26 July
THE departure out of this life of St. Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.—At Philippi, in Macedonia, the birthday of St. Erastus, who was appointed bishop of that place by the blessed apostle Paul, and there crowned with martyrdom.—At Rome, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exuperia, who (as we read in the Acts of pope St. Stephen) were burnt alive, and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom.—At Porto, St. Hyacinth, martyr, who was first thrown into the fire, and then precipitated into a stream without being injured. Afterwards, under the emperor Trajan, being struck with the sword by the ex-consul Leontius, he terminated his life. His body was buried by the matron Julia, on her own estate near Rome.—Also, at Rome, St. Pastor, priest. His name is used to designate a cardinal’s title in the church of St. Pudentiana, on the Viminal hill.—At Verona, St. Valens, bishop and confessor.—In the monastery of St. Benedict, near Mantua, St. Simeon, monk and hermit, who was renowned for many miracles, and at an advanced age rested in the Lord.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors and holy virgins.
Thanks be to God.