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This Day, the Seventeenth Day of January
In Thebais, Saint Anthony, and spiritual guide of many monks. He was most celebrated for his life and miracles, of which Saint Athanasius has written a detailed account. His sacred body was found by divine revelation, during the reign of the emperor Justinian, and brought to Alexandria, where it was buried in the of Saint John the Baptist.
At Langres, in the time of Marcus Aurelius, the Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, born at one birth, who were crowned with martyrdom, together with their grandmother Leonilla.
At Rome, the finding of the holy martyrs Diodorus, priest, Marian, deacon, and their companions. Whilst they were commemorating the birthdays of the martyrs in a sand-pit, the entrance was closed by the persecutors, and the vault over them broken down, and they thus obtained the of martyrdom in the reign of Pope Saint Stephen.
At Bourges, the demise of Saint Sulpicius, surnamed Pius, whose life and precious death are adorned with glorious miracles.
At Rome, in the of Saint Andrew, the blessed monks Anthony, Merulus, and John, of whom Pope Saint Gregory speaks in his writings.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.