(A.D. 1008.)
[Roman Martyrology on October 15th, that being, as Baronius
conjectures, the commemoration of a translation of the relics, as it
is certain that S. Bruno died on Feb. 14th. Authority:--His life by
his kinsman Ditmar, bishop of Merseburg, in his Chronicles, lib. 6;
and mention by Marianus Scotus, and other chroniclers of Germany.]
The Sclavonic races in Prussia were some of the last to receive
Christianity in Germany. S. Adalbert, bishop of Prague, had gone
amongst the Lithuanians and Prussians, bearing the gospel, and, in
997, had fallen a victim to his zeal. Probably obeying the call of S.
Adalbert, Bruno, a monk of Magdeburg, a man of good education, and
kinsman to Ditmar, bishop of Merseburg, went on the mission to these
heathen. Boleslas, king of Poland, sent, urging his coming, and, after
having visited Merseburg, where he received episcopal ordination,
Bruno, with many companions, entered on his apostolic mission. But the
Pagans refused to hear the word of salvation, and, falling on the
little band, hacked off Bruno's hands and feet, and put to death with
him eighteen men who accompanied him.
[42] See January 5th.
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February 15.
SS. FAUSTINUS, _P._, AND JOVITA, _D., MM. at Brescia_, A.D. 120.
SS. CRATO, HIS WIFE AND SERVANTS, _MM. at Rome, circ._ A.D. 273.
S. AGAPE, _V. M. at Teramo, in Umbria, circ._ A.D. 273.
S. EUSEBIUS, _H. in Syria, after_ A.D. 400.
S. GEORGIA, _V. at Clermont_.
S. SEVERUS, _P. in Valeria, circ._ A.D. 530.
S. QUINIDIUS, _B. of Vaison in Vaucluse, circ._ A.D. 578.
S. BERACH, _B. Ab. in Ireland, circ._ A.D. 615.
S. FAUSTUS, _Monk, O. S. B.; circ._ A.D. 607.
S. WALFRID, _Ab. of Monte Virido, circ._ A.D. 765.
S. SIGFRIED, _B., Ap. of Sweden, circ._ A.D. 1045.