(A.D. 1365.)
[Roman Martyrology.]
This Saint was sent by the Sovereign pontiff, into the vallies
inhabited by the Waldensian heretics, as Inquisitor-general in
Piedmont, in 1351, and was murdered by the heretics in the Franciscan
convent of Susa. The person who did the deed stabbed him in the
cloister, on the feast of the Purification of Our Lady, in 1365. His
tomb was opened in 1854, and the relics were elevated to the altars of
several churches to which they were given. Pius IX. confirmed the
devotion of the Catholics towards this martyr.
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February 3.
SS. CELERINUS, _D. C._, CELERINA, IGNATIUS, AND LAURENCE, _MM. in
Africa, 3rd cent._
S. FORTUNATUS, _M. at Rome_.
S. CANDIDUS, _M. at Volaterra_.
SS. TIGRIS AND REMEDIUS, _BB., MM. at Gap, 4th cent._
S. BLAISE, _B. M._, AND COMPANIONS, _at Sebaste, circ._ A.D. 316.
S. SIMPLICIUS, _B. of Vienne; beginning of 5th cent._
S. ANATOLIUS, _B. of Adana, in Cilicia; beginning of 5th cent._
S. LAURENCE THE ILLUMINATOR, _B. of Spoleto, circ._ A.D. 576.
S. PHILIP, _B. of Vienne, circ._ A.D. 578.
S. EVANTIUS, _B. of Vienne_, A.D. 586.
S. HADELIN, _P. at Celles in Belgium, circ._ A.D. 690.
S. BERLINDA, _V. at Meerbeeke in Belgium, circ._ A.D. 698.
S. WERBURGA, _V. Patroness of Chester; beginning of 8th cent._
S. NITHARD, _P. M. in Sweden, circ._ A.D. 840.
S. ANSKAR, _B. of Hamburg, Apostle of Sweden and Denmark_, A.D. 865.
S. LIAFDAG, _B. M. at Ripe in Denmark, circ._ A.D. 980.
S. ELINAND, _Monk of Froidmont, near Beauvais_, A.D. 1237.
SS. CELERINUS, D. C., CELERINA, IGNATIUS,
AND LAURENTINUS, MM.
(3RD CENT.)
[Roman and other Latin Martyrologies. Authorities:--The letters of
S. Cyprian of Carthage, and S. Cornelius of Rome. A letter of S.
Celerinus to the Confessor Lucian is inserted in some editions of
the works of S. Cyprian.]
Of Celerina, Ignatius, and Laurence nothing, except their names, is
known, and even these would not have come down to us, but for their
being mentioned as glorious martyrs by S. Cyprian, in a letter to
their nephew, S. Celerinus. This Celerinus was first Reader, and then
Deacon, in the Church of Carthage, and received orders from S.
Cyprian. He was in Rome in the year 250, and confessed Christ there in
the Decian persecution, spending nineteen days in chains; but to his
great sorrow, his sister yielded to her fears, and was numbered among
the lapsed. Afterwards Celerinus was unfortunately drawn away by
Novatian into schism, but when he perceived that the schismatic sought
his own advancement rather than the glory of God, he acknowledged his
error, and returned to the communion of the Catholic Church.