The Roman Martyrology

February 1

Kalendis Februarii.  Luna... The First Day of February.  The... Day of the Moon.
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Sancti Ignatii, Episcopi Antiocheni et Martyris, qui gloriose martyrium consummavit tertiodecimo Kalendas Januarii. St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and martyr, who gloriously suffered martyrdom on the 20th of December.
Smyrnę sancti Pionii, Presbyteri et Martyris; qui, post apologķas pro fide Christiana conscriptas, post squalorem carceris, ubi multos fratrum ad martyrii tolerantiam suis exhortationibus roboravit, tandem, cruciatibus multis vexatus, clavis confixus et ardenti rogo superpositus, beatum pro Christo finem sortitus est.  Cum ipso autem at alii quindecim passi sunt. At Smyrna, St. Pionius, priest and martyr, who, after writing apologies for the Catholic faith, and after suffering imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon, where by his exhortations he encouraged  many of his brethren even to martyrdom, and after enduring excruciating pains from being pierced with nails and laid on a hot fire, ended happily his life for Christ.  With him suffered fifteen others.
Ravennę sancti Sevéri Episcopi, qui, ob pręclara merita, signo columbę fuit electus. At Ravenna, the holy bishop Severus, whose great virtues deserved that he should be raised to the episcopate, which action was confirmed with the sign of a dove.
In civitate Tricastina, in Gallia, sancti Pauli Episcopi, cujus vita virtutibus claruit, et mors pretiosa miraculis commendatur. At Trois-Chateaux in France, St. Paul, bishop, whose life was eminent for virtues, and whose death was made precious by miracles.
Apud Kildariam, in Hibernia, sanctę Brigidę Virginis, quę, cum lignum altaris tetigisset in testimonium virginitatis suę, lignum ipsum statim viride factum est. At Kildare in Ireland, St. Bridget, virgin.  Once, when she touched the wood of an altar, it immediately sprouted into life, in testimony of her virginity.
Apud Castrum Florentinum, in Etruria, beatę Viridianę, Virginis reclusę, ex Ordine Vallis Umbrosę. At Castel-Fiorentino in Tuscany, the blessed virgin Veridiana, a recluse of the Order Vallombrosa.
Et alibi aliorum plurimorum sanctorum Martyrum et Confessorum, atque sanctarum Virginum.
R.  Deo grįtias.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R.  Thanks be to God.

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