# 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 }