(A.D. 119.)
[Molanus, in his additions to Usuardus, Maurolycus, and other modern
Martyrologies. Not in the Roman Martyrology. The Acts, of which there
exist several versions, are not worthy of trust. They may possibly
contain the original Acts, but if so, they are so embedded in fable
that it is impossible to distinguish what is true from what is false.]
According to the legendary Acts, Secundus of Aste, count of the palace,
was instructed in the faith by S. Calocerus, then a prisoner at Aste,
and baptized by SS. Faustinus and Jovitta, at Milan. He was afterwards
sent to Tortona, to S. Martian, in his dungeon, to bear to him the
Blessed Sacrament, and he was present when this saint suffered for
Christ. It was told the governor, Sapricius, that Secundus had buried
the body of the martyr; and sending for him, he heard him confess that
he was a Christian. He was placed on the rack, and then sent to Aste,
where he suffered execution with the sword, together with S. Calocerus,
on March 30th.
Patron of Aste, where his relics are preserved.