Saints of 17 July

St Alexius, confessor (Rome)

At Rome, St. Alexius, confessor, son of the senator Euphemian. Leaving his spouse untouched the night of his marriage, he withdrew from his house, and after a long pilgrimage returned to Rome, where he was for seventeen years harbored in his father's house as an unknown beggar, thus deluding the world by a new device. But after his death, becoming known through a voice heard in the churches of the city, and by his own writing, he was, under the Sovereign Pontiff, Innocent I., translated to the church of St. Boniface, where he wrought many miracles.

Ss. Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus, Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Laetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestina, Donata and Secunda, Scillitan martyrs (Carthage)

At Carthage, the birthday of the holy Scillitan martyrs Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus, Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Lsetantius, Januaria, Generosa, Vestina, Donata, and Secunda. By order of the prefect Saturninus, after their first confession of the faith, they were sent to prison, nailed to pieces of wood, and finally beheaded. The relics of Speratus, with the bones of blessed Cyprian and the head of the martyr St. Pantaleon, were carried from Africa into France, and religiously placed in the basilica of St. John the Baptist at Lyons.

St Hyacinth of Amastris

At Amastris, in Paphlagonia, St. Hyacinth, martyr, who died in prison after much suffering, under the prefect Castritius.

St Generosus of Tivoli

At Tivoli, St. Generosus, martyr.

St Theodota of Constantinople

At Constantinople, St. Theodota, martyr, under the Iconoclast Leo.

St Leo IV

At Rome, the demise of pope St. Leo IV.

St Ennodius of Pavia

At Pavia, St. Ennodius, bishop and confessor.

St Theodosius of Auxerre

At Auxerre, St. Theodosius, bishop.

St Marcellina of Milan

At Milan, the virgin St. Marcellina, sister of the blessed bishop Ambrose, who received the religious veil from pope Liberius in the basilica of St. Peter at Rome. Her sanctity is attested by St. Ambrose in his writings.

St Marina of Venice

At Venice, the translation of St. Marina, virgin.