Saints of 1 March

Two hundred and sixty holy martyrs (Rome)

At Rome, two hundred and sixty holy martyrs, condemned for the name of Christ. Claudius ordered them to dig sand beyond the Salarian gate, and then to be shot dead with arrows by soldiers in the amphitheatre.

Ss. Leo, Donatus, Abundantius, Nicephorus and companions

Also, the birthday of the holy martyrs Leo,Donatus, Abun dantius, Nicephorus, and nine others.

Ss. Hermes and Adrian

At Marseilles, the holy martyrs Hermes and Adrian.

St Eudoxia of Heliopolis

At Heliopolis, in the persecution of Trajan, St. Eudoxia, martyr, -who, being baptized by bishop Theodotus and fortified for the combat, was put to the sword by the command of the governor Vincent, and thus received the crown of martyrdom.

St Antonina, martyr

The same day, St. Antonina, martyr. For deriding the gods of the Gentiles, in the persecution of Diocletian, she was, after various torments, shut up in a cask and drowned in a marsh near the city of Cea.

St Swithbert of Kaiserswerth

At Kaiserswerth, the bishop St. Swidbert, who, in the time of pope Sergius, preached the Gospel to the inhabitants of Friesland, Holland, and to other Germanic peoples.

St Albinus, bishop and confessor (Angers)

At Angers, St. Albinus, bishop and confessor, a man of most eminent virtue and piety.

St Siviard of Le Mans

At Le Mans, St. Siviard, abbot.

St Herculanus, bishop and martyr (Perugia)

At Perugia, the translation of St. Herculanus, bishop and martyr, who was beheaded by order of Totila, king of the Goths. Forty days after his decapitation his body, as pope St. Gregory relates, was found as sound and as firmly joined to the head as if it had never been touched by the sword.