26 August
AT Rome, St. Zephirinus, pope and martyr.—In the same city, during the persecution of Valerian, the holy martyrs Irenaeus and Abundius, who were thrown into a sewer from which they had taken the body of blessed Concordia. Their bodies were drawn out by the priest Justin, and buried in a crypt near St. Lawrence.—At Vintimiglia, a city of Liguria, St. Secundus, martyr, a distinguished man and officer in the Theban Legion.—At Bergamo, in Lombardy, St. Alexander, martyr, who was one of the same legion, and endured martyrdom by being beheaded for the constant confession of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.—Among the Marcians, the Saints Simplicius, and his sons Constantius and Victorian, who were first tortured in different manners, and then being struck with the axe, obtained the crown of martyrdom, in the time of the emperor Antoninus.—At Nicomedia, the martyrdom of St. Adrian, son of the emperor Probus. For reproaching Licinius on account of the persecution raised against Christians, he was put to death by his order. His body was buried at Argyopolis by his uncle Domitius, bishop of Byzantium. — In Spain, St. Victor, martyr, who merited the crown of martyrs by being slain by the Moors for the faith of Christ. —At Capua, St. Rufinus, bishop and confessor.—At Pistoja, St. Felix, priest and confessor. —At Lima, in Peru, St. Rose of St. Mary, virgin, of the third Order of St. Dominic. Her feast is celebrated on the 30th of this month.
And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors and holy virgins.
Thanks be to God.