The Roman Martyrology. 10 March.

Text is taken from The Roman Martyrology: 

The Fourth Edition after The Typical Edition (1956),

approved by Pope Benedict XV (1922).

Edited by Canon J. B. O'Connell.

Published by The Newman Press, Westminster, 

Maryland, United States of America.

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer.

Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904).

Date: Between 1863 and 1883.

Current location: Walters Art Museum,

Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

Credit line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1883.

Source/Photographer: Walters Art Museum.

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The Forty Holy Martyrs, whose birthday is commemorated on the previous day.

At Apamea, in Phrygia, the birthday of the Holy Martyrs, Caius and Alexander, who (as Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis, narrates in his book against the Cataphrygian heretics) were crowned with a glorious Martyrdom in the persecution of Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus.

In Persia, the passion of Forty-Two Holy Martyrs.

At Corinth, the Holy Martyrs Codratus, Denis, Cyprian, Anectus, Paul, and Crescens, who were slain by the sword, under Jason the Governor, in the persecution of Decius and Valerian.

In Africa, Saint Victor, Martyr, on whose Feast Saint Augustine delivered a discourse about him to the people.

At Rome, Saint Simplicius, Pope and Confessor.

At Jerusalem, Saint Macarius, Bishop and Confessor, at whose instance the holy places were purged by Constantine and Saint Helena, his mother, and adorned with Sacred Basilicas.

At Paris, the death of Blessed Droctoveus, Abbot, a disciple of Blessed Germanus, Bishop.

In the Monastery of Bobbio, Saint Attala, Abbot, renowned for Miracles.