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unusual facts about martyrology



Antipope Felix II

As well as the Roman Martyrology, the Roman Missal identified the Saint Felix of 29 July with the antipope.

Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius

Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are saints of the Roman Catholic Church, mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Roman martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian.

Crispin and Crispinian

Although this feast was removed from the Roman Catholic Church's universal liturgical calendar following the Second Vatican Council, the two saints are still commemorated on that day in the most recent edition of the Roman Martyrology.

Piaśnica

The Piaśnica wilderness, where the river begins, is a place of Polish and Jewish martyrology; the second largest site of mass killings of Polish civilians in Pomerania (after Stutthof) during World War II.

Procopius of Scythopolis

In Western Europe, Procopius was first added into the calendar of saints by Bede, whose Martyrology lists the saint under July 8.

Psalmodius

Psalmodius’ Office was celebrated under a Double Rite, and the saint’s name appears in the Kalendar of Limoges, in the Menology of David Camerarius, in the Martyrology of Andrew Saussay, in the work of Ferrarius, in the work of Simon Martin, in the work of the Bollandists, and in the work of the Petits Bollandistes.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Périgueux

The Martyrology of Ado gives St. Front as the first Bishop of Périgueux; Saint Peter is said to have sent him to this town with the St. George to whom later traditions assign the foundation of the church of Le Puy.

Rufinus

Saints Rufinus, eleven saints named Rufinus in Roman Martyrology


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