- S. Mariamne, V., sister of S. Philip the Apostle, 1st cent.
- S. Polychronius, B. M. of Babylon, a.d. 251.
- SS. Donatus, Castulus, Magnus, and Companions, MM. at Teramo, circ. a.d. 273.
- SS. Donatus, Secundian, Romulus, and Companions, MM. at Concordia, in N. Italy, a.d. 303.
- SS. Theodulus and Julian, MM. at Cæsarea, in Palestine, a.d. 308.
- SS. Loman and Fortchern, BB. in Ireland, 7th cent.
- S. Fintan, P. Ab. of Cluain-Ednech, in Ireland, 6th cent.
- S. Finan, B. of Lindisfarne, a.d. 661.
- S. Silvine, B. of Auxy-les-Moines, circ. a.d. 720.
- S. Fulrad, Ab. of S. Denys, in France, a.d. 784.
- S. Constabilis, Ab. of Cavia, in Italy, a.d. 1124.
- S. Evermod, B. of Ratzeburg, a.d. 1178.
S. MARIAMNE, V.
(1ST CENT.)
[Commemorated by Greeks only. Authority:—Nicephorus Callistus, Hist. Eccl. lib. ii. c. 89, of no weight, as he wrote in 1341.]
AFTER the Ascension of our Blessed Lord, S. Philip, with Bartholomew, and Mariamne, his sister, came to Hierapolis, where the people held in special veneration a monstrous serpent. The apostles, filled with holy zeal, rushed into the temple and drove the serpent from its sanctum, but the people, enraged, fell on them, and hung S. Philip to a pillar, and would have executed S. Bartholomew and S. Mariamne, had they not been terrified by the shock of an earthquake. They released SS. Bartholomew and Mariamne, who buried Philip, and then went into India.
AN EARLY RELIQUARY.
Feb. 17.