✠ கப்பிஸ்ட்றனோ நகர் புனிதர் ஜான் ✠(St. John of Capistrano)

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(அக்டோபர் 23)

✠ கப்பிஸ்ட்றனோ நகர் புனிதர் ஜான் ✠

(St. John of Capistrano)

ஒப்புரவாளர்:

(Confessor)

பிறப்பு: ஜூன் 24, 1386

கப்பிஸ்ட்றனோ, அப்ருஸ்ஸி, நேப்பிள்ஸ் அரசு

(Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples)

இறப்பு: அக்டோபர் 23, 1456 (வயது 70)

இலோக், சிம்ரியா, ஹங்கேரியின் தனிப்பட்ட ஐக்கிய குரோஷியா அரசு

(Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Croatia in personal union with Hungary)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: கி.பி. 1690 அல்லது 1724 

திருத்தந்தை எட்டாம் அலெக்சாண்டர் (Pope Alexander VIII)

அல்லது (OR)

திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் பெனடிக்ட் (Pope Benedict XIII)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: அக்டோபர் 23

பாதுகாவல்:

நீதிபதிகள், பெல்கிரேட் (Belgrade) மற்றும் ஹங்கேரி (Hungary)

கப்பெஸ்ட்றனோ'வின் புனிதர் ஜான், இத்தாலி நாட்டின் தென் பிராந்தியமான “அப்ருஸ்ஸோ”வைச் (Abruzzo) சேர்ந்த “கப்பெஸ்ட்றனோ” (Capestrano) எனும் சிறிய நகரைச் சார்ந்த ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் துறவியும், கத்தோலிக்க குருவும் ஆவார். இவர் ஒரு போதகர், இறையியலாளர், மற்றும் புலன் விசாரணையாளராக புகழ் பெற்றவர்.

கி.பி. 1456ம் ஆண்டில், தமது எழுபது வயதின்போது, ஒட்டோமான் பேரரசுக்கு (Ottoman Empire) எதிராக, ஹங்கேரியின் இராணுவ தளபதி “ஜான் ஹுன்யாடி”யுடன் (John Hunyadi) இணைந்து “பெல்கிரேட்” நாட்டை முற்றுகையிட, (siege of Belgrade) சிலுவைப்போர் புரிய சென்ற படைகளுக்கு தலைமை தாங்கிச் சென்றதால், இவருக்கு "சிப்பாய் புனிதர்" (The Soldier Saint) என்ற சிறப்புப் பட்டப் பெயர் வழங்கலாயிற்று.

“அக்குயிலா" (Aquila) என்பவரின் மகனான இவர், “பெருஜியா பல்கலையில்” (University of Perugia) கல்வி பயின்றார். கி.பி. 1412ம் ஆண்டு, இவரது 26ம் வயதிலேயே, “நேப்பிள்ஸ்” மன்னரான (King of Naples) “லாடிஸ்லாஸ்” (Ladislaus) பெருஜியா (Perugia) நகரின் கவர்னராக இவரை நியமனம் செய்தார். 1416ல், 'பெருஜியா' மற்றும் 'மலாடேஸ்டாஸ்' (Perugia & Malatestas) ஆகிய நாடுகளுக்கிடைய போர் வெடித்தது. ஜான் சமாதான தூதுவராக அனுப்பப்பட்டார். ஆனால், 'மலாடேஸ்டாஸ்' அவரைப் பிடித்து சிறையில் எறிந்தது. சிறை வாழ்வின்போது விரக்தியடைந்த ஜான், விடுதலையின் பிறகு, புதிதாய் மணமான தமது மனைவியை ஒதுக்கி வைத்தார். திருமணம் செய்தும் முழுமையான தாம்பத்திய வாழ்க்கை வாழாத இவர், திருமணத்தை ரத்து செய்ய மனைவியின் அனுமதி பெற்று, இல்லற வாழ்வை துறந்தார். 

“சியேன்னாவின் பெர்னார்டினோ” (Bernardino of Siena) என்பவருடன் நண்பரான இவர், அவருடனே இணைந்து இறையியல் கற்றார். கி.பி. 1416ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், நான்காம் தேதி, “ஜேம்ஸ்” (James of the Marches) என்பவருடன் இணைந்து, “பெருஜியா” நகரிலுள்ள “ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன்” (Order of Friars Minor) இளம் துறவியர் சபையில் சேர்ந்தார். இவர் தமது குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு பெற்றபின் தாமாகவே முன்வந்து பல்வேறு மறையுரைகளை ஆற்றினார்.

பெர்னார்டினுடன் இணைந்து ஐரோப்பா முழுவதும் சென்று மறைபரப்புப் பணியை ஆற்றினார். சென்ற இடமெல்லாம் ஆடம்பர திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றி, மக்களை கவரும் விதத்தில் மறையுரையாற்றி, விசுவாசத்தைப் பரப்பினார்.

கி.பி. பதினைந்தாம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற இத்தாலிய மறை போதகர்களைப் போலன்றி, ஜான் மறையுரையாற்றுவதில் சிறப்பு பெற்றவராக திகழ்ந்தார். இவரது மறையுரை காரணமாக, “வடக்கு மற்றும் மத்திய ஐரோப்பா” (Northern and central Europe), “தூய ரோமப் பேரரசின் ஜெர்மன் மாநிலங்கள்” (German states of Holy Roman Empire), “போஹெமியா” (Bohemia, “மொராவியா” (Moravia), “ஆஸ்திரியா” (Austria), “ஹங்கேரி” (Hungary), “குரோஷியா” (Croatia) மற்றும் “போலந்து அரசுகளில்” (Kingdom of Poland) இவரது புகழ் பரவியது. இவரது மறையுரையைக் கேட்கக் கூடிய மக்கள் கூட்டம் பேராலயங்களில் கூட அடங்கவில்லை. திறந்தவெளிகளில் மறையுரைகள் ஆற்றினார். இவரது மறையுரையைக் கேட்க சுமார் 126,000 வரை மக்கள் கூட்டம் கூடினர்.

இவர், “கிரேக்க: (Greek) மற்றும் “ஆர்மேனிய” (Armenian ) திருச்சபைகள் மீண்டும் ஒன்று சேர உதவினார்.

கி.பி. 1453ம் ஆண்டு, “துருக்கியர்கள்” (Turks) “கான்ஸ்டண்டினோபில்” (Constantinople) நாட்டை கைப்பற்றியபோது, ஐரோப்பாவை பாதுகாப்பதற்கான ஒரு சிலுவைப்போர் பிரசங்கத்திற்கு ஜான் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். “பவேரியாவிலும்” (Bavaria) “ஆஸ்திரியாவிலும்” (Austria) சிறிது விடையிறுப்பைப் பெற்ற அவர், “ஹங்கேரியில்” (Hungary) தனது முயற்சிகளை கவனத்தில் கொள்ள முடிவு செய்தார். அவர் “பெல்கிரேடிற்கு” (Belgrade) இராணுவத்தை வழிநடத்தினார். “ஜெனரல் ஜான் ஹுனைடியின்” (General John Hunyadi) தலைமையின் கீழ், அவர்கள் பெரும் வெற்றி பெற்றனர். அத்துடன், “பெல்கிரேடின்” (Belgrade) முற்றுகை அகற்றப்பட்டது. அதீத முயற்சிகளால் களைத்துப்போன “கபிஸ்ட்ரனோ” (Capistrano), போருக்குப் பிறகு ஒரு நோய்த் தொற்றுக்கு எளிதான இரையாக இருந்தது.

தன்னுடைய 40 வயதிற்குள்ளே ஐரோப்பா முழுவதும் பயணம் செய்து மறைபரப்பு பணியாற்றி கிறிஸ்தவ மறையை வளர்த்த ஜான், தமது எழுபது வயதில் மரித்தார்.

Saint of the Day: (23-10-2020)

St. John of Capistrano

He was born on June 24, 1386 in the kingdom of Naples. He was appointed as a Governor of Perugia by king Ladislaus of Naples. He married a wealthy lady before the war but the marriage was not consummated. So, dejected in family life, he obtained a dispensation in the marriage and entered the religious life. He became a Franciscan priest. After that he was frequently deployed at embassies by popes Eugene-IV and Nicholas-V. He was taught by St. Bernardine of Siena. He led a crusade against the invading Ottaman Empire, at the siege of Belgrade, with the Hungary military commander John Hunyadi. There is also a story that once he led a small division of Christian army against the large army of Turks. When the Christian soldiers were about to retreat from the battle field, he took a crucifix in his hand and led the Christian army and won the battle. He also worked for the reform of the Order of Friars Minor. Pope Callixtus-II sent him for a crusade. He survived the battle but fell victim to Bubonic Plague and died on October 23, 1456. In his name two Spanish Missions were founded by Franciscan Friars namely Mission San Juan Capistrano, in the present day South California and Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio in Texas.

St. John of Capistrano was canonized by Pope Benedict-XIII in the year 1724. He is the patron saint of Jurists and Military Captains.

Born : 1386 at Capistrano, Italy

Died: 

23 October 1456 at Villach, Hungary of natural causes

Canonized: 

16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII

Patronage: 

judges, jurists

• lawyers

• military chaplains

• military ordinariate of the Philippines

• Belgrade, Serbia

---JDH---Jesus the Divine Healer---

St. Verecundus October 22

 St. Verecundus

Feastday: October 22

Death: 522

Bishop of Verona, Italy. The details of his labors are lost but the Goths ruled Verona at the time. St. Valens succeeded him.

St. Philip of Heraclea October 22

St. Philip of Heraclea

Feastday: October 22

Death: 304

Bishop of Heraclea and martyr. During the persecution of the Church under Emperor Diocletian, Philip was arrested along with his deacon Severus and two other clergy, Hermes and Eusebius. Taken before the magistrate, Blassus, they were ordered to hand over the Sacred Scripture, but refused. Moved to Adrianople, they were burned at the stake. All four share the same feast day.

St. Philip October 22

 St. Philip

Feastday: October 22

Death: 270

Martyr. He was bishop of Fermo, Italy. He suffered martyrdom in the reign of Emperor Aurelian. Little is known of him save that his relics are preserved in the local cathedral of Fermo.

St. Nunctus October 22

 St. Nunctus

Feastday: October 22

Abbot and martyr, also called Noint. The abbot of a monastery near Merida, Spain, he was murdered by a group of robbers. He was venerated as a martyr. 

St. Nepotian October 22

 St. Nepotian

Feastday: October 22

Bishop of Clermont, also listed as Neptiamus. He succeeded the famed St. Illidius in 386. Clermont was blessed with a vast roster of sainted bishops. Nepotian's successor was St. Artemius.

St. Moderan October 22

 St. Moderan

Feastday: October 22

Death: 730

 

Benedictine bishop of Rennes, France, from 703-720. He made a pilgrimage to Rome and resigned his see to become a hermit in Berceto Abbey, in Parma, Italy. He is also called Moran and Moderammus.

 

St. Mellon October 22

 St. Mellon

Feastday: October 22

Death: 314

First bishop of Rouen, France. A native of Cardiff, Wales, he is listed as Mallonous, Mellouns, and Melanius. He was converted while in Rome and sent to France as a missionary by Pope St. Stephen.

 

This article is about the 4th-century, possibly legendary, Bishop of Rouen. For the Bishop of Rennes, see Melaine.

Saint Mellonius (229-314) was an early 4th-century Bishop of Rotomagus (now Rouen) in the Roman province of Secunda Provincia Lugdunensis (now Normandy in France). He is known only from a 17th-century 'Life' of little historical value, meaning the historicity of his existence is uncertain.[3]

Contents

1 Legend

2 Veneration

3 Legacy

4 References

5 External links

Legend

Detail of a stained glass window in Saint Ouen's church, Rouen portraying Mellonius, 1325/1339

Mellonius (surnamed Probus)[1] is said to have been born near Cardiff in Wales, presumably at St Mellons, although the saint there is generally thought to be Saint Melaine, Bishop of Rennes. The two have, unfortunately, been hopelessly confused in many biographies. Mellonius' story tells how he travelled to Rome to pay the British tribute. He was there converted to Christianity by Pope Stephen I,[4] who ordained him priest and later consecrated him a bishop.

Shortly after the martyrdom of Pope Stephen in 257, Mellonius set out for Gaul. He succeeded Nicasius of Rouen as Bishop of Rouen in 261. After a long episcopate, in 311, he retired to a hermit‘s cell at a place called Hericourt, where he died A.D. 314.[5] Mellonius was succeeded by Avitianus.

He is sometimes confused with Mellonius, Bishop of Troyes, from 390 to 400.

Veneration

His feast day is 22 October. In the English translation of the 1956 edition of the Roman Martyrology, 'St Mellon' is listed under 22 October with the citation: At Rouen, St Mellon, Bishop, who was ordained by Pope St Stephen and sent thither to preach the Gospel.[6]

In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, Mellonius is listed under the same date, 22 October, with the Latin name Mallóni. He is mentioned as follows: 'At Rothómagi (Rouen), bishop, who in that city announced the Christian faith and handed on the episcopate'.[7]

Bishop Mellonius is depicted in a fifteenth-century illuminated Book of Hours.[8]

Mellonius was buried at Rouen, but his remains were subsequently translated to a church in Pontoise towards the end of the eighth century to protect them from Norse warbands. They remained there until they were lost during the French Revolution.

Legacy

St. Mellon's Church in St. Mellons, Cardiff id dedicated to Mellonius of Rouen. A fair used to be held on his feast day in the village of St Mellons.[2] The church was previously dedicated to St. Lucius, but was changed upon the arrival of the Normans.[1] The church at Thiédeville is dedicated to him at Héricourt, where there was a holy well. There is also a church dedicated to St. Mellon in Plomelin, Brittany.

St. Mark October 22

 St. Mark

Feastday: October 22

First bishop of Jerusalem not of Jewish descent. He is reported to have been martyred after two decades.

St. Donatus of Fiesole October 22

 St. Donatus of Fiesole

Feastday: October 22

Death: 874

An Irishman who became bishop of Fiesole, Italy Traveling through that city while returning from a pilgrimage to Rome in 829, Donatus entered the cathedral. Candles caught light and bells rang, prompting the people to elect him bishop. He wasa noted scholar and became advisor to Lothair I and his son, Louis II.

Saint Donatus (Donat, Donnchad) of Fiesole was an Irish teacher and poet, and Bishop of Fiesole, about 829–876.

Donatus was born in Ireland of noble parents towards the end of the eighth century. There is good reason to believe that he was educated in the monastic school of Inishcaltra, a little island in Lough Derg, near the Galway shore, now better known as Holy Island: so he was probably a native of that part of the country. Here he studied with great industry and success. He became a priest, and in course of time a bishop: he was greatly distinguished as a professor.[1]

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, in an ancient collection of the Vitae Patrum, of which an eleventh-century copy exists in the Laurentian library of Florence, there is an account of the life of Donatus, which states that about 816 Donatus visited the tombs of the Apostles in Rome with his friend, Andrew Scotus (meaning "the Irishman"). They remained in Rome for a considerable time, and then having obtained the Pope's blessing, set out once more, directing their steps now towards Tuscany, till at length they reached Fiesole, where they entered the hospice of the monastery, intending to rest there for a week or two, and then to resume their journey.[1]

According to tradition, he was led by Divine Providence to the cathedral of Fiesole, which he entered at the moment when the people were grouped around their altars praying for a bishop to deliver them from temporal and spiritual evils. When Donatus entered, the bells spontaneously began ringing and the candles lit. The people believed God meant this stranger to be their bishop. They elected him, although some said it's possible no one local wanted the position because the feudal lords had drowned the previous bishop.[2] Raised by popular acclaim to the See of Fiesole, Donatus instituted a revival of piety and learning in the church over which he was placed. Donatus made Andrew his deacon. This was in or about the year 824.[1]

He founded the abbey of San Martino di Mensola. Supposedly he was a teacher in service to the Frankish kings; there is a record, from 850, of his giving a church and hospice, St. Brigid's at Piacenza, to the abbey founded by St. Columban at Bobbio.[3] Donatus not only battled sin, he was also a military leader, organising armies to lead two expeditions against the Saracens. He was an advisor to Emperor Louis and Frankish King Lothair I. He judged a disagreement between the bishops of Arezzo and Siena. He also attended the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas I on 18 November 861.[4]

According to St. Donatus, St. Brigid of Kildare visited his deathbed to give him spiritual strength and comfort. His story, preserved in manuscript in the Laurentian Library in Florence, tells of this miracle: the great saint flew to his deathbed, and before she touched him, she hung her cloak on a sunbeam to dry.[5] He was buried in the cathedral, where his epitaph, dictated by himself, may still be seen.[6]

Works

A Life of the St. Brigid printed by Colgan is attributed to Coelan, an Irish monk of the eighth century, and it derives a peculiar importance from the fact that it is prefaced by a foreword from the pen of St. Donatus, who refers to previous lives by St. Ultan and St. Aileran.[7]

He himself did not disdain to teach "the art of metrical composition". His Life of Saint Brigid is interspersed with short poems of his own composition. The best known of these is the twelve-line poem in which he describes the beauty and fertility of his native land, and the prowess and piety of its inhabitants. Donatus also composed an epitaph in which he alludes to his birth in Ireland, his years in the service of the princes of Italy (Lothair and Louis), his episcopate at Fiesole, and his activity as a teacher of grammar and poetry.

Like St. Columkille, Donatus always cherished a tender regretful love for Ireland; and like him also he wrote a short poem in praise of it which is still preserved. It is in Latin, and the following is a translation, made by a Dublin poet many years ago:

Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame, By nature bless'd; and Scotia is her name,

Enroll'd in books: exhaustless is her store, Of veiny silver, and of golden ore.

Her fruitful soil, for ever teems with wealth, With gems her waters, and her air with health;

Her verdant fields with milk and honey flow;Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow;

Her waving furrows float with bearded corn; And arms and arts her envied sons adorn!

No savage bear, with lawless fury roves, Nor fiercer lion, through her peaceful groves;

No poison there infects, no scaly snake Creeps through the grass, nor frog annoys the lake;

An island worthy of its pious race, In war triumphant, and unmatch'd in peace![1]

Veneration

His feast day is 22 October.[3] The numerous locations and churches incorporating his name, San Donato, provide evidence of his influence and popularity throughout Tuscany.[6]

St. Bertharius October 22

 St. Bertharius

Feastday: October 22

Birth: 810

Death: 883

Benedictine abbot and martyr. A member of the royal house of France, he became abbot of Monte Cassino, in Italy, in 856. Invading Saracens martyred him and several companions in the chapel. An altar in Monte Cassino commemorates his death.

For the Frankish mayor of the palace, see Berthar.

Bertharius (Italian: San Bertario di Montecassino) (c. 810 – 883) was a Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino who is venerated as a saint and martyr.[1] He was also a poet and a writer.[1] A member of the Lombard nobility,[2] Bertharius as a young man made a pilgrimage to Monte Cassino at the time of the abbacy of Bassacius and decided as a result to become a monk.[2]

He became abbot in 856, succeeding Bassacius in that position.[3] He became abbot at a critical time, in which Muslim incursions threatened central and southern Italy.[2] The basilicas extra muros of Rome had been sacked in 846 AD.

Bertharius fortified the abbey with massive walls and towers between 856 and 873,[2] while Louis II of Italy conducted various expeditions against the Muslim forces, beating them back temporarily.[2]

Bertharius founded the city that he named Eulogimenopoli, later renamed San Germano, and today called Cassino.[2] Bertharius promoted the study of texts and embellished the abbatial church with precious furnishings.[2] He established a new monastery for women at Teano and maintained good relations with the city of Capua.[1]

In 873, Muslim raids in Campania and Latium resumed, and a band of raiders paid by the Duke of Naples, Athanasius, established a base in the Apennines in 882.[2] They burned the abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno, killing some of the monks there, and on September 4, 882, raiders attacked Monte Cassino, burning and destroying it.[2] Bertharius and the monks managed to escape, finding refuge at the foot of the mountain of Monte Cassino, in the monastery of San Salvatore.[2] Angelarius, a prior of Monte Cassino, took most of the monks to Teano.[2] However, Bertharius remained at Monte Cassino.[2]

In 883, the monastery was again attacked, and Bertharius was killed along with some other monks at the altar of St. Martin on October 22 of that year in the church of Saint Salvator at the foot of the hill.[4][5]

Bertharius was succeeded by Angelarius, who rebuilt the church of St. Salvator (later named St. Germanus).[5][6]

Veneration

Bertharius’ body was immediately translated to Monte Cassino and in 1486 moved to the abbatial church there, in front of the tombs of Saints Benedict and Scholastica.[2] In 1514, a chapel was dedicated in his honor; his body was placed under the altar.[2] Various artistic depictions of Bertharius were made during succeeding centuries, but these were lost during the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War II.[2] His cult was confirmed on August 26, 1727, by Pope Benedict XIII.[2]

He is also venerated in the Orthodox Church, his feast day being October 22

St. Benedict of Macerac Feastday October 22

 St. Benedict of Macerac

Feastday: October 22

Death: 845

A Greek abbot near Nantes, France. Originally from Petros, Benedict went to Macerac, in the Nantes diocese. His relics are in the abbey of Redon.

St. Alodia October 22

 St. Alodia

Feastday: October 22

Death: 851

Martyr and confessor, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother in Huesca, Spain. Alodia and her sister, Nunilo, were caught up in the persecutions conducted by Abdal-Rabman II, the ruler of Cordoba. Alodia and Nunilo dedicated themselves to Christ, despite their father's disapproval, and were arrested. When they refused to deny Christ, they were placed in a brothel and later beheaded.

Carving of Nunilo and Alodia on the collegiate church of Alquézar. The base of the carving reads "Nonyla", but her sister's name has been broken off.

Saints Nunilo and Alodia (died c. 842/51) were a pair of child martyrs from Huesca. Born of a mixed marriage, they eschewed the Islam of their father in favour of their mother's Christianity. They were executed by the Muslim authorities of Huesca in accordance with sharia law as apostates. Their feast day is 22 October.

The girls were arrested during the persecutions conducted by Abd ar-Rahman II, the Emir of Córdoba. When they refused to disavow their faith they were placed in a brothel and later beheaded. Their relics were revered at the monastery of Leyre in the tenth and eleventh centuries, when a portal was fashioned bearing their image, which still survives.

The Translatio sanctarum Nunilonis et Alodiae, a short account of the translation of their relics to the monastery of Leyre in 851, survives in two tenth-century manuscripts. The children's relics were translated from Huesca to Leyre by Oneca, the wife of Íñigo Arista, King of Navarre. There are some discrepancies between the account of the martyrdom in the Translatio and that recorded by Eulogius of Córdoba.

Bl. Alix Le Clercq October 22

 Bl. Alix Le Clercq

Feastday: October 22

Alix Le Clercq was born at Remiremont in the duchy of Lorraine in 1576. Her family was a solid one, of good position, but little is known about her life until she was nearly seventeen. Alix was attractive and intelligent, what the French call "spirituelle." About this time, she became a nun. When her family moved to Hymont, she met Peter Fourier, who became her spiritual director, and in 1597 she and three other women formed a new foundation under his direction. At her father's insistence, she went to a convent at Ormes, was unimpressed by its secular atmosphere, and in 1598 the wealthy Judith d'Apremont gave Alix and her group a house on her estate, which they used as their Motherhouse in the founding of a new congregation dedicated to the education of children. Despite opposition from Alix's father and others, and the lack of formal ecclesiastical approval, they established several new foundations. In 1616 they received two papal bulls formally approving the Augustinian Canonesses of the Congregation of Our Lady from Rome. Differences about what the bulls granted and internal strife caused Father Fourier to replace Alix as superioress of the Congregation, and the last years of her life were bitter, as even Father Fourier seemed to turn against her. She died in her convent at Nancy on January 9, and was beatified in 1947.

Sts. Alexander, Heraclins, and Companions October 22

 Sts. Alexander, Heraclins, and Companions

Feastday: October 22

Death: unknown

Martyrs. Alexander was a bishop who preached the faith. He was arrested and tortured, converting his guard, Heraclius, during his imprisonment. Others at the prison joined them in martyrdom.