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Acta S. Callisti papae et martyris Romae

Editors' preface

ACTA MARTYRII.

ACTS OF THE MARTYRDOM.

1. Temporibus Macrini et Alexandri divino incendio concremata est pars Capitolii a meridiano, et intra templum Jovis ruit manus sinistra aurea et eliquata est. Venerunt autem aruspices et sacerdotes ad Alexandrum, dicentes ut sacrificiis placarentur dii eorum. Hoc audito jussit Alexander fieri petitionem eorum. Et dum sacrificarent, subito coelo

1. In the times of Macrinus and Alexander a part of the Capitol on the south side was burned up by divine fire, and within the temple of Jupiter the golden left hand fell down and was melted. And the soothsayers and priests came to Alexander, saying that their gods should be appeased by sacrifices. Hearing this, Alexander commanded their petition to be carried out. And while they were sacrificing, suddenly, the sky

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« Haec, inquit Henschenius, infra non raro citandus, tom. II Maii pag. 501 in Adnotatis ad Passionem S. Calepodii et Soc. MM., claritatis causa ita legenda forent: « A temporibus Macrini usque ad tempora Alexandri haec gesta sunt. » Successit Antonio Caracallae mense Aprili occiso Macrinus anno 217: Macrino Heliogabalus extinctus anno 222 die vi Martii ex Pagii calculo; secundum Henschenium, x. Zephyrinus papa obiit anno 217, die xxvi Julii; successit Zephyrino Callistus die probabilius secunda Augusti, martyrio coronatus die xii Octobris, anno Alexandri primo.

"For clarity's sake," says Henschenius (to be cited not seldom below), in volume II of May, page 501, in the Notes on the Passion of St Calepodius and his companion martyrs, "these words should be read thus: 'These things were done from the times of Macrinus up to the times of Alexander.'" Macrinus succeeded Antoninus [printed "Antonio"] Caracalla, who was slain in the month of April, in the year 217; Heliogabalus succeeded Macrinus, and was killed in the year 222, on 6 March by Pagi's reckoning, on the 10th according to Henschenius. Pope Zephyrinus died in the year 217, on 26 July; Callistus succeeded Zephyrinus, most probably on 2 August, and was crowned with martyrdom on 12 October, in the first year of Alexander.

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sereno, mane die Jovis, fulmine divino mortui sunt quatuor sacerdotes idolorum, et ara Jovis incendio concremata est : et factus est dies obscurus, ita ut omnis populus Romanus fugeret foras extra muros. Et dum dispergeretur populus per fugam, venerunt trans Tiberim in urbem ad templum Ravennatium, et audierunt in quodam coenaculo

being clear, in the morning on Thursday, four priests of the idols died by a divine thunderbolt, and the altar of Jupiter was burned up by fire; and the day became dark, so that all the Roman people fled outside beyond the walls. And while the people were being scattered in flight, they came across the Tiber into the city to the temple of the Ravennates, and heard in a certain upper room

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Videsis dicenda not. 24.

See what will be said at note 24.

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Additur in ms. Ultrajectino: « Anno Domini ccxii. » Henschenius cit. Porro nihil hactenus narrata prae se ferunt incredibile, cum et Suetonius his non admodum absimilia in Galba scribat: « Novissimo Neronis anno . . . tacta de coelo Caesarum aede, capita omnibus simul statuis deciderunt: Augustique sceptrum e manibus excussum est. » Ex Moretto in Adnotatis in Passionem S. Callisti.

The Utrecht manuscript adds: "In the year of the Lord 212." Henschenius, as cited. Moreover, nothing narrated so far bears any mark of the incredible, since Suetonius too writes things not very unlike these in his Galba: "In the last year of Nero . . . when the temple of the Caesars was struck from heaven, the heads fell from all the statues at once, and the sceptre was struck from the hands of Augustus." From Moretti, in his Notes on the Passion of St Callistus.

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Verba sunt minus ordinatim collocata: rectius scripsisset auctor: « Venerunt trans Tiberim in urbem Ravennatium ad templum, » in cujus nempe coenaculo Christianos psallentes Romani ex Urbe fugientes audiverunt. Videtur id templum idem esse, quod a Callisto jam ante sacris Christianorum usibus addictum, ac S. Mariae dedicatum, Alexander, adhuc forte caesar, Heliogabalo res publicas parum curante, repulsis popinariis, Christianis adjudicavit.

The words are set in less than orderly fashion; the author would more correctly have written: "They came across the Tiber into the city of the Ravennates, to the temple," in whose upper room, that is, the Romans fleeing from the City heard the Christians singing psalms. This temple seems to be the same one which, already earlier devoted by Callistus to the sacred uses of the Christians and dedicated to St Mary, Alexander, perhaps while still Caesar, at a time when Heliogabalus paid little heed to public affairs, adjudged to the Christians, the tavern-keepers having been rebuffed.

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multitudinem Christianorum psallentem : inter quos erat Calixtus episcopus cum clero suo. Audiens autem hoc unus ex consulibus, nomine Palmatius, multitudinem Christianorum collectam in quodam loco, nuntiavit Alexandro dicens : Magne Princeps, hoc signum ideo factum est, quia civitas sordescit. Si ergo purificata fuerit, gaudebimus simul de gloria culminis vestri et Respublica fulgebit. Alexander dixit : Purificetur. Tandem declara nobis, quae est ista purificatio? Respondit Palmatius : Ut profani non sint. Alexander dixit : Qui sunt profani? Respondit Palmatius : Christiani. Alexander dixit : Ego praecepi semel atque iterum, ut ubicunque inventi fuerint, puniantur, aut offerant diis immortalibus libamina. Respondit Palmatius, dicens : Per claritatem vestram ego audivi, cum tristis essem propter signum quod factum est, quomodo canticis et incantationibus in quodam loco clamaret in regione trans Tiberim multitudo Christianorum : unde non mirum, si causa haec fecit hoc signum.

a multitude of Christians singing psalms, amongst whom was Bishop Calixtus with his clergy. Now when one of the consuls, by name Palmatius, heard this, that a multitude of Christians was gathered in a certain place, he reported it to Alexander, saying: Great Prince, this sign has come to pass for this reason, because the city grows foul. If therefore it be purified, we shall rejoice together in the glory of your eminence and the Commonwealth will shine forth. Alexander said: Let it be purified. Pray declare to us, what is this purification? Palmatius answered: That there be no profane persons. Alexander said: Who are the profane? Palmatius answered: The Christians. Alexander said: I have commanded once and again that wherever they be found, they be punished, or offer libations to the immortal gods. Palmatius answered, saying: By your renown, I myself heard, when I was sorrowful on account of the sign which has come to pass, how with songs and incantations a multitude of Christians was crying out in a certain place in the region across the Tiber; whence it is no wonder if this cause has wrought this sign.

2. Dixit ei Alexander : Accipe potestatem, ut ubicunque eos inveneris, trahas ad sacrificandum, ad placandos deos : aut certe exquisitis eos tormentis afflige. Tunc Palmatius, accepta potestate, collecta multitudine militum, venit trans Tiberim, ubi collecta erat multitudo Christianorum cum B. Calixto : inter quos erat Calepodius, senex presbyter : et venientes in quoddam coenaculum, ingressi sunt decem milites : et cum ingressi fuissent omnes, hi decem milites subito caeci facti sunt. Respondit Calepodius senex presbyter et dixit : Filii mei, quem quaeritis? Illi autem clamabant dicentes : Accendite nobis luminaria, quia obscuratus est ante nos locus iste. Dixit autem Calepodius presbyter : Deus qui videt omnia, ipse caecavit oculos vestros. Tunc palpantes illi descenderunt caecati. Haec autem cum vidisset Palmatius, timore territus, fugiens nuntiavit omnia Alexandro. Eodem igitur die Alexander jussit milites, qui caeci facti fuerant, ut in conspectu suo ducerentur. Et dum cognovisset

2. Alexander said to him: Receive authority, that wherever you find them, you may drag them to sacrifice, to appease the gods; or at least afflict them with exquisite torments. Then Palmatius, having received authority and gathered a multitude of soldiers, came across the Tiber, where a multitude of Christians was gathered with blessed Calixtus, amongst whom was Calepodius, an aged presbyter; and coming into a certain upper room, ten soldiers entered; and when they had all entered, these ten soldiers were suddenly made blind. The aged presbyter Calepodius answered and said: My sons, whom do you seek? But they cried out, saying: Light lamps for us, for this place has been darkened before us. And the presbyter Calepodius said: God Who sees all things has Himself blinded your eyes. Then groping about, they went down blinded. Now when Palmatius had seen these things, terrified with fear, he fled and reported all to Alexander. On the same day, therefore, Alexander commanded that the soldiers who had been made blind should be brought into his presence. And when he had recognized

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Consules anno 222 ordinarii fuerunt Heliogabalus et Alexander; sed Heliogabalo potuit substitui Palmatius, quod Henschenius, vel id muneris antea gessisse, quod alii censent; vel denique consulis appellatio paulo latius sumitur, quae aliis etiam dignitatibus in Actis Sanctorum interdum attributa invenitur.

The ordinary consuls in the year 222 were Heliogabalus and Alexander; but Palmatius may have been substituted for Heliogabalus, as Henschenius holds; or he may have held that office earlier, as others think; or, finally, the title of consul is taken somewhat broadly, being found in the Acts of the Saints sometimes given to other dignities as well.

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Hujusmodi responsum Alexandri, nullo juris ordine servato, nec ullo speciatim objecto crimine, nisi quod profani, seu Christiani essent, mortis sententiam, nisi diis sacrificarent, ferentis, nimium ab Alexandri humanitate et aequitate abhorret, quam ut ex ejus ore profectum fuerit: illatum quidem S. Callisto caeterisque memoratis in hisce Actis Martyribus mortis supplicium est, sed, Alexandro invito ac in Ulpiani ejusve similium machinationibus, etsi contra animi propensionem, connivente potius, quam jubente.

Such a reply from Alexander, passing sentence of death unless they sacrificed to the gods, with no order of law observed and no crime specifically charged except that they were profane, that is, Christians, is too far out of keeping with Alexander's humanity and fairness to have come from his mouth. The penalty of death was indeed inflicted on St Callistus and the other martyrs mentioned in these Acts, but with Alexander unwilling, and conniving at the machinations of Ulpian and men like him, though against the bent of his mind, rather than ordering it.

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Idem esto de hoc responso judicium.

Let the same judgement hold for this reply.

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Colitur die x Maii, ad quem Passionis ejus et Sociorum Acta illustravit Henschenius supra citatus.

He is venerated on 10 May, under which day Henschenius, cited above, elucidated the Acts of his Passion and of his companions.

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Partem superiorem templi, de quo ad not. 4.

The upper part of the temple discussed at note 4.

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Palmatius quidem, quae facta fuerant, Alexandro nuntiaverit: at is melius de Christianorum institutis moribusque, probe sibi cognitis, judicabat, quam ut ea magicis Christianorum artibus facta continuo crederet.

Palmatius may indeed have reported to Alexander what had happened; but he judged better of the Christians' institutions and ways, which he knew well, than to believe at once that these things were done by the Christians' magic arts.

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Praeceptum hujusmodi, ut ex sequentibus patet, et publicum et generale fuisset, saltem respectu Romanorum: at id ab ipsomet Alexandro datum fuisse, difficile creditu est: secus vero datum fuisse ejus nomine ab iis, qui et Christianorum flagrabant odio, et, qua apud imperatorem valebant, auctoritate abutebantur.

A command of this kind, as is clear from what follows, would have been both public and general, at least as regards the Romans; but that it was given by Alexander himself is hard to believe; rather, it was given in his name by those who both burned with hatred of the Christians and abused the authority they had with the emperor.

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Vide infra not. 24.

See below, note 24.

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. . . . . Mactatur vacca Minervae, / Alipedi vitulus, taurus tibi, summe deorum. / Ovid. lib. iv Metamorphoseon.

". . . A cow is slain to Minerva, a calf to the wing-footed one, a bull to you, highest of the gods." Ovid, Metamorphoses, book IV.

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milites, coepit clamare : O cives optimi! Videte artem magicam. Respondit Palmatius, et dixit : Si per magicam artem istud factum est, ubi sunt virtutes deorum nostrorum? Jubeat itaque pietas vestra afferri et immolari diis, ne pereat respublica propter eorum incantationes. Et praecepit Alexander ut immolaretur Mercurio, et responsa cognosceret. Emanavit autem praeceptum universo vulgo, ut omnes ad Capitolium accurrerent de urbe Roma, ita ut qui inventi fuissent in habitaculis suis die Mercurii, omnes interficerentur ; et misso praecone ita declaratum est, ut omne vulgus die Mercurii sine dilatione ad Capitolium cum principe conveniat : qui vero non accurrerit, capite puniendum se esse cognoscat. Occurrente die supradicto omnis populus Romanus ad Capitolium accurrit. Palmatius quoque cum omni domo sua venit ad Capitolium cum porcis et vitulis.

the soldiers, he began to cry out: O best of citizens! Behold magic art. Palmatius answered and said: If this has been done by magic art, where are the powers of our gods? Let your piety therefore command that offerings be brought and sacrificed to the gods, lest the commonwealth perish on account of their incantations. And Alexander commanded that sacrifice be made to Mercury, and that he should learn the responses. Moreover, a command went forth to the whole common people, that all from the city of Rome should hasten to the Capitol, so that whoever should be found in their dwellings on the day of Mercury should all be put to death; and a herald having been sent, it was proclaimed thus, that all the common people should assemble on the day of Mercury without delay at the Capitol with the prince; and whoever did not hasten thither should know that he would be punished with death. When the aforesaid day arrived, the whole Roman people hastened to the Capitol. Palmatius also with all his household came to the Capitol with swine and calves.

3. Et factum est dum occisione pecudum effunderetur sanguis, et incantarent carminibus sacerdotes ; virgo templi nomine Juliana, arrepta a daemonio, clamabat dicens : Deus Calixti, ipse est Deus vivus et verus : ipse indignatus est pollutionibus Reipublicae vestrae, et conteret regnum mortale vestrum, quia non adoratis veritatem. Audiens hoc Palmatius, solus cucurrit ad B. Calixtum in regione trans Tiberim in urbe Ravennatium ; et misit se praecipitans et introivit in domum ubi collecta erat multitudo Christianorum, et cecidit ante pedes B. Calixti, dicens : Cognovi Jesum Christum esse Deum verum, quem daemones confessi sunt hodie : per ipsum te adjuro, ut liberes me a cultura daemonum et lapidum : baptiza me sicut praedicas. Dixit ei Calixtus episcopus : Noli deridere errando veritatem. Respondit Palmatius cum lacrymis, dicens : Domine, non derideo : quia cognovi in caecitate militum, et in responsione virginis, quia Dominus meus Christus tuus est. Respondit Calepodius senex et dixit ad beatum Episcopum : Beatissime Pater, petenti baptismum noli denegare. Eodem tempore indixit jejunium ei uno die, et

3. And it came to pass, while the blood was being poured forth by the slaughtering of the beasts and the priests were chanting their spells, a virgin of the temple by name Juliana, seized by a demon, cried out, saying: The God of Calixtus, He is the living and true God; He is indignant at the pollutions of your Commonwealth, and will crush your mortal kingdom, because you do not worship the truth. Hearing this, Palmatius ran alone to blessed Calixtus in the region across the Tiber in the city of the Ravennates; and casting himself headlong he entered into the house where the multitude of Christians was gathered, and fell before the feet of blessed Calixtus, saying: I have known that Jesus Christ is the true God, Whom the demons have confessed today; by Him I adjure you to set me free from the worship of demons and stones; baptize me according as you preach. Bishop Calixtus said to him: Do not mock the truth by going astray. Palmatius answered with tears, saying: Lord, I do not mock; for I have known in the blindness of the soldiers, and in the answer of the virgin, that my Lord is your Christ. The aged Calepodius answered and said to the blessed Bishop: Most blessed Father, do not deny baptism to him who asks it. At the same time he enjoined a fast upon him for one day, and

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Advertat lector animum ad antiquos ritus in baptismo servatos. Henschenius cit. Act. apost. cap. 2 v. 38, Petrus ait: « Poenitentiam agite et baptizetur unusquisque vestrum in nomine Jesu Christi. »

Let the reader note the ancient rites observed in baptism. Henschenius, as cited. In Acts of the Apostles chapter 2, verse 38, Peter says: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ."

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catechizavit eum : et allatam aquam de lympha putei, qui erat in eadem domo, benedixit. et deposito Palmatio in pelvim, dixit ei S. Calixtus episcopus : Credis ex toto corde in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, factorem visibilium et invisibilium? Respondit Palmatius : Credo. Et dixit ei : Et in Jesum Christum, Filium ejus? Et iterum respondit : Credo. Et dixit ei : Et in Spiritum sanctum, Ecclesiam Catholicam, remissionem peccatorum, carnis resurrectionem? Et exclamavit voce magna cum lacrymis Palmatius : Credo, Domine. Eadem hora coepit clamare et dicere : Vere vidi Dominum Jesum Christum verum lumen, qui me illuminavit. Baptizavit autem et omnem domum Palmatii, et uxorem et filios, et promiscui sexus numero quadraginta duos. Ab eadem die coepit Palmatius omnem facultatem suam pauperibus Christianis erogare, perquirens regiones et cryptas, ut ubicunque inveniret aut in custodia aut absconsos Christianos, de facultatibus suis victum vel tegumentum ministraret.

catechized him; and when water had been brought from the spring of the well which was in the same house, he blessed it, and having placed Palmatius down into the basin, Bishop Saint Calixtus said to him: Do you believe with your whole heart in God the Father Almighty, Maker of things visible and invisible? Palmatius answered: I believe. And he said to him: And in Jesus Christ, His Son? And again he answered: I believe. And he said to him: And in the Holy Spirit, the Catholic Church, the remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh? And Palmatius cried out with a loud voice with tears: I believe, Lord. In the same hour he began to cry out and say: Truly I have seen the Lord Jesus Christ, the true Light, Who has enlightened me. And he baptized also all the household of Palmatius, both his wife and his children, and forty-two in number of either sex. From that same day Palmatius began to distribute all his substance to poor Christians, searching through the districts and crypts, so that wherever he might find Christians either in prison or hidden away, he ministered food or clothing from his own substance.

4. Post dies vero triginta duos, requiritur Palmatius ab Alexandro, cui nuntiatum est, quia Christianus est, et aliis suadet. Tunc Alexander jussit eum praesentari. Qui cum tentus fuisset a quodam Torquato tribuno, et missus in custodiam Mamertini ; post triduum indicavit Alexandro Torquatus, Palmatium in custodia mancipatum. Tunc Alexander gaudens jussit eum sibi praesentari. Et vinctus catenis Palmatius ingreditur ante Alexandrum. Quem cum vidisset, jussit eum solvi, et dixit ei : Sic amens factus es, o Palmati, ut deseras deos, et quaeras et colas hominem mortuum? Palmatius tacuit. Dixit ei Alexander : Loquere fiducialiter : ne timeas. Respondit Palmatius dicens : Si datis licentiam, loquimur veritatem. Dixit ei Alexander : Excepta deorum injuria, loquere. Dixit ei Palmatius : Optime princeps, si advertas, non sunt dii, sed sunt factura hominum mortalium. Modo quidem cognoscat mansuetudo vestra, qui debent coli : qui sunt aut fabricantur a mortalibus, quales sint, vos judicate. Sed precor ego infelix claritatem vestram : dicas deo tuo ut loquatur, et cum interrogavero, respondeat : et cum hoc factum fuerit, non desero deos tuos, quos tu dicis? Dixit ei Alexander : Et quomodo a cunabulis tuis istos adorasti, et modo relinquis eos? Respondit Palmatius : Feci quasi infelix : modo autem cognovi quod verum est, de qua re precor Dominum Jesum Christum, ut ignoscat mihi, quia ignorans

4. Now after thirty-two days, Palmatius is sought for by Alexander, to whom it had been reported that he is a Christian and persuades others. Then Alexander commanded him to be brought before him. And when he had been arrested by a certain tribune Torquatus, and cast into the prison of Mamertinus, after three days Torquatus made known to Alexander that Palmatius had been delivered into custody. Then Alexander, rejoicing, commanded him to be brought before him. And Palmatius, bound with chains, enters before Alexander. When he had seen him, he commanded him to be unbound, and said to him: Have you become so mad, O Palmatius, as to forsake the gods, and seek and worship a dead man? Palmatius kept silent. Alexander said to him: Speak with confidence; do not fear. Palmatius answered, saying: If you grant leave, we speak the truth. Alexander said to him: Barring insult to the gods, speak. Palmatius said to him: Best of princes, if you would take heed, they are not gods, but are the handiwork of mortal men. Now indeed let your clemency know who ought to be worshipped: those who are or are fashioned by mortals, judge for yourselves of what sort they are. But I, unhappy man, pray your renown: bid your god speak, and when I question him, let him answer; and when this has been done, do I not forsake the gods of whom you speak? Alexander said to him: And how from your cradle have you worshipped these, and now abandon them? Palmatius answered: I did so as an unhappy man; but now I have known what is true, wherefore I pray the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive me, because in ignorance

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Ita Constantinus Magnus apud Anastasium Bibliothecarium in Vita S. Silvestri dedit « pelvim ex argento ad baptismum, pensantem libras viginti. » Ita idem. Plura si cupis, vide Morettum cit.

Thus Constantine the Great, according to Anastasius the Librarian in the Life of St Silvester, gave "a basin of silver for baptism, weighing twenty pounds." So the same author. If you want more, see Moretti, as cited.

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Apud Morettum adduntur haec: « Et dixit ei: Qui natus est de Spiritu sancto ex Maria Virgine? Respondit Palmatius: Credo. »

In Moretti these words are added: "And he said to him: [Do you believe in him] who was born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary? Palmatius answered: I believe."

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Lumen hoc videtur fuisse coeleste et insolitum.

This light seems to have been heavenly and out of the ordinary.

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Ms. Vlimerii « viginti duos: » Ado « triginta. » Hensch. cit.

Vlimmerius's manuscript has "twenty-two"; Ado, "thirty." Henschenius, as cited.

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Ad radicem Capitolii est locus, nobilitatus vinculis SS. Petri et Pauli et aliorum martyrum, uti saepius diximus. Hensch. cit.

It is a place at the foot of the Capitol, made famous by the chains of Saints Peter and Paul and of other martyrs, as we have said quite often. Henschenius, as cited.

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Vide infra not. 24.

See below, note 24.

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Atqui Christum inter deos coluit Alexander ipse: non igitur amentiam Palmatio exprobrarit, nec ita contemptim de Christo locutus fuerit.

Yet Alexander himself worshipped Christ among the gods; he would not, therefore, have reproached Palmatius with madness, nor spoken so contemptuously of Christ.

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peccavi. Eadem hora subridens Alexander, tradidit eum cuidam Simplicio senatori, dicens : Habe eum penes te sine aliquo timore ; et mollibus sermonibus revoca eum ad culturam deorum ; talem enim hominem Respublica necessarium habet. Accepto Palmatio, Simplicius senator vestimenta nobilia allata induit eum, et duxit in domum suam. Qui Simplicius praecepit uxori suae, et majoribus domus suae, ut omnem domum Simplicii in sua potestate haberet. Tunc Palmatius jejuniis et orationibus vigiliarum vacans, non cessabat cum lacrymis Deum Patrem omnipotentem orare, et Jesum Christum Filium ejus, ut poenitentiam ageret de errore suo.

I sinned. In the same hour Alexander, smiling, delivered him to a certain senator Simplicius, saying: Keep him with you without any fear, and with gentle words recall him to the worship of the gods; for the Commonwealth has need of such a man. Having received Palmatius, the senator Simplicius clothed him in noble garments that were brought, and led him into his own house. And this Simplicius commanded his wife and the chief servants of his house that he should have the whole house of Simplicius under his authority. Then Palmatius, giving himself to fastings and prayers of vigils, did not cease to pray with tears to God the Father Almighty, and Jesus Christ His Son, to do penance for his error.

5. Veniens autem ad eum quidam Felix nomine, cujus uxor clinica jacebat annis quatuor in lecto, misit se ad pedes Palmatii, dicens : Confessor Domini nostri Jesu Christi, exora pro ancilla tua uxore mea Blanda, ut liberetur de lecto doloris et ego percipiam baptismum cum ea ; quia diu est, quod morbo paralytico tenetur et jam facultas nostra defecit. Tunc Palmatius, praesente uxore Simplicii, cecidit in terram, et cum lacrymis orare coepit cum Felice dicens : Domine Deus, qui illuminasti servum tuum, da mihi lucem aeternam Jesum Christum : salva ancillam tuam Blandam, et alleva eam de lecto doloris : ut cognoscant omnes, quia tu es creator omnium rerum. Eadem hora venit Blanda pedibus suis currens ad domum Simplicii senatoris et dicens : Baptiza me in nomine Domini Jesu Christi, qui tenuit manum meam et sanavit me. Tunc Felix coepit urgere B. Palmatium ut baptizaretur. Eadem hora B. Palmatius misit ad S. Calixtum episcopum : et veniens baptizavit Felicem cum uxore sua Blanda. Videns hoc Simplicius, cecidit ad pedes Calixti dicens, ut cum omni domo sua baptizaretur. Tunc B. Calixtus episcopus fiducialiter dixit : Cougreget Dominus triticum in horreum suum, et catechizavit omnem domum Simplicii, et uxorem et filios et familiam ejus, animas promiscui sexus fere sexaginta octo. B. Calepodius presbyter gaudio repletus, coepit clamare in domo Simplicii, dicens : Gloria tibi, Domine Jesu Christe, qui de tenebris dignaris ad lucem perducere facturam tuam, et de errore liberare. Hoc audiens Alexander, quia multitudo hominum baptismum percepisset per B. Calixtum episcopum, misit exercitum militum, ac tenuit omnes qui baptismum perceperant, quos praecepit capitis subire sententiam, et per diversas portas urbis Romae capita eorum suspendi, ad exemplum Christianorum.

5. Now a certain man by name Felix, whose bedridden wife had lain for four years in bed, coming to him, cast himself at the feet of Palmatius, saying: Confessor of our Lord Jesus Christ, entreat for your handmaid my wife Blanda, that she may be delivered from the bed of pain and that I may receive baptism with her; for it is a long time that she has been held by a paralytic disease, and our means have now failed. Then Palmatius, in the presence of the wife of Simplicius, fell to the ground and with tears began to pray with Felix, saying: Lord God, Who hast enlightened Thy servant, give unto me the eternal Light, Jesus Christ; save Thy handmaid Blanda, and raise her up from the bed of pain, that all may know that Thou art the Creator of all things. In the same hour Blanda came running on her own feet to the house of the senator Simplicius and saying: Baptize me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who held my hand and healed me. Then Felix began to urge blessed Palmatius that he might be baptized. In the same hour blessed Palmatius sent to Bishop Saint Calixtus; and coming he baptized Felix with his wife Blanda. Seeing this, Simplicius fell at the feet of Calixtus, asking that he might be baptized with all his household. Then Bishop blessed Calixtus said with confidence: May the Lord gather the wheat into His barn; and he catechized the whole household of Simplicius, both his wife and his children and his household servants, about sixty-eight souls of either sex. The presbyter blessed Calepodius, filled with joy, began to cry out in the house of Simplicius, saying: Glory to Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, Who vouchsafest to lead Thy creature from darkness to the light, and to deliver from error. Alexander, hearing this, that a multitude of men had received baptism through Bishop blessed Calixtus, sent an army of soldiers, and arrested all who had received baptism, whom he commanded to undergo sentence of death, and their heads to be hung up throughout the diverse gates of the city of Rome, as a warning to the Christians.

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Verba haec, licet in S. Callisti officio olim recitata, ex ejus Actis sumi potuere; nec ex ejus ore magis fortasse processerint, quam ea ex ore Alexandri, de quibus paulo ante.

These words, though once recited in the office of St Callistus, could have been taken from his Acts; and perhaps they came from his mouth no more than those, discussed a little earlier, came from Alexander's.

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6. Tenuit autem et B. Calepodium, quem fecit occidi gladio, et corpus trahi per civitatem sub die Kalendarum Maii : cujus corpus jactari fecit in Tiberim ante insulam Lycaoniam. In ipsis diebus fugit B. Calixtus cum decem clericis suis, et abscondit se in domum cujusdam Pontiani noctu, rogans piscatores quaerere corpus B. Calepodii presbyteri. Quod inventum levantes de flumine, renuntiaverunt B. Calixto episcopo. Tunc gaudio repletus est. Quod corpus sanctum acceptum condivit cum aromatibus et linteaminibus, et cum hymnis, et sepelivit eum in coemeterio ejusdem, sexto Idus Maii.

6. Moreover, he arrested also blessed Calepodius, whom he caused to be slain with the sword, and his body to be dragged through the city on the day of the Kalends of May; and his body he caused to be cast into the Tiber before the Lycaonian island. In those very days blessed Calixtus fled with his ten clerics, and hid himself in the house of a certain Pontianus by night, asking the fishermen to search for the body of the presbyter blessed Calepodius. Having found it and lifted it out of the river, they reported it to Bishop blessed Calixtus. Then he was filled with joy. And having received that holy body, he embalmed it with spices and linen cloths, and with hymns, and buried him in the cemetery of the same, on the sixth day before the Ides of May.

7. Ab eodem die coepit Alexander curiose quaerere B. Calixtum episcopum. Et divulgatum est ei, quod esset in domo Pontiani juxta urbem Ravennatium : misitque occulte trans Tiberim et tenuit eum : praecipiens ut in eodem loco fame cruciaretur. Qui tamen cum quarto die nihil victus accepisset, jejuniis et orationibus magis corroborabatur. Hoc audiens Alexander, jussit eum fustibus caedi omnibus diebus, et in eodem loco custodiae mancipari, ut si quis ad eum noctu veniret, occideretur. Cumque multis diebus in custodia esset maceratus, venit ad eum B. Calepodius noctu per visionem, et consolatus est eum dicens : Firmus esto, Pater : quia corona tua jam perfecta est : ut accipias a Deo condignam laboris tui mercedem. Beatus autem Calixtus insistens orationi, non cessabat Dominum deprecari.

7. From that same day Alexander began to search inquisitively for Bishop blessed Calixtus. And it was disclosed to him that he was in the house of Pontianus near the city of the Ravennates; and he sent secretly across the Tiber and arrested him, commanding that he should be tortured with hunger in that same place. Yet when on the fourth day he had received no food, he was strengthened all the more by fastings and prayers. Hearing this, Alexander commanded him to be beaten with clubs every day, and to be kept under guard in that same place, so that if anyone came to him by night, he should be put to death. And when he had been wasted away for many days in prison, blessed Calepodius came to him by night in a vision, and comforted him, saying: Be steadfast, Father, for your crown is now completed, that you may receive from God a worthy reward for your labour. And blessed Calixtus, persevering in prayer, did not cease to entreat the Lord.

8. Erat autem ibidem quidam miles, Privatus nomine, qui erat ulceribus plenus, et cruciabatur die ac nocte doloribus. Hic misit se ad pedes B. Calixti

8. Now there was in that same place a certain soldier, Privatus by name, who was full of ulcers, and was tortured day and night with pains. He cast himself at the feet of blessed Calixtus

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Martyrologium Bedae: « Fecit occidi a Laodicio. » Henschenius.

Bede's Martyrology: "He had him killed by Laodicius." Henschenius.

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Scrupulum mihi movit dies prima Maii hic S. Calepodii neci assignata, num scilicet posita hac S. Calepodii necis evocha, quae hactenus gesta in Actis dicuntur, ab Alexandri imperii principio usque ad Kalendas Maii anni 222 fieri reipsa potuerint. Sic ea Morettus Disq. 1 in Auctario, cap. 9 et 10, p. 248, fere disponit: Imperare Alexander coepit anno 222 die vi Martii: ab hac die usque ad xiii ejusdem mensis potuit Alexander tabernam meritoriam, jam ante in Christianorum templum conversam, rescripto suo Christianis addicere, et Capitolium tangi fulmine, si non ante annum 222 ista contigerint. Factum fuerit Jovi primum sacrificium (vide num. 1) die xiv Martii, qui eo anno, littera Dominicali F, dies Jovis fuit. Accusari tum coepti fuerint Christiani, tanquam malorum, quae acciderant, auctores. Exin die xx Martii, qui dies Mercurii fuit, factum fuerit Mercurio sacrificium alterum, de quo num. 2. Tertius novo prodigio Palmatius baptismum petit: diem posterum (vide num. 3) jejunio transigit: die xxii Martii baptismum recipit. Post dies xxxii (vide num. 4), Palmatium requirit Alexander die Aprilis xxiv; eique sistitur (vide num. 4) triduo post, seu die Aprilis xxvii. Sequenti triduo servatur Palmatius in aedibus Simplicii, Blanda et Simplicius baptizantur: quarto autem post die, seu Kalendis Maii, S. Calepodius ejusque Socii martyrium subeunt.

The first of May, assigned here to the death of St Calepodius, raised a doubt in me: namely, whether, with this date [printed "evocha"] of St Calepodius's death fixed, the things the Acts say were done up to this point could in fact have taken place between the beginning of Alexander's reign and the Kalends of May of the year 222. Moretti, Disquisition 1 in the Auctarium, chapters 9 and 10, page 248, arranges them roughly thus. Alexander began to reign in the year 222, on 6 March; between that day and the 13th of the same month Alexander could have assigned to the Christians by his rescript the tavern for hire, already converted earlier into a Christian church, and the Capitol could have been struck by lightning, if these things did not happen before the year 222. The first sacrifice to Jove (see no. 1) would have been made on 14 March, which in that year, with Dominical letter F, was a Thursday [dies Jovis]. The Christians would then have begun to be accused as the authors of the evils that had befallen. Then on 20 March, which was a Wednesday [dies Mercurii], a second sacrifice would have been made, to Mercury, of which see no. 2. On the third day, after a new prodigy, Palmatius asks for baptism; he spends the following day (see no. 3) in fasting; on 22 March he receives baptism. After 32 days (see no. 4), Alexander seeks Palmatius, on 24 April; and he is brought before him (see no. 4) three days later, that is, on 27 April. For the following three days Palmatius is kept in the house of Simplicius, and Blanda and Simplicius are baptized; and on the fourth day after, that is, on the Kalends of May, St Calepodius and his companions undergo martyrdom.

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Seu Tiberinam, nunc S. Bartholomaei dictam, ob aedem huic sacram. Ex Henschenio.

That is, the Tiber island, now called St Bartholomew's, from the church sacred to him. From Henschenius.

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Postmodum conversam in ecclesiam, S. Callisto sacram.

Afterwards converted into a church sacred to St Callistus.

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Quod nimirum a S. Calepodio, cum junior esset, extrui potuisse Henschenius censet pag. 498.

Which, Henschenius thinks (page 498), could have been built by St Calepodius when he was younger.

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Quo, audita S. Simplicii ejusque familiae ad fidem conversione, capi S. Calepodium ejusque Socios jusserat.

By whom, on hearing of the conversion to the faith of St Simplicius and his household, St Calepodius and his companions had been ordered to be seized.

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Sed non admodum multis: nimirum 17.

But not very many: namely, 17.

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Alius a S. Saturo in Hieronymianis Martyrologiis ad diem xii et xiv Octobris annunciato.

Different from the St Saturus announced in the Hieronymian Martyrologies under 12 and 14 October.

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Anno probabilius 222, die xii Octobris.

Most probably in the year 222, on 12 October.

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episcopi, dicens : Salva me ab ulceribus meis, quia credo Dominum Jesum Christum Deum vivum et verum, qui, sicut Blandam liberavit, potens est et me salvare, quia diu est quod consumor in afflictione doloris mei. Respondit B. Calixtus episcopus dicens : Si credis ex toto corde, fili, et in nomine S. Trinitatis baptizatus fueris, mundaberis. Privatus miles respondit : Ego credo, quia liberat et salvat me Dominus in baptismo, per manum tuam. Tunc B. Calixtus eum baptizavit, et ita a vulneribus et morbo, quo tenebatur, mundatus est. Et coepit clamare dicens : Deus verus et Sanctus est Dominus Jesus Christus, quem praedicat B. Calixtus episcopus : quia idola vana et muta consumentur : Deus enim aeternus est Christus. Quod iterum audiens Alexander, iracundia plenus, eo quod militem Privatum baptizasset, mittens fecit Privatum plumbatis caedi et deficere : Calixtum vero episcopum per fenestram domus praecipitari, ligatoque ad collum ejus saxo, in puteum demergi et in eo rudera cumulari.

the bishop, saying: Save me from my ulcers, for I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the living and true God, Who, just as He delivered Blanda, is able to save me also, for it is a long time that I have been consumed in the affliction of my pain. Bishop blessed Calixtus answered, saying: If you believe with your whole heart, my son, and are baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity, you shall be cleansed. The soldier Privatus answered: I believe that the Lord delivers and saves me in baptism, through your hand. Then blessed Calixtus baptized him, and thus he was cleansed from the wounds and the disease by which he was held. And he began to cry out, saying: The true and Holy God is the Lord Jesus Christ, Whom Bishop blessed Calixtus preaches; for vain and dumb idols shall be consumed, for Christ is the eternal God. Hearing this again, Alexander, full of wrath because he had baptized the soldier Privatus, sent and caused Privatus to be beaten with leaded whips until he died; and Bishop Calixtus to be cast headlong through the window of the house, and with a stone tied to his neck, to be plunged into a well and rubble to be heaped upon him in it.

9. Post dies vero decem et septem venit presbyter ejus, nomine Asterius cum clericis noctu, et levavit corpus B. Calixti episcopi et honorifice sepelivit in coemeterio Calepodii, via Aurelia, pridie Idus Octobris. Post dies autem sex tenuit Alexander Asterium presbyterum : quem praecepit per pontem praecipitari. Cujus sanctum corpus inventum est in Ostia, et a quibusdam Christianis sepultum in eadem civitate sub die XII Kalendarum Novembris : regnante Domino nostro Jesu Christo qui vivit et regnat Deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

9. Now after seventeen days his presbyter, by name Asterius, came with the clerics by night, and lifted the body of Bishop blessed Calixtus and buried it with honour in the cemetery of Calepodius, on the Aurelian Way, on the day before the Ides of October. And after six days Alexander arrested the presbyter Asterius, whom he commanded to be cast headlong from the bridge. His holy body was found at Ostia, and buried by certain Christians in that same city on the twelfth day before the Kalends of November, under the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who lives and reigns God unto all ages of ages. Amen.

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Anno probabilius 222, die xii Octobris.

Most probably in the year 222, on 12 October.

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Verosimilius a S. Callisti captivitate numerandos ex Comment. praev. § 3, id est, a die circiter xxvii Septembris.

More probably to be counted from St Callistus's imprisonment, according to the preliminary Commentary, § 3, that is, from about 27 September.

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Verosimilius ex dictis in Comment. praev. num. 33 a nece S. Callisti, seu die Octobris xviii.

More probably, from what is said in the preliminary Commentary, no. 33, from the death of St Callistus, that is, 18 October.

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