Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs

During the persecution of Diocletian, in 304, a Roman priest and an exorcist, named respectively Marcellinus and Peter, were apprehended and thrown into prison. While there, they zealously strengthened others of the faithful and made new convert, among whom was their jailer Arthemius together with his wife and daughter. They were all condemned to death; and Marcellinus and Peter were led to a wood called the Silva Nigra, where they were beheaded in secretso that their place of burial would remain unknown.

By an irony of Divine Providence, the Partyr’s names that were doomed to oblivion have been inserted in the Roman Canon (that is, Eucharistic Prayer I) at Mass where they have been perpetuated over the centuries. Pope Damasus composed an epitaph for the tomb of these two Martyrs and stated that he learned about them from their executioner, who had subsequently become a Christian.

PRAYER: God, You surround and protect us by the glorious confession of Your holy Martyrs, Sts. Marcellinus and Peter. Help us to profit from their example and be supported by their prayer. Amen.

We Remember
January
Merciful Jesus, grant them eternal rest.
1Sister M. Leona Eberhardt 2004
3Sister Rosemary Horvath 2021
4Sister M. Gaudentia Komlo 1955
6Sister M. Natalia Suszter 2008
14Sister Mary Louise Sziszak 2001
15Sister M. Constance Scheinhardt 1963
15Sister M. Edith Nemeth 2013
18Sister M. Evangelist Sziszak 1985
22Sister M. Ambrose Koleszar 1983
28Sister M. Laurentia Varga 2008

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