Copenhagen, Denmark.
Illustration: BING
05 November, 2026
Great Western Railways’ 4-6-0 “King” Class Locomotives.
“Night Stop”.
Painting by Don Breckon.
Illustration: COURTENAY’S FINE ART
Great Western Railways 4-6-0
“King” Class Locomotive
“King Richard III”, No. 6015.
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On a cold, Wintry morning, Great Western Railway’s
“King” Class 4-6-0 Locomotive No. 6024 “King Edward I” storms up Horfield Bank, Bristol, with the “Shropshire Monarch” Train bound for Shrewsbury.
Photo: 27 November 2010.
Source: 6024.
Uploaded by Oxyman.
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Author: Hugh Llewelyn.
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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class, or King Class, is a Class of 4-6-0 Steam Locomotives designed for Express Passenger work and introduced in 1927.
They were the largest Locomotives built by the GWR, apart from the unique Pacific (The Great Bear).
Great Western Railways 4-6-0
“King” Class Locomotive
“King Edward I”, No. 6024.
Didcot Railway Centre, June 1994,
presumably being run by a Railway
Enthusiasts and Preservation Society.
Date: 4 May 2020.
Source: FLICKR
This File is licensed under the
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Author: The Basingstoker.
This Class of Locomotive was named after Kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the then reigning Monarch, George V, and going back through history.[a]
They handled the principal GWR Expresses on the Main Line from London to the West of England and on the Chiltern Line to Birmingham and Wolverhampton, until 1962 when the Class was withdrawn.[2][3]
4 November. Saint Charles Borromeo, (Cardinal) Archbishop (Of Milan), Confessor. From The Roman Breviary. Translated Out Of Latin Into English By John, Marquess Of Bute, K.T. Volume II. Summer. 1879. White Vestments.
Text from The Roman Breviary.
Translated out of Latin into English by
John, Marquess of Bute, K.T.
Volume II.
Summer.
1879.
Feast Day Of Saint Charles.
Confessor.
4 November.
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (page 842), except the following.
First Vespers.
Prayer throughout the Office.
Lord, give unto Thy Church for an unsleeping warder Thine holy Confessor Bishop Charles; upon Earth his carefulness did make him glorious as a Shepherd, there where he is may his Prayerfulness make him effectual as a bedesman, pleading with Thee to make us love Thee more.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of The Holy Ghost, one God, World without end.
Amen.
A Commemoration is made of the Octave.
Then of the Holy Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola.
Then of the Holy Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola.
Antiphon and Verse and Answer from The Common Office, (page 829).
Prayer.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that we who keep the Solemn Memorial of Thy Blessed Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola, may find succour with Thee in their Prayers on our behalf.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of The Holy Ghost, one God, World without end.
Amen.
Mattins.
First Nocturn.
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
Second Nocturn.
Fourth Lesson.
Charles, of the noble family of Borromeo, was born [on the 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord 1538,] at [the Castle of Arona, fourteen miles from] Milan.
In foretoken of his holy life, God caused a bright light to shine by night over the chamber where his mother lay in travail.
As soon as his age would allow him, he received the tonsure. When he was twelve years old, he was made Abbat [sic] [of the rich Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gratinian and Saint Felin,] but reminded his father that the revenues thereof were not to be used as mere family property.
His father, to whom the administration of these revenues fell during his son’s non-age, still gave them forthwith over to him, and whatever was left over, he gave to the Poor.
While he was young, he studied Letters at Pavia. He kept his purity thoroughly, so that he scared away the unclean women, of whom many were set upon him, to overthrow his self-control.
In the twenty-third year of his age, his uncle Pope Pius IV, made him a Cardinal, in which dignity he was a burning and shining light of Godliness and all Graces before the whole of the Sacred College.
About forty days afterwards, the same Pope created him Archbishop of Milan. As such, it was his great desire to order the Church committed to his charge in accordance with the requirements of the most holy Council of Trent, which was in great part by his labours brought to a conclusion.
To raise up the degraded lives of the people, he oftentimes held Synods, but himself set an example of deep Godliness.
He worked earnestly to purge the parts about the Alps and borders of Switzerland of heresy, and brought many of the heretics to the Christian Faith.
Fifth Lesson.
Charity was the brightest mark of his life. His Principality of Oria (in the Kingdom of Naples) he sold for forty thousand Crowns, and gave the whole sum to the Poor in one day.
Twenty thousand Crowns being left him as a legacy [by Virginia, widow of Count Frederick Borromeo,] he gave the whole amount to the Poor.
The incomes of the benefices wherewith he had been loaded by his uncle, he spent upon the needs of the Poor, except what he used for himself.
When the plague grievously raged in Milan, he gave up to the sick Poor the furniture of his own house, even to his own bedding, and thenceforward slept upon the boards.
He constantly visited the sick, cheered them by his fatherly kindness, and wonderfully comforted them, ministering to them with his own hands the Sacraments of The Church.
At the same time, he drew near to plead for them with God in lowly entreaty, and ordered a Public Procession wherein he walked himself carrying a Cross, with a rope halter round his neck, and his bare feet bleeding from the stones, and fain to turn away the Divine Anger by offering himself as a scapegoat for the sins of his people.
He was a stout defender of the freedom of The Church. But, in the Church, he was an earnest reformer of discipline, and once, when he was engaged in Prayer, [the paid agent of] some conspirators took a shot at him with a blunderbuss, but, though the ball struck him, the Power of God kept him unharmed.*
[* The Latinity of this passage is very quaint. “A seditiosis, dum orationi insisteret, tormenti bellici laxatâ rotâ, igneo globulo percussus, Divinâ virtute etc.”
[The ball struck upon his Rochet, near the middle vertebræ of the back, and, leaving a mark upon the Rochet, fell down to his feet. Some small shot pierced his clothes, but stopped at his skin, and his Cassock was pierced with small shot in several places.
[When the part that was struck was examined, a light bruise was discovered, with a small swelling on the skin, which mark continued even after his death.
[The would-be murderer was a Priest, named La Farina. Saint Charles would take no measures against his enemies, but they ultimately fell into the hands of public justice.
[La Farina and another were hung, two beheaded, and one condemned to the galleys. For this last, the Saint procured mitigation and ultimate Pardon, and made every effort to save the lives of the others, for whose relations he provided.
[The Religious Order (The Humiliati) from which the attempt proceeded, and of which three of the executed felons were Provosts, was abolished by the Pope, Saint Pius V. (Alban Butler).]
Sixth Lesson.
He was remarkable for his abstinence. He very often Fasted upon nothing but bread and water, and sometimes nothing but Lupines.
He tamed his body by depriving himself of sleep, by very rough haircloth, and by constant scourging.
He was an earnest practiser of lowliness and meekness. However much he was taken up with business, he never gave himself relaxation from Prayer and from Preaching the Word of God.
He built many Churches, Convents, and Schools. He wrote much matter, useful more especially for the good of Bishops.
The publication of the “Parish Priests’ Catechism” was due to his care.
In October 1584, he withdrew himself, for the purpose of making a Retreat, to [what is called] the “Sacro Monte” of Varallo, an hill [sic] whereon [many Sacred subjects and especially] the incidents of the Lord’s sufferings are represented in life-size groups of coloured figures.**
[** It is very curious and is much visited from curiosity as well as devotion. The Chapels in which Saint Charles Prayed most in his last Retreat are those of The Agony In The Garden and of Our Lord In The Sepulchre.]
[On 24 October 1584] he was taken ill of a [tertian] ague, [but concealed it,] and lived there for some days a life of torture by voluntary suffering, but of sweetness by thoughts of Christ’s woes.
After his return to Milan, [which he reached in a Litter upon All Souls’ Day,] his sickness became hopeless, and early in the night between 3 November and 4 November, in the forty-seventh year of his own age, and in that of Our Lord 1584, covered with ashes and sack-cloth, and with his eyes fixed upon the image of Christ Crucified, he exchanged Earth for Heaven.
He was famous for Miracles, and Pope Paul V, numbered him among the Saints.
Third Nocturn.
Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the Homily of Saint Gregory, (page 859). The last is omitted, or read as one with the Eighth Lesson, to leave room for . . .
Ninth Lesson.
For the Holy Martyrs.
Vitalis was a slave, and Agricola his owner. They were arrested at Bologna in the persecution under Diocletian and Maximian, for Preaching Jesus Christ.
Vitalis, the more he was implored and threatened to change his mind, so much the more proclaimed himself a worshipper and servant of Christ, and after bravely bearing a course of divers tortures, gave up his Soul in Prayer to God.
The execution of Agricola had been put off, in the hope that the agonies of his servant might scare him into denying Christ; but the sight only hardened him.
He was therefore crucified, and so became sharer and fellow with his slave Vitalis in the glory of testification.
Their bodies were laid in the Jews’ burying place, where they were found by Saint Ambrose, who removed them to an [sic] hallowed and honourable sepulchre.
At Lauds, a Commemoration is made of the Octave.
Then, of The Holy Martyrs.
Antiphon.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many Sparrows.
Versicle.
Let the Righteous rejoice before God.
Answer.
Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Prayer as at the Commemoration at Vespers.
At Second Vespers, a Commemoration of the Octave.
Feasts Of The Holy Relics Preserved In The Churches Of The Diocese. Red Vestments.
Part of the Relics collection of
Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
This Article was promulgated by reading the excellent Post by GREGORY DIPIPPO, entitled “The Feast of The Holy Relics”,
in 2019, at NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless stated otherwise.
Feasts Of Holy Relics Preserved In Churches Of The Diocese.
5 November.
Red Vestments.
After having Solemnised on All Saints’ Day The Feast of The Holy Souls who have entered Heaven, The Church honours on this day The Holy Relics of their bodies which will remain on Earth until the glorious resurrection, a pledge of which we Venerate in their ashes (Collect).
From the earliest times, The Church Celebrated The Holy Mysteries on the tombs of the Martyrs in the Catacombs, in order to show that these Saints had mixed their blood with that of The Victim of Calvary (Antiphon at Vespers).
Later, at Rome, splendid Churches were erected as vast reliquaries to preserve the tombs of celebrated Martyrs. The remains of those who had confessed their Faith were placed under The High Altar, or “Confession”, of the Basilicas which were Dedicated to them.
Hence, the custom of translating the Relics of the Martyrs, which is one of the essential parts of the ceremony of Dedicating a Church, similar to the custom of placing Relics of Holy Martyrs in a small cavity of The Altar Stone, called the Sepulchre (see Page 936 of The Saint Andrew Daily Missal).
That is why The Mass of The Holy Relics, which dates from the 19th-Century, is composed in a great measure, like today’s Office, of passages taken from The Common of Martyrs (Gospel, Epistle, Gradual, Offertory) and why the Priest wears Red Vestments.
Just as a supernatural virtue issed from The Sacred Humanity of Jesus and healed those who had approached Him (Gospel), so, too, the Saints who enjoy God in Heaven (Gradual, Communion) may by their Relics (bones (Introit), ashes, clothes, or other objects used by them)“work wonders on Earth”, says the Collect, “exorcise devils, heal the sick, restore sight to the blind, cleanse lepers, drive away temptations and bestow on all the excellent gifts which come from The Father of Light”. [Editor: Lessons of The Second Nocturn at Mattins].
Mass: Multæ tribulatiónes.
Epistle: Hi viri.
Gospel: Descéndens.
Creed.
The Three Great New Testament Canticles: The Magnificat; The Benedictus; The Nunc Dimittis.
The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned Queen of Heaven
by Her Beloved Son.
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG
Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.
The Magnificat
(The Canticle of Mary).
Available on YouTube
It is one of the eight most ancient Christian Hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian Hymn. Its name comes from the first word of the Latin version of The Canticle’s Text.
The Text of the Canticle is taken directly from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:46-55), where it is spoken by The Virgin Mary upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth. In the narrative, after Mary greets Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist, the child moves within Elizabeth’s womb. When Elizabeth praises Mary for her Faith, Mary sings what is now known as The Magnificat, in response.
The Benedictus
(Canticle of Zachary).
Available on YouTube
The Benedictus
(Canticle of Zachary).
By: Karl Jenkins.
Available on YouTube
The Benedictus (also known as The Song of Zechariah or The Canticle of Zachary), given in the Gospel of Luke 1:68-79, is one of the three Canticles in the opening Chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the “Magnificat” and the “Nunc Dimittis”. The Benedictus was the Song of Thanksgiving uttered by Zechariah on the occasion of the Circumcision of his son, John the Baptist.
The Canticle received its name from its first words in Latin (“Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel”, “Blessed be The Lord God of Israel”).
The Nunc Dimittis, also known as the Song of Simeon, or the Canticle of Simeon, is a Canticle from a New Testament Text in the Second Chapter of Luke’s Gospel.
It is so named after its “Incipit” [Editor: First few words of the Text] in Latin, meaning “Now you dismiss . . .” (Luke 2:29–32), often used as the final Hymn in the Religious Service of Compline.
According to the narrative in Luke’s Gospel, Simeon was a devout Jew who had been promised by The Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen The Messiah.
When Mary and Joseph brought the Baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, for the Ceremony of Consecration of The First-Born Son, Simeon was there, and he took Jesus into his arms and uttered words rendered variously as follows.
The Canticle received its name from its first words in Latin (“Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel”, “Blessed be The Lord God of Israel”).
Zacharias writes down the name of his son, John
[Editor: John the Baptist], before singing The Benedictus.
Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494).
Date: 1486-1490.
Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence.
Source: Web Gallery of Art
(Wikimedia Commons)
Geoffrey Burgon:
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
(1979)
including “Nunc Dimittis”
(Canticle of Simeon).
Available on YouTube
The Nunc Dimittis, also known as the Song of Simeon, or the Canticle of Simeon, is a Canticle from a New Testament Text in the Second Chapter of Luke’s Gospel.
It is so named after its “Incipit” [Editor: First few words of the Text] in Latin, meaning “Now you dismiss . . .” (Luke 2:29–32), often used as the final Hymn in the Religious Service of Compline.
According to the narrative in Luke’s Gospel, Simeon was a devout Jew who had been promised by The Holy Ghost that he would not die until he had seen The Messiah.
When Mary and Joseph brought the Baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, for the Ceremony of Consecration of The First-Born Son, Simeon was there, and he took Jesus into his arms and uttered words rendered variously as follows.
Simeon’s Song of Praise
(The Nunc Dimittis).
Artist; Aert de Gelder (1645–1727).
Date: 1700-1710.
Current location:
The Hague, Netherlands.
Source/Photographer: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Latin (Vulgate):
Nunc dimittis servum tuum,
Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace:
Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum
Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum:
Lumen ad revelationem gentium,
et gloriam plebis tuæ Israel.
English (Douay-Rheims, 1582):
Now Thou dost dismiss Thy servant, O Lord,
according to Thy word in peace;
Because my eyes have seen Thy salvation,
Which Thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:
A light to the revelation of the Gentiles,
and the glory of Thy people Israel.
Note:
The solo singer on Geoffrey Burgon’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, singing “The Nunc Dimittis” (see, above), is Paul Phoenix.
The following Text is from SINGERS.COM
Paul Phoenix’s long career in the music business began in the 1970s, when he became a Chorister in Saint Paul’s Cathedral Choir in the City of London.
He sang in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee service in 1977 and recorded the Ivor Novello award-winning theme “Nunc Dimittis”, by Geoffrey Burgon, in the BBC adaptation of John Le Carre’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ in 1979, for which he was later awarded a Gold Disc.
In 1997, Paul successfully auditioned for The King’s Singers, and joined in September of that year. He left The King’s Singers in 2014 to launch a Coaching and Engagement Consultancy called PURPLE VOCALS
Paul Phoenix sings
“Father”.
Available on YouTube
Mass Of Reparation For All The Abortions That Have Been Carried Out.
The Annual Mass of Reparation for Abortion
at England’s Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Organised by The Latin Mass Society.
To find out when the 2026 Mass of Reparation
is taking place, The Church’s Web-Site can be accessed HERE
The Church of The Holy Child and Saint Joseph,
2, Brereton Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK40 1HU.
Illustration: FLICKR/JOSEPH SHAW
The Latin Mass Society’s Web-Site can be accessed HERE
04 November, 2026
4 November. Saint Charles Borromeo, (Cardinal) Archbishop (Of Milan), Confessor. From The Roman Breviary. Translated Out Of Latin Into English By John, Marquess Of Bute, K.T. Volume II. Summer. 1879. White Vestments.
Text from The Roman Breviary.
Translated out of Latin into English by
John, Marquess of Bute, K.T.
Volume II.
Summer.
1879.
Feast Day Of Saint Charles.
Confessor.
4 November.
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (page 842), except the following.
First Vespers.
Prayer throughout the Office.
Lord, give unto Thy Church for an unsleeping warder Thine holy Confessor Bishop Charles; upon Earth his carefulness did make him glorious as a Shepherd, there where he is may his Prayerfulness make him effectual as a bedesman, pleading with Thee to make us love Thee more.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of The Holy Ghost, one God, World without end.
Amen.
A Commemoration is made of the Octave.
Then of the Holy Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola.
Then of the Holy Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola.
Antiphon and Verse and Answer from The Common Office, (page 829).
Prayer.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that we who keep the Solemn Memorial of Thy Blessed Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola, may find succour with Thee in their Prayers on our behalf.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of The Holy Ghost, one God, World without end.
Amen.
Mattins.
First Nocturn.
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
Second Nocturn.
Fourth Lesson.
Charles, of the noble family of Borromeo, was born [on the 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord 1538,] at [the Castle of Arona, fourteen miles from] Milan.
In foretoken of his holy life, God caused a bright light to shine by night over the chamber where his mother lay in travail.
As soon as his age would allow him, he received the tonsure. When he was twelve years old, he was made Abbat [sic] [of the rich Benedictine Abbey of Saint Gratinian and Saint Felin,] but reminded his father that the revenues thereof were not to be used as mere family property.
His father, to whom the administration of these revenues fell during his son’s non-age, still gave them forthwith over to him, and whatever was left over, he gave to the Poor.
While he was young, he studied Letters at Pavia. He kept his purity thoroughly, so that he scared away the unclean women, of whom many were set upon him, to overthrow his self-control.
In the twenty-third year of his age, his uncle Pope Pius IV, made him a Cardinal, in which dignity he was a burning and shining light of Godliness and all Graces before the whole of the Sacred College.
About forty days afterwards, the same Pope created him Archbishop of Milan. As such, it was his great desire to order the Church committed to his charge in accordance with the requirements of the most holy Council of Trent, which was in great part by his labours brought to a conclusion.
To raise up the degraded lives of the people, he oftentimes held Synods, but himself set an example of deep Godliness.
He worked earnestly to purge the parts about the Alps and borders of Switzerland of heresy, and brought many of the heretics to the Christian Faith.
Fifth Lesson.
Charity was the brightest mark of his life. His Principality of Oria (in the Kingdom of Naples) he sold for forty thousand Crowns, and gave the whole sum to the Poor in one day.
Twenty thousand Crowns being left him as a legacy [by Virginia, widow of Count Frederick Borromeo,] he gave the whole amount to the Poor.
The incomes of the benefices wherewith he had been loaded by his uncle, he spent upon the needs of the Poor, except what he used for himself.
When the plague grievously raged in Milan, he gave up to the sick Poor the furniture of his own house, even to his own bedding, and thenceforward slept upon the boards.
He constantly visited the sick, cheered them by his fatherly kindness, and wonderfully comforted them, ministering to them with his own hands the Sacraments of The Church.
At the same time, he drew near to plead for them with God in lowly entreaty, and ordered a Public Procession wherein he walked himself carrying a Cross, with a rope halter round his neck, and his bare feet bleeding from the stones, and fain to turn away the Divine Anger by offering himself as a scapegoat for the sins of his people.
He was a stout defender of the freedom of The Church. But, in the Church, he was an earnest reformer of discipline, and once, when he was engaged in Prayer, [the paid agent of] some conspirators took a shot at him with a blunderbuss, but, though the ball struck him, the Power of God kept him unharmed.*
[* The Latinity of this passage is very quaint. “A seditiosis, dum orationi insisteret, tormenti bellici laxatâ rotâ, igneo globulo percussus, Divinâ virtute etc.”
[The ball struck upon his Rochet, near the middle vertebræ of the back, and, leaving a mark upon the Rochet, fell down to his feet. Some small shot pierced his clothes, but stopped at his skin, and his Cassock was pierced with small shot in several places.
[When the part that was struck was examined, a light bruise was discovered, with a small swelling on the skin, which mark continued even after his death.
[The would-be murderer was a Priest, named La Farina. Saint Charles would take no measures against his enemies, but they ultimately fell into the hands of public justice.
[La Farina and another were hung, two beheaded, and one condemned to the galleys. For this last, the Saint procured mitigation and ultimate Pardon, and made every effort to save the lives of the others, for whose relations he provided.
[The Religious Order (The Humiliati) from which the attempt proceeded, and of which three of the executed felons were Provosts, was abolished by the Pope, Saint Pius V. (Alban Butler).]
Sixth Lesson.
He was remarkable for his abstinence. He very often Fasted upon nothing but bread and water, and sometimes nothing but Lupines.
He tamed his body by depriving himself of sleep, by very rough haircloth, and by constant scourging.
He was an earnest practiser of lowliness and meekness. However much he was taken up with business, he never gave himself relaxation from Prayer and from Preaching the Word of God.
He built many Churches, Convents, and Schools. He wrote much matter, useful more especially for the good of Bishops.
The publication of the “Parish Priests’ Catechism” was due to his care.
In October 1584, he withdrew himself, for the purpose of making a Retreat, to [what is called] the “Sacro Monte” of Varallo, an hill [sic] whereon [many Sacred subjects and especially] the incidents of the Lord’s sufferings are represented in life-size groups of coloured figures.**
[** It is very curious and is much visited from curiosity as well as devotion. The Chapels in which Saint Charles Prayed most in his last Retreat are those of The Agony In The Garden and of Our Lord In The Sepulchre.]
[On 24 October 1584] he was taken ill of a [tertian] ague, [but concealed it,] and lived there for some days a life of torture by voluntary suffering, but of sweetness by thoughts of Christ’s woes.
After his return to Milan, [which he reached in a Litter upon All Souls’ Day,] his sickness became hopeless, and early in the night between 3 November and 4 November, in the forty-seventh year of his own age, and in that of Our Lord 1584, covered with ashes and sack-cloth, and with his eyes fixed upon the image of Christ Crucified, he exchanged Earth for Heaven.
He was famous for Miracles, and Pope Paul V, numbered him among the Saints.
Third Nocturn.
Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the Homily of Saint Gregory, (page 859). The last is omitted, or read as one with the Eighth Lesson, to leave room for . . .
Ninth Lesson.
For the Holy Martyrs.
Vitalis was a slave, and Agricola his owner. They were arrested at Bologna in the persecution under Diocletian and Maximian, for Preaching Jesus Christ.
Vitalis, the more he was implored and threatened to change his mind, so much the more proclaimed himself a worshipper and servant of Christ, and after bravely bearing a course of divers tortures, gave up his Soul in Prayer to God.
The execution of Agricola had been put off, in the hope that the agonies of his servant might scare him into denying Christ; but the sight only hardened him.
He was therefore crucified, and so became sharer and fellow with his slave Vitalis in the glory of testification.
Their bodies were laid in the Jews’ burying place, where they were found by Saint Ambrose, who removed them to an [sic] hallowed and honourable sepulchre.
At Lauds, a Commemoration is made of the Octave.
Then, of The Holy Martyrs.
Antiphon.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many Sparrows.
Versicle.
Let the Righteous rejoice before God.
Answer.
Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Prayer as at the Commemoration at Vespers.
At Second Vespers, a Commemoration of the Octave.
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