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A. Gallandius, Admonitio in Passionem S. Symphorosae et septem filiorum ejus

Editors' preface

DUBIA.

DOUBTFUL WORKS.

PASSIO S. SYMPHOROSAE ET SEPTEM FILIORUM EJUS

THE PASSION OF SAINT SYMPHOROSA AND HER SEVEN SONS

(GALLAND., Bibliotheca Patrum, tom. I, Proleg. p. LXXI, et p. 329, ex editis et mss. codd.)

(Galland, Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. I, Prolegomena p. lxxi, and p. 329, from the printed editions and the manuscript codices.)

ADMONITIO

ADMONITION

I. Acta S. Symphorosae ejusque filiorum, Julio Africano attributa.

II. Sub Adriano passi perhibentur; eorum martyrii occasio.

III. Antiquissimus horum martyrum cultus.

I. The Acts of Saint Symphorosa and her sons, attributed to Julius Africanus.

II. They are said to have suffered under Hadrian; the occasion of their martyrdom.

III. The very ancient cult of these martyrs.

I. Quandoquidem Acta sanctorum martyrum Symphorosae ac septem filiorum ejus, ex editione Ruinartiana typis excudenda curavimus, praeviam proinde V. C. Admonitionem hic describere consultius duximus, quo ejus curam studiumque in iis evulgandis cum ex editis tum ex tribus codicibus mss. lectores perspectum habeant. Sic autem se habet :

I. Since we have seen to the printing of the Acts of the holy martyrs Symphorosa and her seven sons from Ruinart's edition, we have accordingly thought it more advisable to transcribe here the preliminary Admonition of that illustrious man, so that readers may clearly see his care and diligence in publishing them both from printed editions and from three manuscript codices. Now it runs as follows:

Editors' notes and page, col. 93

Footnotes

(76*) ‹anchor: Ab Adam condito› · call not on this page (Africanus fragment) Ab Adam condito. In Graeco, ab Adam et creatione. EDIT. PATROL.

"From Adam's creation." In the Greek, "from Adam and the creation." EDITOR OF THE PATROLOGIA.

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(77) ‹anchor: Ἡμεῖς γάρ› · call not on this page (Africanus fragment)

Ἡμεῖς γάρ. Hunc locum recitat S. Basilius l. c. sic praelocutus: Ἀλλ' οὐδὲ Ἀφρικανὸν τὸν ἱστοριογράφον τὸ τοιοῦτον εἶδος τῆς δοξολογίας παρέλαβε. Φαίνεται γὰρ ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τῆς τῶν Χρόνων ἐπιτομῆς, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὸς λέγων· Ἡμεῖς, κ. τ. λ. « At nec Africanum historicum talis glorificandi forma praeteriit. Siquidem constat in quinta De temporibus epitoma, et ipsum ad hunc loqui modum: Nos, etc. » Quo ex loco conjicit Tillemontius Mém. eccl. tom. III, p. 256, Africanum quinto suo Chronographiae libro his verbis finem imposuisse.

"For we." St Basil quotes this passage in the place cited, with this preface: "But neither did this form of doxology escape Africanus the historian. For it is plain that in the fifth book of his Epitome of the Times he too speaks thus: We, etc." (Latin: "But neither did such a form of giving glory pass by Africanus the historian. For it is established that in the fifth Epitome On the Times he too speaks in this manner: We, etc.") From this passage Tillemont, Mémoires ecclésiastiques vol. III, p. 256, conjectures that Africanus ended the fifth book of his Chronography with these words.

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(78) ‹anchor: Τῶν ῥημάτων› · call not on this page (Africanus fragment)

Τῶν ῥημάτων. Tres mss. τῶν ῥητῶν. MARAN.

"Of the words" (ῥημάτων). Three manuscripts read τῶν ῥητῶν ("of the sayings"). MARAN.

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(79) ‹anchor: Ἡμῖν πατρί› · call not on this page (Africanus fragment)

Ἡμῖν πατρί. Sic mss. quinque Editi, ἡμῶν πατράσι. Qui praebuit nostris patribus omnium servatorem. Ibidem hae voces καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν, desunt in tribus mss. Mox editi, καὶ ἡ μεγαλοσύνη. At codices mss. ut in textu. ID.

"To us … the Father." So five manuscripts. The printed editions read ἡμῶν πατράσι: "who gave to our fathers the Saviour of all." In the same place the words καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν ("and our Lord") are missing in three manuscripts. Just after, the editions read καὶ ἡ μεγαλοσύνη ("and the majesty"); but the manuscripts read as in the text. THE SAME (Maran).

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(80) ‹anchor: se habet› · call in col 93

Ruinart., Act. mart. p. 20 ed. Veron. 1731.

Ruinart, Acta martyrum, p. 20, Verona edition of 1731.

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« B. Symphorosae filiorumque ejus martyrii Acta quae hic exhibemus, in mss. codicibus Julio Africano celeberrimo scriptori attribuuntur. Et quidem fieri potuit, ut in ejus libris De chronographia quos accuratissime scriptos fuisse testatur Eusebius, inserta fuerint, cum in iis praecipuos eventus qui ab orbe condito usque ad Heliogabali imperatoris tempora contigerant, retulerit. Verum

"The Acts of the martyrdom of Blessed Symphorosa and her sons, which we present here, are attributed in the manuscript codices to the most celebrated writer Julius Africanus. And indeed it could have happened that they were inserted into his books On Chronography, which Eusebius testifies were written most accurately, since in them he related the principal events that had occurred from the creation of the world down to the times of the emperor Elagabalus. However,

Editors' notes and page, col. 94

Footnotes

(81) ‹anchor: testatur Eusebius› · call in col 94

Euseb., Hist. eccl. lib. VI, cap. 31.

Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, book VI, chapter 31.

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cum id opus jamdudum perierit, an re vera haec Acta Africano sint ascribenda, asserere non ausim ; quamvis de eorum sinceritate nullus videatur dubitandi locus. Ea vero proferimus ex Mombritii, Surii et Carduli editionibus, cum duobus mss. codicibus Colbertinis et uno Sorbonicae bibliothecae collatis.

since that work perished long ago, I would not venture to assert whether in truth these Acts are to be ascribed to Africanus, although there seems to be no room for doubt as to their genuineness. And we publish them from the editions of Mombritius, Surius, and Cardulus, collated with two Colbertine manuscript codices and one of the Sorbonne library.

II. « Horum sanctorum neci occasionem praebuit vicinia celeberrimi illius palatii, quod in villa Tiburtina ab Adriano aedificatum fuisse testis est Spartianus. Cum enim imperator hanc regiam domum quam sibi ad delicias construxerat, nescio quibus piacularibus caeremoniis lustrari jussisset, hanc occasionem arripuere sacerdotes Symphorosam incusandi, nihil omnino diis placiturum, nisi prius Symphorosa aut iis sacrificaret, aut ipsa sacrificaretur. Quod ultimum Adrianus, quem superstitiosiorem ex aliis ejus pluribus factis fuisse constat, exsecutus est circiter annum Christi 120, id est sub imperii sui primordia : quo scilicet tempore, ut notat Dio Cassius, iste imperator plurimas caedes fecit.

II. "The neighbourhood of that most famous palace which, as Spartianus witnesses, was built by Hadrian in his villa at Tibur, furnished the occasion for the death of these saints. For when the emperor had ordered this royal residence, which he had built for his own pleasure, to be purified by some expiatory ceremonies or other, the priests seized this occasion to accuse Symphorosa, saying that nothing at all would please the gods unless Symphorosa first either sacrificed to them or were herself sacrificed. Which latter course Hadrian, who is known from many other deeds of his to have been excessively superstitious, carried out about the year of Christ 120, that is, near the beginning of his reign: at which time, as Dio Cassius notes, this emperor committed very many murders.

III. « Caeterum horum martyrum memoria in antiquissimis quibusque Martyrologiis celebratur, quamvis diversis diebus. Romanum quippe cum Notkero eos recolit die 18 Julii, Rabanus die 21 ejusdem mensis, Usuardus et Ado die 21 mensis Junii. In via Tiburtina supersunt adhuc rudera veteris ecclesiae, ut monet Aringus, quae olim sub eorum nomine Deo consecrata fuerat, quaeque hactenus Ad septem fratres vocabulum retinet. Eam autem in eo loco constructam fuisse non dubito, quem pontifices in Actis, § IV, Ad septem Biothanatos, id est violenta morte peremptos, ut notat Baronius, appellarunt. »

III. "Moreover, the memory of these martyrs is celebrated in all the most ancient Martyrologies, although on different days. For the Roman Martyrology, together with Notker, commemorates them on the 18th day of July, Rabanus on the 21st day of the same month, and Usuard and Ado on the 21st day of the month of June. On the Via Tiburtina there still survive the ruins of an ancient church, as Aringhi points out, which had formerly been consecrated to God under their name, and which to this day retains the name Ad septem fratres. And I do not doubt that it was built in that place which the pontiffs in the Acts, § IV, called Ad septem Biothanatos, that is, those slain by a violent death, as Baronius notes."

Huc usque vir eruditus. Plura vero, praeter Tillemontium, praestabunt Bollandiani ; qui fuse pro more atque accurate satis ea omnia discutiunt, quae ad horum martyrum Acta pertinere noscuntur.

Thus far the learned man. More, however, besides Tillemont, the Bollandists will supply, who at length, according to their custom, and with sufficient accuracy discuss all those things that are known to pertain to the Acts of these martyrs.

Editors' notes and page, col. 95

Footnotes

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(82) · call not on this page (Admonitio)

Aring., Rom. subter. lib. IV, cap. 17.

Aringhi, Roma subterranea, book IV, chapter 17.

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(83) · call not on this page (Admonitio)

Baron. ad an. 138, § 5.

Baronius, under the year 138, § 5.

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(84) · call not on this page (Admonitio)

Tillem., Mém. eccl. tom. II, pagg. 241, 595.

Tillemont, Mémoires ecclésiastiques, vol. II, pp. 241, 595.

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(85) · call not on this page (Admonitio)

Bolland., Act. SS. Junii tom. IV, pag. 350.

The Bollandists, Acta Sanctorum, June vol. IV, p. 350.

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(86) ‹anchor: responderunt et› · call in col 95

Confer Euseb. lib. II Vitae Constantin., cap. 50.

Compare Eusebius, Life of Constantine, book II, chapter 50.

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(87) ‹anchor: Vir meus Getulius› · call in col 95

Eorum memoriam celebrant Martyrologia ad diem 10 Junii, quo etiam die Surius et Bollandiani eorum Acta exhibent. In ms. Colbertino: Vir meus Zoticus cum fratre suo Amantio tribuno tuo cum essent ambo, etc.

The martyrologies keep their memory on 10 June, and on that day too Surius and the Bollandists give their Acts. In the Colbert manuscript: "My husband Zoticus, with his brother Amantius, your tribune, when they both were," etc.

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(88) ‹anchor: passionum suarum dantes› · call in col 95

Cod. Colbert., tropaea passionum suarum laudantes.

The Colbert manuscript: "praising the trophies of their sufferings."

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(89) ‹anchor: Beata Symphorosa› · call in col 96

Haec responsio cum sequenti interrogatione deest in cod. Colbertino.

This answer, with the question that follows, is missing in the Colbert manuscript.

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(90) ‹anchor: viro meo Getulio› · call in col 96

Sur., Cardulus et cod. Colbertin., Zotico.

Surius, Cardulus and the Colbert manuscript read "Zotico" (Zoticus).

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