Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Saint Cyprian, Martyr. Saint Justina, Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day 26 September.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saint Cyprian and Saint Justina.
   Martyrs and Virgin.
   Feast Day 26 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.



English: Saints Cyprian and Justina (honoured in
The Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy
as Christians of Antioch, Pisidia, who, in 304 A.D., during
The Persecution of Diocletian, suffered Martyrdom at
Nicomedia (modern-day İzmir, Turkey) on
26 September, the date of their Feast).
Български: Икона на Свети Киприан и Юстина. 
Икона подарена от моето семейство, на храм „Св.Св. Кирил и Методий“.
Photo: 26 October 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Biso
(Wikimedia Commons)


"At Nicomedia,", says The Roman Martyrology, "the birth in Heaven of the Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina. This Virgin, after having endured many tortures under The Emperor Diocletian and the Judge Eutholmus, converted to Christ, Cyprian the Magician, who had tried to seduce her by his incantations.

Both were Martyred in 304 A.D. Their bodies, after having been exposed to wild beasts, were taken away during the night by some Christian mariners, who carried them to Rome. Later, they were buried in the Basilica of Constantine (Saint John Lateran), near the Baptistry."

Mass: Salus autem. The Third Mass for Several Martyrs.
Secret: Munera. From The Second Mass for Several Martyrs.
Postcommunion: Præsta. From The Second Mass for Several Martyrs.


Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
Saint Cyprian and Saint Justina
are buried in this Arch-Basilica.
Photo: 21 April 2015.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

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