Add November Matins readings for pre-1955 sanctoral saints

Ss. Tryphon and Companions, St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, St. Catherine of
Alexandria, and the Vigil of St. Andrew. This completes the
pre-1955-but-post-1617 sanctoral pass: 43 saints authored across the
year, 9 confirmed Common-only with nothing to source (see TODO.md).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for Ss. Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha,
# Martyrs (Nov 10) — pre-1955-but-post-1617. Plain Sancti/11-10.txt is a
# different, later saint (St. Andrew Avellino, canonized 1712) who
# displaced these martyrs on the general calendar's own Nov 10 slot;
# their content survives at the suffixed sibling file (see memory
# vu-matins-pre1955-saints's "critical wrinkle").
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-10o.txt, English/Sancti/11-10o.txt.
# Single lesson (simplex-feast Lectio93), no responsory in the source.
id: ss-tryphon-and-companions
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Tryphon, Decio imperatóre, cum Jesu Christi fidem prædicans, omnes ad ejus cultum perducere
conarétur, a Decii satellítibus comprehénsus, primum equuleo torquétur et ungulis férreis
excarnificátur; deínde, sublimibus pédibus candéntibus clavis confíxus, fustibus cæditur, et,
admotis facibus ardéntibus, aduritur. Quæ cum ómnia fortiter ferentem vidísset Respicius
tribunus, ad Christi Dómini fidem convérsus, statim se christianum esse palam proféssus est.
Qui, varie cruciatus, una cum Tryphone rapitur ad Jovis simulacrum; quæ statua, Tryphone
orante, cóncidit. Quare plumbátis crudelíssime contúsi, nobilíssimum martyrium consecúti sunt
quarto Idus Novembris. Eodem die virgo quædam, cui nomen Nympha, cum Jesum Christum verum
esse Deum clara voce testarétur, martyrii palmam ad virginitátis corónam adjunxit.
en: >-
In the reign of the Emperor Decius one Tryphon strove by preaching the faith of Jesus Christ
to bring all men to worship Him. For this cause he was taken by the servants of Decius. He
was first tormented upon the rack, and flesh stripped from him with iron claws; then red-hot
nails were driven into his insteps, he was beaten with cudgels and scarified with lighted
torches. The sight of the courage wherewith he bore all, brought the Prefect Respicius to
believe in the Lord Christ, and he forthwith declared himself a Christian. He also was
diverse ways tormented, and then led along with Tryphon before the statue of Jupiter. When
Tryphon prayed, the statue fell down. Then were both Tryphon and Respicius savagely lashed
with whips loaded with lead, until they grasped the crown of a most glorious testimony, upon
the 10th day of November. Upon the same day a certain maiden named Nympha, having openly
confessed that Jesus Christ is very God, added the palm of martyrdom to the crown of
virginity.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and
# Martyr (Nov 25) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-25*.txt at
# all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-25.txt,
# English/Sancti/11-25.txt. Lectio4-6 is this saint's own proper text,
# one continuous vita account, no internal break, combined into a single
# reading; Lectio7-9 (not present in this file, implicitly Common)
# skipped. No responsory given.
id: st-catherine
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Catharina, nobilis virgo Alexandrina, a prima ætate stúdia liberalium artium cum fidei
ardore conjungens, brevi ad eam sanctitátis et doctrinæ perfectiónem pervenit, ut, decem et
octo annos nata, eruditíssimum quemque superaret. Quæ cum Maximíni jussu multos, propter
christianæ religiónis professiónem varie tormentis cruciatos, ad supplícium rapi vidéret, non
dubitanter ipsum adiit Maximinum, eique nefariam immanitátem objíciens, sapientíssimis
ratiónibus Christi fidem ad salútem necessariam esse affirmavit.
Cujus prudéntiam Maximinus admiratus, retineri eam jubet, accersitis undique doctíssimis
homínibus, magnisque propositis præmiis, qui convictam Catharinam a Christi fide ad idolórum
cultum perduxissent. Quod contra áccidit. Nam plures philosophi, qui ad eam coarguéndam
convenerant, vi ac subtilitate ejus disputatiónis tanto Jesu Christi amóre sunt incénsi, ut
pro illo mori non dubitaverint. Quam ob rem Maximinus blanditiis ac promissis Catharinam de
senténtia dedúcere aggréditur; verum, id frustra fíeri intélligens, verbéribus affectam
plumbátisque contusam, dies undecim sine cibo ac potu inclusam tenet in carcere.
Quo témpore Maximíni uxor et Porphyrius belli dux, visendæ Vírginis causa carcerem ingressi,
et ejusdem prædicatióne in Jesum Christum credéntes, póstea martyrio coronáti sunt. Interim
Catharina edúcitur e custódia; et rota expedítur, crebris et acutis præfixa gládiis, ut
Vírginis corpus crudelíssime dilacerarétur. Quæ máchina, brevi Catharinæ oratióne, confracta
est; eoque miraculo multi Christi fidem suscepérunt. Ipse Maximinus, in impietáte et
crudelitate obstinatior, Catharinam secúri pércuti imperat. Quæ, fortiter dato cápite, ad
duplicátum virginitátis et martyrii præmium evolávit septimo Kalendas Decembris; cujus corpus
ab Angelis in Sina, Arábiæ monte, mirabíliter collocátum est.
en: >-
This Catharine was a noble maiden of Alexandria, who from her earliest years joined the
study of the liberal arts with fervent faith, and in a short while came to such an height of
holiness and learning, that when she was eighteen years of age she prevailed over the
chiefest wits. When she saw many diversely tormented and haled to death by command of
Maximin, because they professed the Christian religion, she went boldly unto him and rebuked
him for his savage cruelty, bringing forward likewise most sage reasons why the faith of
Christ should be needful for salvation.
Maximin marvelled at her wisdom, and bade keep her, while he gathered together the most
learned men from all quarters and offered them great rewards if they would confute Catharine
and bring her from believing in Christ to worship idols. But the event fell contrariwise, for
many of the philosophers who had come to dispute with her were overcome by the force and
skill of her reasoning, so that the love of Christ Jesus was kindled in them, and they were
content even to die for His sake. Then did Maximin strive to beguile Catharine with fair
words and promises, and when he found it was lost pains, he caused her to be beaten, and
bruised with lead-laden whips, and so cast into prison, and neither meat nor drink given to
her for the space of eleven days.
At that time Maximin's wife and Porphyry the Captain of his host, went to the prison to see
the damsel, and at her preaching believed in Jesus Christ, and were afterwards crowned with
martyrdom. Then was Catharine brought out of ward, and a wheel was set, wherein were fastened
many and sharp blades, so that her virgin body might thereby be most direfully cut and torn
in pieces, but in a little while, as Catharine prayed, this machine was broken in pieces, at
the which marvel many believed in Christ. But Maximin was hardened in his godlessness and
cruelty, and commanded to behead Catharine. She bravely offered her neck to the stroke and
passed away hence to receive the twain crowns of maidenhood and martyrdom, upon the 25th day
of November. Her body was marvelously laid by angels upon Mount Sinai in Arabia.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2-3 readings for St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop and
# Confessor (Nov 17) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-17*.txt at
# all). web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-17.txt, English/Sancti/11-17.txt.
#
# Lectio4-5 (this saint's own vita) combined into one reading, no
# internal break. Lectio6 (St. Maximus of Turin's sermon) is a
# genuinely distinct source, kept separate.
#
# Nocturn 3: Lectio7's Gospel quotation (Mark 11:22-24) is nearly the
# full short pericope, not just a bare incipit like elsewhere in this
# pass, so authored as a genuine Gospel reading here. Lectio7's own
# homily portion + Lectio8-9 (the Venerable Bede's commentary) is one
# continuous excerpt, combined into a single reading. No responsory
# given for either Nocturn 3 reading.
id: st-gregory-thaumaturgus
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
text:
la: >-
Gregórius, Neocæsaréæ Ponti epíscopus, sanctitáte doctrinaque illustris, signis vero ac
miraculis multo illustrior, quorum multitúdine atque præstántia Thaumatúrgus appellátus est,
et sancti Basilíi testimonio cum Moyse, Prophetis et Apóstolis comparátus; montem, qui
ecclésiæ ædificatiónem impediebat, oratióne álio tránstulit. Item palúdem, inter fratres
causam discordiárum, exsiccávit. Lycum fluvium, perniciose agros inundántem, defixo ad ripam
quo sustentabátur baculo, qui statim virentem crevit in árborem, coércuit, ut póstea ultra
eum terminum non efflúxerit.
Sæpíssime dæmones ex idolórum simulacris atque ex hóminum corpóribus ejécit, múltaque alia
mirabíliter effécit, quibus innumerábiles hómines traxit ad Jesu Christi fidem, cum étiam
prophetico spíritu futura prædiceret. Qui, migratúrus e vita, cum quæsísset quot in civitáte
Neocæsariénsi réliqui essent infidéles, responsumque esset tantum esse septemdecim; Deo
grátias agens, Tótidem, inquit, erant fidéles, cum cœpi episcopátum. Plura scripsit, quibus
etiam, non solum miraculis, Dei Ecclésiam illustrávit.
en: >-
Gregory, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, is famous indeed for his holiness and
doctrine, but much more so on account of the signs and wonders which he wrought, the number
and character of which were so extraordinary that they have gotten him the name of
Thaumatourgos, which is, being interpreted from the Greek, the Wonderworker. Holy Basil
compareth him with Moses, with the Prophets, and with the Apostles, and testifieth that by
his prayers he moved a mountain that stood in the way of the building of a Church. Moreover,
he dried up a marsh, which was a cause of strife between brothers. Also, when the River Lycus
overflowed and wasted the fields, he set his walking-stick on the bank, which stick
forthwith grew into a green tree, and confined the stream within its bed, so that it never
more passed that place again.
He oftentimes cast out devils either from heathen idols or from the bodies of men, and did
many other marvelous things, whereby he drew countless numbers to believe in Jesus Christ.
Also he had the spirit of prophecy, and foretold things to come. When he was at the point of
death, he asked how many unbelievers were left in the city of Neo-Caesarea? and when they
answered Seventeen, he gave God thanks, and said: Just so many were the faithful when I took
the Bishopric. He wrote a great deal, whereby, as well as by his wonders, he hath enlightened
the Church of God.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin, Homily 59 (the 2nd on St. Eusebius of Vercelli)"
text:
la: >-
Beáti Patris Gregórii merita jam in tuto posita secúri magnificémus; qui, gubernaculum fidei
viríliter tenens, ánchoram spei tranquilla jam in statióne compósuit, et plenam cæléstibus
divítiis et ætérnis mercibus navem optato in littore collocávit. Qui, contra omnes
adversarios, scutum timoris Dei tamdiu, donec ad victoriam perveníret. Quid enim fuit totus
vitæ illíus cursus, nisi uníus cum vígili hoste conflictus?
en: >-
Our blessed Father Gregory is safe now, and we may safely praise his great deeds. He that
kept such a manful hand upon the tiller of faith, hath now cast the anchor of hope in
moorings of great calm, and brought his ship, heavy laden with heavenly riches and
everlasting merchandise, safe into the heaven where he would be. Thus fareth it now with him
who never fainted, but for so long time held up ever the shield of the fear of God against
all that did beset him. What was his whole life but one long fight against an enemy that
never slept?
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: true
citation: { la: "Marc 11:22-24", en: "Mark 11:22-24" }
text:
la: "Respóndens Jesus discípulis suis ait illis: Habéte fidem Dei. Amen dico vobis quia quicúmque díxerit huic monti: Tóllere et míttere in mare, et non hæsitáverit in corde suo, sed credíderit quia quodcúmque díxerit fiat, fiet ei."
en: "And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God. Amen I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall be done unto him."
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
- nocturn: 3
isGospel: false
source: "The Venerable Bede, Priest, Commentary on Mark, Book 3"
text:
la: >-
Solent Gentiles qui contra Ecclésiam maledicta scripsére, improperare nostris quod non
habúerint plenam fidem Dei, quia numquam montes transferre potúerint. Quibus respondéndum
est non scripta esse, quæ in Ecclésia sunt gesta, sicut étiam de factis ipsíus Christi et
Dómini nostri Scriptúra testátur. Unde et hoc quoque fíeri potuísset, ut mons ablátus de
terra mitterétur in mare, si necessitas id fíeri poposcísset. Quómodo légimus factum précibus
beáti Patris Gregórii, Neocæsaréæ Ponti antístitis, viri meritis et virtútibus exímii, ut
mons in terra tantum loco cederet quantum íncolæ civitátis opus habebant.
Cum enim, volens ædificáre ecclésiam in loco apto, vidéret eum angustiórem esse quam res
exigébat, eo quod ex una parte, rupe maris, ex alia, monte próximo coarctarétur; venit nocte
ad locum, et, genibus flexis, admonuit Dóminum promissiónis suæ, ut montem longius juxta
fidem petentis ágeret. Et, mane facto, reversus invénit montem tantum spatii reliquisse
structóribus ecclésiæ quantum opus habuerant. Poterat ergo hic, poterat alius quis ejusdem
meriti vir, si opportunitas exegísset, impetrare a Dómino, mérito fidei, ut étiam mons
tollerétur et mitterétur in mare.
Verum, quia montis nómine nonnumquam diabolus significátur, videlicet propter supérbiam, qua
se contra Deum erigit, et esse vult símilis Altíssimo; mons ad præcéptum eórum qui fortes
fide sunt, tollitur de terra et in mare projícitur, cum, prædicántibus verbum doctóribus
sanctis, immundus spíritus ab eórum corde repéllitur qui ad vitam sunt præordináti, et in
turbulentis amarisque infidelium méntibus vesaniam suæ tyrannidis exercére permittitur.
en: >-
The heathen, who have written blasphemies against the Church, are used to cast in our teeth
that we have not full faith in God, since we have never been able to move mountains. Such
should be answered that we do not possess records of everything that hath come to pass in
the Church, any more than, the Scripture being witness, we possess records of all the doings
of our Lord Christ Himself. Mountains may have been removed and cast into the sea, in case of
need; a like case, indeed, as we read, was that which came to pass at the prayers of the
Blessed Father Gregory, Archbishop of Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, that right worthy and mighty
man, when a mountain was moved from one place on land to another place on land, as the
dwellers in the city had need.
Gregory was wishful to build a Church in a meet place, but the site was too narrow, being
wedged in between a mountain on the one side and a precipice going down into the sea on the
other. He came therefore by night to the place, kneeling down, and reminding the Lord of His
promise, and calling upon Him to remove the mountain. And in the morning, when he came
thither again, he found that the mountain had been removed back, and as much room left for
the builders of the Church as they needed. This man therefore would have been able, and any
other man of like grace would have been able, if need were, to obtain of the Lord, by the
force of his faith, that even a mountain should be removed, and be cast into the sea.
Mystically, however, by a mountain is sometimes signified the devil, on account of the pride
whereby he lifteth himself up against God, and would fain be like unto the Most High. And
when holy teachers, strong in faith, do preach the Word, this mountain is removed, and cast
into the sea, that is to say, the unclean spirit is removed out of the hearts of such as are
foreordained unto eternal life, and sent free to exercise the wild rage of his tyranny in
the riotous and embittered minds of the unfaithful.
status: { la: verified, en: verified }
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# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for the Vigil of St. Andrew the Apostle
# (Nov 29) — pre-1955-but-post-1617 (no SanctiM/11-29*.txt at all).
# web/www/horas/Latin/Sancti/11-29.txt, English/Sancti/11-29.txt.
#
# Lectio1's Gospel portion (John 1:35-51) gives only the incipit ("Et
# réliqua"), so the bare Gospel reading isn't authored here (deferred,
# pending the bulk Vulgate/Douay-Rheims import). Lectio1's own homily
# portion + Lectio2-3 is one continuous excerpt from St. Augustine's
# Tractate 7 on John, combined into a single reading. No responsory
# given.
id: vigil-of-st-andrew
readings:
- nocturn: 2
isGospel: false
source: "St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Tractate 7 on John"
text:
la: >-
Quia talis erat Joannes amicus sponsi, non quærebat gloriam suam, sed testimonium perhibebat
veritati: numquid voluit apud se remanere discipulos suos, ut non sequerentur Dominum? Magis
ipse ostendit discipulis suis quem sequerentur: habebant enim illum tamquam agnum. Et ille:
Quid me attenditis: Ego non sum agnus. Ecce Agnus Dei. De quo et superius dixerat: Ecce
Agnus Dei. Et quid nobis prodest Agnus Dei? Ecce, ait, qui tollit peccatum mundi. Secuti sunt
illum, hoc audito, duo qui erant cum Joanne.
Videamus sequentia. Ecce Agnus Dei. Hoc Joannes. Et audierunt eum duo discipuli loquentem, et
secuti sunt Jesum. Non sic illum sequebantur, quasi jam ut inhærerent illi: nam manifestum
est, quando illi inhæserunt, quia de navi eos vocavit. In his enim duobus erat Andreas, sicut
modo audistis. Andreas autem frater Petri erat. Et novimus in Evangelio quod Petrum et
Andream Dominus de navi vocavit, dicens: Venite post me, et faciam vos piscatores hominum. Et
ex illo jam inhæserunt illi, ut non recederent.
Modo ergo quod illum sequuntur isti duo, non quasi non recessuri sequuntur, sed videre
voluerunt ubi habitaret, et facere quod scriptum est: Limen ostiorum ejus exterat pes tuus:
surge ad illum venire assidue, et erudire præceptis ejus. Ostendit eis ille ubi maneret:
venerunt, et fuerunt cum illo. Quam beatum diem duxerunt, quam beatam noctem! Quis est, qui
nobis dicat quæ audierint illi a Domino? Aedificemus et nosmetipsi in corde nostro, et
faciamus domum, quo veniat ille, et doceat nos, et colloquatur nobis.
en: >-
Since John was the friend of the Bridegroom, he sought not his own glory, but bare witness to
the truth. Would he that his disciples should remain with him rather than that they should
follow the Lord? Nay, he showed his disciples Whom they should follow. They thought that he
himself was the Lamb; but he saith: Why wait ye on me? I am not the Lamb. Behold the Lamb of
God! This was He of Whom he had already said above: Behold the Lamb of God! And what use to
us is the Lamb of God? Behold the Lamb of God, saith John, Which taketh away the sin of the
world. And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
Let us see what followed. John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking on Jesus as He
walked, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
followed Jesus. They followed Him, not yet to cleave unto Him, for it is manifest that they
clave unto Him only after that He had called them out of the ship. One of the two which
heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. And we know how it is
written in the Gospel of Matthew: Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were
fishers. And He saith unto them: Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they
straightway left their nets and followed Him.
From that time, therefore, was it that they clave unto Him continuously. Then Jesus turned,
and saw them following, and saith unto them: What seek ye? They said unto Him: Rabbi, which
is to say, being interpreted, Master, where dwellest Thou? So they follow Him now, not as to
cleave unto Him for ever, but as to know where He dwelt, and to obey that which is written:
If thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the
steps of his doors. He saith unto them: Come and see. They came and saw where He dwelt, and
abode with Him that day. O what a blessed day! O what a blessed night! for it was about the
tenth hour. Who shall tell what they heard from the Lord? O let us also build an house in
our hearts, where He may come, and teach us, and talk with us!
status: { la: verified, en: verified }