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A martyrology was originally a list of those who were put to death willingly for bearing witness to Jesus Christ. From very early times the Church kept written records of the martyrs as they fell. Today, the Martyrology is the last Roman liturgical book to be revised after Vatican II.
Jan 22, 2021 · The Roman Martyrology or Martyrologium Romanum is one of the service books of the Roman Catholic church. It contains a list of martyrs, organised by the date on which they are commemorated, with a short notice of their life and death.
Dec 14, 2017 · The Roman Martyrs contains translations of forty Latin passiones of saints who were martyred in Rome or its near environs, during the period befo.
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The Roman Martyrology of 2004 contains about 7000 saints, and has about twelve short entries for each day of the year, in addition to entries for movable feasts such as Easter.
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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY. June 12th. This Day, the Twelfth Day of June. At Salamanca, in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus, confessor, of the Order of Augustinians, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and miracles.
2 days ago · Roman Martyrology. "Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. The martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he...
The present Roman Martyrology is directly derived from the historical martyrologies. It is in sum the martyrology of Usuard completed by the "Dialogues" of St. Gregory and the works of some of the Fathers, and for the Greek saints by the catalogue which is known as the "Menologion" of Sirlet (in H. Canisius, "Lectiones Antiquæ", III, Pt. ii ...
