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In the mid-sixteenth century, eight French Jesuit missionaries were martyred at the hands of the Iroquois. Fr. Isaac Jogues and lay brother René Goupil were captured in the year of Our Lord 1642, and after the two underwent horrible ritual tortures, Br. René was killed with a tomahawk near what is now Auriesville, NY, the site of a great shrine and pilgrimage honoring the martyrs. Fr. Isaac was ransomed back to France, but soon returned and resumed his work. He and lay brother Jean de Lalande were captured, beaten, and killed at Auriesville in the year of Our Lord 1646. The rest of the martyrs died in what is now Ontario, Canada. Fr. Antoine Daniel was killed during an Iroquois raid in 1648; the next year Fr. Charles Garnier was killed in a similar raid, and Fr. Noel Chabanel was murdered by an apostate Iroquois. Earlier that same year, Fr. Jean de Brébeuf, the “Apostle of the Hurons”, and his assistant Fr. Gabriel Lalemant, were taken prisoner in another raid. After undergoing horrifying, barbaric tortures, the two were finally put to death and then cannibalized. The North American Martyrs are also celebrated on October 19th in the modern calendar.
AT Nicomedia, the birthday of the holy martyrs Cyprian, and Justina, virgin. Under the emperor Diocletian and the governor Eutholmius, Justina suffered much for the faith of Christ and converted Cyprian, who, while a magician, endeavored to bring her under the influence of his magical practices. She afterwards suffered martyrdom with him. Their bodies being exposed to the beasts, were taken away in the night by some Christian sailors, and carried to Rome. They were subsequently taken into the Constantinian basilica, and deposited near the baptistery.
At Rome, the holy martyr Callistratus, and forty-nine other soldiers, who endured martyrdom together, in the persecution of Diocletian. The companions of Callistratus were converted to Christ on seeing him miraculously delivered from drowning in the sea, where he had been thrown sewed up in a bag.
Also, at Rome, pope St. Eusebius.
At Bologna, St. Eusebius, bishop and confessor.
At Brescia, St. Vigilius, bishop.
At Albano, St. Senator.
In the territory of Frascati, the blessed abbot Nilus, founder of the monastery of Crypta-Ferrata, a man of eminent sanctity.
At Citta-di-Castello, St. Amantius, a priest distinguished for the gift of miracles.
℣. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
℟. Thanks be to God.