(A.D. 1185.)
[S. Silvester, monk of Trani, near Barletta, in South Italy, is
held there in great reverence, and commemorated on the 2nd Jan. and
2nd May.]
Saint Silvester, of whom nothing authentic is known, is traditionally
said to have been a monk of the order of S. Basil, in the convent of S.
Michael, at Bari. Various miracles are attributed to him, as his having
gone one winter day to Catania and back on foot. He is also said to have
entered a baker's furnace to scrape the living embers together for him,
when he had lost his shovel, and to have come forth unhurt.
[Illustration: Oblation of an Infant to a Religious Community. After
a Miniature in the Burgundy Library at Brussels.]
January 3.
The Octave of S. John, the Evangelist.
S. ANTEROS, _Pope and M., at Rome_, A.D. 236.
S. FLORENTIUS, _B.M., at Vienne, in France, circ._ A.D. 258.
SS. ZOSIMUS AND ATHANASIUS, _MM., in Cilicia, circ._ A.D. 290.
S. PETER BALSAM, _M., at Aulane in Palestine_, A.D. 291.
S. GORDIUS, _M., at Caesarea, circ._ A.D. 320.
SS. THEOGNIS, PRIMUS, AND CYRINUS, _MM., circ._ A.D. 320.
S. MELOR, _M., in Cornwall, circ._ A.D. 411.
S. GENOVEVA, _V., at Paris_, A.D. 512.
S. BERTILIA, _V., at Marolles_, A.D. 687.