# Matins Nocturn 2 reading for St. Callistus I, Pope, Martyr (Oct 14) # — SanctiM/10-14.txt inherits the whole day (`@Sancti/10-14`) with no # Nocturn 2/3 override, so this saint's own vita 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/10-14.txt, English/Sancti/10-14.txt. # Lectio4-6 combined into one reading, one continuous vita, no genuine # source break. No responsory given in the source. id: st-callistus readings: - nocturn: 2 isGospel: false text: la: >- Callistus, Romanus, præfuit Ecclésiæ, Antonino Heliogábalo imperatóre. Constítuit quatuor anni Tempora, quibus jejunium, ex apostolica traditióne acceptum, ab ómnibus servarétur. Ædificávit basilicam sanctæ Maríæ trans Tíberim, et in via Appia vetus cœmetérium ampliávit, in quo multi sancti Sacerdótes et Mártyres sepúlti sunt; unde ab eo Callísti cœmetérium appellátur. Ejusdem pietátis fuit, quod beáti Calepodii Presbýteri et Mártyris corpus, jactátum in Tíberim, conquiri diligenter curávit, et, invéntum, honorifice sepelívit. Palmatium consulari, Simplícium senatoria dignitate illustres, Felicem et Blandam, qui deínde omnes martyrium subíere, cum baptismo lustrasset, missus est in carcerem, ubi Privátum militem, ulcéribus plenum, admirabíliter sanitáti restitutum, Christo adjunxit; pro quo idem, recens adhuc a fide suscepta, plumbátis usque ad mortem cæsus occubuit. Sedit Callistus annos quinque, mensem unum, dies duodecim. Ordinatiónibus quinque, mense Decembri, creávit presbyteros sexdecim, diaconos quatuor, episcopos octo. Post longam famem crebrasque verberatiónes præceps jactus in púteum, atque ita martyrio coronátus sub Alexandro imperatóre, illátus est in cœmetérium Calepodii, via Aurelia, tertio ab Urbe lápide, pridie Idus Octobris. Ejus postmodum corpus in basilicam sanctæ Maríæ trans Tiberim, ab ipso ædificatam, delátum, sub ara majori, maxima veneratióne cólitur. en: >- Callistus was a Roman, and ruled the Church in the time of the Emperor Antoninus Heliogabalus. He confirmed the institution of the Ember Fasts, the observance of which hath been received by tradition from the Apostles. He built the Church of St. Mary-beyond-the-Tiber, and enlarged the old burying-place on the Appian Way, wherein are buried so many holy Priests and Martyrs, and which hath since been called, on account of this enlargement, the Cemetery of Kallistus. It was by his reverence that the body of the blessed Priest and Martyr Calepodius, which had been cast into the Tiber, was carefully looked for, and, when it had been found, honourably buried. He baptized Palmatius, of Consular, and Simplicius, of Senatorial rank, and likewise Felix and Blanda, all of whom in the end underwent martyrdom. On this account he was thrown into prison, where he wonderfully healed a soldier named Privatus, who was full of sores, and so gained him to Christ; and this Privatus had hardly received the faith, before he was lashed to death with scourges loaded with lead. Callistus sat as Pope five years, one month, and twelve days. He held five Ordinations in the month of December, wherein he ordained sixteen Priests, four Deacons, and eight Bishops. After being long starved, and repeatedly flogged, he was pitched head-foremost down a well, and so crowned with martyrdom, under the Emperor Alexander. His body was carried to the Cemetery of Calepodius on the Aurelian Way, at the third mile-stone from the city, upon the 14th day of October, but was afterwards taken to the Church of St. Mary-beyond-the-Tiber, which had been built by himself. There it lieth beneath the High Altar, and is held in great reverence of all men. status: { la: verified, en: verified }