptum.
en: >-
Joseph, who by the Apostles was surnamed Barnabas, which is, being interpreted, the Son
of Consolation, a Levite and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought
the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet. When Paul, after his conversion, was come to
Jerusalem, the disciples were all afraid of him, but Barnabas took him, and brought him to
the Apostles. When tidings that a great number believed and turned unto the Lord at
Antioch came unto the ears of the Church which was at Jerusalem, they sent forth Barnabas
that he should go as far as Antioch. Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith, and much people was added
unto the Lord.
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seek Paul, and, when he had found him, he brought
him unto Antioch. And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the
Church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send
relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea, which also they did, and sent it to the
elders by the hands of Barnabas and Paul. And Barnabas and Paul returned from Jerusalem,
when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Now there were in the Church that was at Antioch, certain Prophets and teachers and, as
Paul and Barnabas, together with them, ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost
said: Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when
they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they,
being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus, in the which island, and in many other cities and countries, they journeyed about,
preaching the Gospel with great gain to them that heard them. Nevertheless, at last, Paul
and Barnabas departed asunder one from the other. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed
unto Cyprus once more. And there it was that upon a certain day in June, in or about the
seventh year of the reign of Nero, Barnabas crowned the dignity of the Apostolate with the
glory of martyrdom. During the reign of the Emperor Zeno, his body was found in its grave
in Cyprus; on his breast lay a copy of the Gospel according to Matthew, written by the
hand of Barnabas himself.
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Basil the Great, Bishop,
# Confessor, Doctor (Jun 14) — SanctiM/06-14.txt inherits the whole day
# (`@Sancti/06-14`) with no Nocturn 2/3 override, so this saint's own
# content is sourced from the Tridentine track exactly as for a
# pre-1955 saint (see memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints,
# vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-14.txt, English/Sancti/06-14.txt.
#
# Nocturn 2: Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita,
# no genuine source break.
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel citation (Luke 14:26-35) quotes only the
# opening sentence before "Et réliqua", not the full pericope, so —
# per the pre-1955 pass's convention of not transcribing bare incipits
# — only the homily portion is authored (not marked isGospel),
# combined with Lectio8-9 as one continuous excerpt of St. Basil's own
# Rule. No responsory given for either reading.
id: st-basil-the-great
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Basilíus, nobilis Cáppadox, Athénis una cum Gregório Nazianzéno, ejus amicíssimo,
sæculáribus lítteris, deínde in monastério sacris mirabíliter erudítus, eum brevi cursum
fecit ad omnem doctrínæ et morum excelléntiam, ut inde Magni cognómen invénerit. Is ad
prædicándum Jesu Christi Evangélium in Pontum accersítus, eam provínciam, a christiánis
institútis aberrántem, ad viam salútis revocávit. Mox ab Eusébio Cæsaréæ epíscopo ad
erudiéndam eam civitátem adjútor adhibétur: in cujus locum póstea succéssit. Is Fílium
Patri consubstantiálem esse in primis deféndit, ac Valéntem imperatórem, sibi irátum,
miráculis ádeo flexit, ut, incumbéntem ad voluntátem ejiciéndi ipsum in exsílium, a
senténtia discédere coégerit.
Nam et Valéntis sella, in qua factúrus decrétum de ejiciéndo e civitáte Basilío sedére
volébat, confrácta est. Et tribus ab eo cálamis adhíbitis ad scribéndam exsílii legem,
nullus eórum réddidit atraméntum; et, cum nihilóminus in propósito scribéndi ímpium
decrétum persísteret, ipsíus déxtera, dissolútis nervis, tota contrémuit. His commótus
Valens chartam utráque manu conscídit. Ea autem nocte, quæ ad deliberándum Basilío data
est, Valéntis uxor íntimis est cruciáta dolóribus, et únicus fílius in gravem morbum
íncidit. Quibus ille pertérritus, iniquitátem suam recognóscens, Basilíum accérsit, quo
præsénte, puer cœpit convaléscere; verum, vocátis a Valénte ad viséndum púerum
hæréticis, paulo post móritur.
Abstinéntia et continéntia fuit admirábili; una túnica conténtus erat: in jejúnio
servándo diligentíssimus, in oratióne assíduus, in qua sæpe totam noctem consumébat.
Virginitátem perpétuo cóluit. Monastériis exstrúctis, ita monachórum institútum
temperávit, ut solitáriæ atque actuósæ vitæ utilitátes præcláre simul conjúngeret. Multa
erudíte scripsit; ac nemo, teste Gregório Nazianzéno, sacræ Scriptúræ libros vérius aut
ubérius explicávit. Obiit Kaléndis Januárii, cum tantum spíritu vivens, præter ossa et
pellem, nulla prætérea córporis parte constáre viderétur.
en: >-
This Basil was a noble Cappadocian who studied earthly learning at Athens, in company
with Gregory of Nazianzus, to whom he was united in a warm and tender friendship. He
afterwards studied things sacred in a monastery, where he quickly attained an eminent
degree of excellence in doctrine and life, whereby he gained to himself the surname of the
Great. He was called to Pontus to preach the Gospel of Christ Jesus, and brought back into
the way of salvation that country which before had been wandering astray from the rules
of Christian discipline. He was shortly united as coadjutor to Eusebius, Bishop of
Caesarea, for the edification of that city, and afterwards became his successor in the
see. One of his greatest labours was to maintain that the Son is of one Substance with
the Father, and when the Emperor Valens, moved to wrath against him, was willing to send
him into exile, he so bent him by dint of the miracles which he worked that he forced him
to forego his intention.
The chair upon which Valens sat down, in order to sign the decree of Basil's ejectment
from the city, broke down under him, and three pens which he took one after the other to
sign the edict of banishment, all would not write; and when nevertheless he remained firm
to write the ungodly order, his right hand shook. Valens was so frightened at these
omens, that he tore the paper in two. During the night which was allowed to Basil to make
up his mind, Valens' wife had a severe stomach-ache, and their only son was taken
seriously ill. These things alarmed Valens so much that he acknowledged his wickedness,
and sent for Basil, during whose visit the child began to get better. However, when Valens
sent for some heretics to see it, it presently died.
The abstinence and self-control of Basil were truly wonderful. He was content to wear
nothing but one single garment. In observance of fasting he was most earnest, and so
instant in prayer, that he would oftentimes pass the whole night therein. His virginity he
kept always unsullied. He built monasteries, wherein he so adapted the institution of
monasticism, that he exquisitely united for the inmates the advantages of the
contemplative and of the active life. He was the author of many learned writings, and,
according to the witness of Gregory of Nazianzus, no one hath ever composed more faithful
and edifying explanations of the books of the Holy Scripture. He died upon the 1st day of
January, at which time so essentially spiritual was his life, that his body showed
nothing but skin and bones.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "St. Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea, Paraphrase of his Rule, Q. 8 (on Luke 14:26-35)"
text:
la: >-
Perfécta quidem renuntiátio in eo consístit, ut id assequámur, ne ad ipsíus étiam vitæ
affectiónem propénsi simus, et respónsum mortis habeámus, ut non simus fidéntes in
nobis ipsis. Hujúsmodi autem renuntiátio inítium sumit ab alienatióne rerum externárum,
véluti a possessiónibus, ab ináni glória, a vivéndi consuetúdine, a rerum inutílium
amóre; quemádmodum étiam suo exémplo nobis ostendérunt sancti Dómini nostri discípuli,
Jacóbus quidem et Joánnes, relícto patre Zebedǽo et ipsa quoque navícula, de qua omnis
illórum victus rátio pendébat; Matthǽus vero, cum ab ipso telónio surréxit ac Dóminum
secútus est.
Sed quid opus est nostris ratiónibus aut sanctórum virórum exémplis id quod dícimus
confirmáre, cum ipsa Dómini verba in médium líceat afférre, iísque ipsis religiósam ac
Deum timéntem ánimam commovére, quibus ille perspícue et sine controvérsia protestátur,
dicens: Sic ígitur quicúmque ex vobis non renuntiáverit ómnibus quæ póssidet, non potest
meus esse discípulus? Et álio in loco, cum prius dixísset: Si vis perféctus esse, vade, et
vende ómnia quæ habes, et da paupéribus; póstea subjúnxit: Veni, séquere me.
Est ígitur renuntiátio, quemádmodum docúimus, vinculórum terrénæ hujus ac temporális
vitæ solútio, atque ab humánis negótiis liberátio, per quam ad ineúndam viam, qua ad
Deum pervenítur, aptióres et promptióres effícimur; et expedíta rátio ad acquisitiónem
usúmque rerum, quæ super aurum et lápidem pretiósum multum longe sunt pretiosióres. Et
in summa, cordis humáni ad cæléstem conversatiónem translátio, ita ut dícere líceat:
Nostra conversátio in cælis est; et, quod máximum est, inítium unde ad Christi similitúdinem
evádimus, qui cum dives esset, propter nos pauper est factus.
en: >-
This is perfect self-renunciation, when we attain to indifference as regards our own
lives, and wring from death himself the confession that our trust is not in our own
strength. The first step toward this crown of abnegation is to estrange ourselves from
outward things, such as property, public reputation, habits of life, and affection for
things unnecessary, whereof the immediate disciples of our Holy Lord have left us a fine
example: James, for instance, and John, who left their father Zebedee and the boats which
were their only means of getting their daily bread; or Matthew, who got up from the
receipt of custom, and straightway followed the Lord.
But what need have we for our own arguments, or for the examples of holy men to confirm
what we say, when we are able to cite the very words of the Lord Himself, and by them to
move any earnest soul that loveth God? Such were they unto whom He plainly and
unhesitatingly declared: Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he
cannot be My disciple. And again, in another place, when He had said: If thou wilt be
perfect, go, and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor; the completion of the sentence
was: And come and follow Me.
This then, as we have taught, is self-renunciation: to unlock the chains of this earthly
life, which passeth away, and to set oneself free from the business of men, and so to make
ourselves lither and meeter to enter on that path which leadeth to God, and let our reason
be more unhampered to gain and to use those things which are far more precious than gold
or precious stones. In short, it is to have our heart in heaven and not on earth, so as to
be able to say: Our conversation is in heaven. And, which is the great thing, this is the
first step towards the attaining to be like Christ, who, though He was rich, yet for our
sakes He became poor.
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Leo II, Pope, Confessor (Jun 28 on
# this app's own calendar) — an off-date sourcing case like St. Paul
# the Hermit in the pre-1955 pass (memory vu-matins-pre1955-saints):
# the general Tridentine calendar keeps Leo II on Jul 3 instead
# (`Sancti/07-03.txt`). The suffixed `Sancti/06-28t.txt` at this app's
# own date simply redirects there (`@Sancti/07-03`). No genuine
# SanctiM match at either date: the only SanctiM file for Jun 28,
# `SanctiM/06-28oct.txt`, is an unrelated day within the Nativity of
# St. John the Baptist's own octave — a missed pre-1955-pool candidate
# rather than a genuine SanctiM case (see memory vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/07-03.txt, English/Sancti/07-03.txt.
# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no genuine
# source break. No responsory given in the source.
id: st-leo-ii
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Leo secúndus, Póntifex máximus, Sículus, humánis et divínis lítteris Græce et Latíne
doctus, músicis étiam erudítus fuit; ipse enim sacros Hymnos et Psalmos in Ecclésia ad
concéntum meliórem redúxit. Probávit acta sextæ Synodi, quæ Constantinópoli celebráta
est, præsidéntibus legátis apostólicæ Sedis, præsénte quoque Constantíno imperatóre, et
duobus patriárchis, Constantinopolitáno et Antiochéno, ac centum septuagínta epíscopis;
quam et in Latínum tránstulit.
In eo concílio Cyrus, Sergius et Pyrrhus condemnáti sunt, unam tantúmmodo voluntátem et
operatiónem in Christo prædicántes. Hic fregit supérbiam antístitum Ravennátum, qui,
exarchórum freti poténtia, Sedi apostólicæ non obtemperábant. Quam ob rem decrévit ut
eléctio cleri Ravennátis írrita esset, nisi Románi Pontíficis auctoritáte comprobarétur.
Vere pater páuperum fuit; non enim pecúnia solum, sed opera, labóre et consíliis,
egéntium viduárum et pupillórum inópiam ac solitúdinem sublevábat. Qui, dum síngulos non
magis prædicatióne quam vita ad pie sanctéque vivéndum adhortarétur, obdormívit in
Dómino mense sui pontificátus undécimo, quinto Nonas Julii, sepultúsque est in basílica
sancti Petri. Ordinatióne una, mense Júnio, creávit presbýteros novem, diáconos tres,
epíscopos divérsis in locis vigínti tres.
en: >-
Leo II was a Sicilian. He was learned in sacred and worldly letters in the Greek and
Latin tongues, and was moreover an excellent musician. He re-arranged and improved the
music of the sacred hymns and Psalms used in the Church. He approved the acts of the
sixth general Council, which was held at Constantinople, under the Presidency of the
Legates of the Apostolic See, in the presence of the Emperor Constantine, the Patriarchs
of Constantinople and Antioch, and one hundred and seventy Bishops. Leo also translated
the decrees of the Council from Greek into Latin.
It was in this Council that Cyrus, Sergius, and Pyrrhus were condemned for teaching that
there is in Christ only one Will and one Working. Leo broke the pride of the Archbishops
of Ravenna, who had puffed themselves up under the power of the Exarchs to set at naught
the power of the Apostolic See. Wherefore he decreed that the elections of the clergy of
Ravenna should be nothing worth, until they had been confirmed by the authority of the
Bishop of Rome.
He was a very father to the poor. Not by money only, but by his work, his labours, and
his advice he relieved the poverty and loneliness of widows and orphans. He was leading
all to live holy and godly lives, not by mere preaching, but by his own life, when he fell
asleep in the Lord, having sat as Pope nine months and twenty-seven days. He was buried in
the Church of St. Peter. In the month of June he held one ordination whereat he ordained
nine Priests, three Deacons, and twenty-three Bishops for diverse places.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. William of Vercelli (Montevergine),
# Abbot (Jun 25) — William is on both tracks: SanctiM/06-25.txt has its
# own Lectio5-8 vita (Nocturn 1's Lectio1-4 fall back to Common of an
# Abbot), a separately-transcribed but essentially identical account to
# Sancti/06-25.txt's own Lectio4-6 — since only the Tridentine file has
# an available English translation, this saint's content is sourced
# from that track here, same as a pre-1955 saint (see memory
# vu-matins-pre1955-saints, vu-matins-sanctim-saints).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/06-25.txt, English/Sancti/06-25.txt.
# Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no genuine
# source break. No responsory given in the source for these lessons.
id: st-william-abbot
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Guliélmus nobílibus paréntibus Vercéllis in Insúbria natus, vix quartum décimum ætátis
annum expléverat, cum miro quodam pietátis ardóre flagrans, Compostellánam
peregrinatiónem ad celebérrimum sancti Jacóbi templum aggréssus est, Quod iter una
amíctus túnica, ac dúplici férreo círculo præcínctus, nudísque pédibus prosecútus,
aspérrima frígoris et æstus, famis et sitis summo cum vitæ discrímine perpéssus est
incómmoda. Revérsus in Itáliam, novam ad sanctum Dómini sepúlcrum peregrinatiónem
molítur: sed quo minus propósitum exsequátur, vária atque gravíssima intercédunt
impediménta, divíno númine ad altióra, et sanctióra religiósam júvenis índolem
retrahénte. Porro in solículo monte biénnium inter assíduas preces, vigílias,
chameúnias, et jejúnia commorátus, divína subníxus ope, cæco lumen restítuit. Cujus
miráculi fama percrebrescénte, jam Guliélmus latére non póterat: quare íterum
Jerosólymam cógitat, et álacris se itíneri commíttit.
Dei autem mónitu, qui eídem appáruit, a propósito revocátur, utílior ac fructuósior tam
apud Italos, quam apud éxteras natiónes futúrus. Tum monastérium in Virgiliáni montis
cacúmine, quod deínde Vírginis est appellátum, loco áspero, et inaccésso miránda
exædíficat celeritáte. Sócios deínde viros, et religiósos ascíscit, eósque ad vivéndi
normam evangélicis præcéptis et consíliis summópere accommodátam tum certis légibus ex
beáti Benedícti institútis magna ex parte desúmptis, tum verbo et sanctíssimæ vitæ
exémplis infórmat.
Aliis deínde monastériis eréctis, clárior in dies Guliélmi facta sánctitas multos ad eum
úndique viros perdúcit, sanctitátis odóre, et miraculórum fama alléctos. Nam muti
loquélam, surdi audítum, áridi vigórem, varióque et immedicábili morbo laborántes,
sanitátem ipsíus intercessióne recepérunt. Aquam in vinum convértit, aliáque complúra
mirabília patrávit: inter quæ illud non siléndum, quod, muliércula ad ejus castitátem
tentándam missa, in ardéntibus prunis humi stratis illǽsum se volutávit. De qua re
cértior factus Rogérius Neápolis rex, in summam viri Dei veneratiónem addúcitur. Demum
témpore sui óbitus regi, aliísque prænuntiáto, innúmeris virtútibus et miráculis clarus
obdormívit in Dómino, anno salútis millésimo centésimo quadragésimo secúndo.
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This William was born of noble parents at Vercelli in Lombardy. He was but little over
fourteen years of age, when, impelled by a strange earnestness for holiness, he undertook
a pilgrimage to Compostella, to the far-famed Church of St. James. This journey he made
clad in a single garment, wearing an iron girdle wound two-fold round his body, and with
bare feet. He accomplished his object under the severest hardships of cold and heat,
hunger and thirst, and at the great danger of his life. After his return to Italy, he
undertook a new pilgrimage, this time to the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord. But in the way of
fulfilling this, there arose diverse and most grievous obstacles, whereby the hand of God
drew the lad to the higher and holier life of a monk. He dwelt in the town of Monte
Solicolo for two years, which he passed in constant prayer, watching, sleeping upon the
ground, and fasting. At the end of this time, the power of God made him the mean to
restore a blind man to sight. The fame of this miracle became so noised abroad, that
William could no longer remain unknown. His thoughts turned again towards Jerusalem, and
he again entered cheerfully on the journey.
He was again hindered by a vision from God, and remained among the Italians to be more
useful, and to bring forth more fruit than he would have done among strangers. With
extraordinary speed, he built a monastery upon the summit of Monte Vergiliano, ever since
named Monte Vergine. Thither he called around him, as his comrades, devout men, and
schooled them into a way of life most closely following the commands and counsels of the
Gospel, in great part by a rule taken from the constitutions of Blessed Benedict, and
supplemented by his own words, and the example of his own holy life.
As other monasteries were raised, the holy life of William became more known day by day,
and brought men to him from all quarters, drawn by the sweet savour of his godliness, and
the fame of his miracles. At his prayers the dumb spake, the deaf heard, the withered were
strengthened, and they that suffered under diverse and incurable diseases received
health. He turned water into wine, and openly worked many other miracles. Among all these
things it must be told that a wretched woman sought him to lure him to impurity, but he
raked hot embers out upon the floor and cast himself down upon them, and wallowed among
them, and escaped unhurt. When this thing came to the knowledge of Roger I., King of
Naples, it roused in him the highest reverence for the man of God. At the last, after
foretelling his own death to the King and to others, and full of good works and miracles,
he fell asleep in the Lord, in the year of salvation 1142.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }