February 7.
- S. Chrysolius, B. M. in Flanders, a.d. 302.
- SS. Adauctus and Companions, MM. at Antandris, circ. a.d. 303.
- S. Augulus, B. M. in London.
- SS. One Thousand and Three Martyrs at Nicomedia, circ. a.d. 302.
- S. Maximus, B. of Nola (see S. Felix, Jan. 15).
- S. Theodore, M. at Heraclea, a.d. 319.
- S. Parthenius, B. of Lampsacus, 4th cent.
- S. Moses, B. of the Saracens in Arabia, end of 5th cent.
- SS. Moses and Six Monks, MM. in Egypt, 5th cent.
- S. Juliana, W. at Bologna, circ. a.d. 435.
- S. Tresan, P. C. of Mareuil, 6th cent.
- S. Laurence, B. of Manfredonia, circ. a.d. 550.
- S. Fidelis, B. of Merida, circ. a.d. 570.
- S. Meldan, B. at Peronne, end of 6th cent.
- S. Richard, C. at Lucca, a.d. 719.
- S. Luke the Younger, C. at Soterio, in Greece, circ. a.d. 946.
- S. Romuald, Ab. Founder of the Order of Camaldoli, circ. a.d. 1027.
S. CHRYSOLIUS, B. M.
(A.D. 302.)
[Molanus in his additions to Usuardus. Ferrarius in his General Catalogue of Saints. Authorities:—The Lections in use in the Church of Comines.]
ON this day at Comines, in Flanders, is celebrated the Feast of S. Chrysolius, the patron of the church, who is said to have founded the first sanctuary of the B. Virgin in Flanders. This saint, a native of Armenia, accompanied S. Piatus and S. Quentin in their apostolic mission to France and Belgium. From Tournai he started on a preaching expedition through Flanders, but the pagans cut off his scalp, in derision of his tonsure, at Vrelenghem, and he died at Comines, two leagues distant, on the river Lys. His body was taken up by S. Eligius, and is, to this day, honoured in the collegiate church there, originally erected under the invocation of Our Lady.
S. AUGULUS, B. M.
[Martyrology of S. Jerome, falsely so-called, and others.]
Little or nothing is known of this Saint, but all Martyrologies place him in Britain, and at Augusta, which is probably London. It is questionable if he was a martyr.