The martiloge in englysshe after the vse of the chirche of salisbury [and] as it is redde in Syon, with addicyons.

Ianuary.

¶ The Martiloge was gadred & ordeyned to be redde by the holy doctour saynt Ierome / & is contynued in the chirche / that where all the sayntes may not (for theyr multytude) be syngulerly serued w^t offyce / they sholde at y^e leest vpon theyr dayes / knowen ouer euen / haue a memory / or breue remembraūce / wherby eue∣ry persone moued in grace accordynge vnto theyr de∣uocyon may worshyp them. The maner of redynge foloweth.

¶ Here begynneth the Martyloge after the vse of the chirche of Salysbury / and as it is redde in Syon / with addycyons.

TO morowe the fyrst day of Ianua∣ry shall be y^e feest of the circūcysyon of our lord & sauyour Chryst Iesu / wherin he fyrst shed his precyous blode for our redempcyon. At rome the feest of saȳt Almache a martyr that prechynge vnto y^e people / sayd vnto them in this maner. This daye (sayd he) is the octaue / or eyght daye of y^e byrth of our sauyour / wher¦fore ye people cease & put awaye your superstycyous / your false religyon / & your worshyppynge of ydolles / and leue also your vnlawfull games. For the whiche wordes he was forthwith put to deth by y^e cōmaun∣dement of the Mayre & chefe offycer. At rome also the feest of .lx. soudyours or men of warre / that for Chryst were put to deth by y^e emperour Diocleciane. At rome also the feest of saynt Martyne a virgyn / that vnder y^e emperour Alexander was put to many dyuerse tur∣mentes / & at the last heded. At the cyte of spolete / the

feest of saynt Concorde a martyr / that in y^e tyme of An¦tonyne the emperour / was fyrst beten w^t staues / than hanged on a gybet / & after taken in to pryson a longe tyme fast fettred / & so pyned & nere famysshed / where notw^tstandynge he was conforted by aūgels / & at the last he ended his martyrdome slayne by the swerde. In Cesary the chefe cyte of Capadoce / the deposicyon of saynt Basyle a bysshop / whose chefe feest is kepte the .xiiij. daye of Iune. In Affryke the feest of saynt Fulgence bysshop of y^e chirche of ruspence / that for the fayth of Chryst / & for his noble doctryne / was exiled a longe tyme: but at y^e last he returned vnto his chirche & there honourable in lyuyng / & diligent in prechynge he made a holy ende. In the terrytory or fraūchest of Lyons the feest of saynt Augend an abbot / whose lyfe full of vertue & myracles / was grete lyght and good example vnto y^e people. In Alexander y^e feest of saynt Eufrosyne a virgyn.

¶ Addycyons.

Gregori{us} ¶ The feest also of an other saynt Fulgence / that was bysshop of Vtruculane / a man of grete holynes / that by myracle was delyuered from y^e cruelty of y^e kynge of Gotes. The feest also of saynt Odyle a holy abbot & of many myracles / moche liberal in almes / pyteous & mercyful in all correccyon / y^t whan he was chalenged & rebuked for prodygalite in expences / & as remysse & negligent in correccyon / he answered / sayenge / that yf he sholde be dampned / he had leuer it were for mercy thā for rygour. The feest also of many other holy sayn¦tes / martyrs / cōfessours & virgyns. This last clause / of many other sayntes. {etc} must euer be redde last.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde daye of Ianuary. At the cyte of Antio¦che y^e passyon of blessed saynt Ysidour a bysshop & mar¦tyr. In Thomis a cyte of pont / the feest of saynt Arge saynt Marcesse & saynt Marcellyne / all thre breder & chylder of age / y^t were taken amonge soudyours that were vnder the capytayne & prynce Licyne / & bycause they were founde of Chrystes fayth / they were fyrst beten & turmented nere vnto deth / & after taken in to pryson / & there almoost famysshed / & at the last they were drowned in the see. In the cyte of Thebaida the feest of saynt Machary an abbot. The feest also of saȳt Syridion a bysshop / & the octaue of saynt Steuen / & the feest of saynt Barbariā a confessour. At the towne of Syluiake / the feest of saynt Odilion a holy abbot / that was a pyteous man and of hygh perfeccyon.

¶ Addycyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saȳt Machary a preest of egypt / of many myracles that amonge other restored a woman vnto her owne fourme / y^t was wytched by nigromancy lyke vnto a beest. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfessours / & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of Ianuary. At rome in appia stre¦te the feest of saynt Anthery the pope / y^t whan he had well ruled y^e chirche of Chryst .xij. yeres / suffred deth & martyrdome vnder y^e emperour Maximyan / & was buryed in the cimitery of saynt Calixt. In the cyte of Aulane y^e feest of saynt Peter / y^t for Chryst folowynge his mayster suffred the deth of the crosse. At ellespont the feest of saynt Ciryke / saynt Prime & saynt Theo∣gene. At Paryse the feest of saynt Genofeue a virgyn of noble vertue / and consecrate by saynt Germayne.

The octaue also of saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst.

¶ Addycyons.

¶ At Padwey the feest of saynt Daniel a deacon and martyr / whose holy body was there foūde many ye∣res after his deth by reuelacyon made vnto a blynde woman y^t therby was restored to syght. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The fourth day of Ianuary / y^e feest of saynt Tyte discyple vnto saynt Paule the apostle / & of hym made preest & bysshop of cretens / that faythfully fulfyllyng the office of prechynge / made a blessed ende / & was bu¦ryed in the same chirche. In affryke the feest of saynt Aquilyne / saynt Gemyne / saynt Eugence / saynt Mar¦tiniane / saynt Quintyne / saynt Theodour / and saynt Tryphon all martyrs / whose noble actes & dedes ben wryten in theyr legendes. At Rome the feest of saynt Priske a preest / saynt Priscillyane a clerke / and saynt Benedicte a virgyn / y^t all togyder accomplisshed theyr martyrdome by y^e swerde in the tyme of the emperour Iulyane. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Dafrose / wyfe vnto saynt Fabyane the martyr / after whose deth she was fyrst exiled / & after by y^e mayre called prynce he∣ded. In bonony y^e feest of saynt Hermete / saȳt Aggey / & saynt Key martyrs / & the octaue of y^e Innocentes.

¶ Addycyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Rigobert archebysshop of re¦mens / a man of noble blode / & frō his youth of syngu∣ler sanctite / had in moche honour & drede / & yet more beloued of all persones. At cyzyke in hellespont y^e feest of saynt Theogenes a martyr / y^t was takē & brought vnto a company of soudyours / where he confessynge

Chryst / was beten w^t flayles / tyll .xviij. of them were fatigate & weryed / than was he put in prison & there nayled fast vnto a stocke / whome our sauyour with a grete multytude conforted w^t loude voyce / so that all y^e people myght here: yet after was he cast in to the see where in his drownynge was suche a sodeyn lyght & splendour / that all the people were stryken blynde / & therby all cōuerted / & honourably dyd bury his holy body cast vpon the land by y^e wawes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes martyrs / cōfes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The fyfth day of Ianuary. At rome y^e feest of saynt Thelesfory the pope / that was the seuenth pope after saynt Peter / & a noble martyr. At antioche the feest of saynt Symeon a monke / whose lyfe & conuersacyon was meruaylous holy. At westmynster y^e feest of saȳt Edwarde kynge & cōfessour. The octaue also of saynt Thomas of Caūterbury. And y^e euen of y^e epyphany.

¶ Addycyons.

¶ The feest also of two sayntes y^t were kȳnesmen vn¦to our sauyour Chryst / whose names be not rehersed but that in the tyme of y^e emperour Domiciane that slewe and put to deth all persones of the blode & kynne of Dauyd / these twayne were brought vnto hym / & whan he had examined them of Chryst / he toke theyr sayenge as folysshenes / & so suffred them to departe & they contynued in the chirche profytynge in the same vnto the tyme of the emperour Traianus / & bycause theyr daye is vnknowen as well as theyr names / I put them here in y^e feest of our sauyour. The feest also of many other holy sayntes mart. cōfessours & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The syxth day of Ianuary. The epyphany of our sauyour / in the whiche daye he was honoured of the thre kynges with gyftes of mystery / & in the whiche daye he accomplysshed in hymselfe the hygh offyce of our saluacyon / the sacred foūtayne of baptym / recey∣uynge y^e same of holy saynt Iohn̄ his precursor & fore goer.* 1.1 And in y^e whiche daye also he turned water in to wyne at y^e maryage in the cyte of Cane in y^e coūtree of Galile.* 1.2 In the terrytory of Remens the feest of saynt Macrea a virgyn / that by the mayre called rikciouare was cast hedlonge in to a grete fyre / & therin remay∣ned a longe tyme w^tout hurt / after she was kept longe in a foule stynkynge prison / & there nerehande famys∣shed / than were her brestes or pappes kytte away / & she after rolled naked vpon hote syndres & brennynge coles / & there in prayer she yelded the spiryte. At the cite of Redomis the feest of saynt Melane a bysshop & confessour of grete vertue and many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of y^e sayd .iij. kynges / called of Coleyn that in theyr homage dyd offre vnto our sauyour gol∣de / sence / & myrre: at whiche tyme after dyuerse au∣ctours / saynt Iasper called also Gaspar was of y^e age of .lx. yeres / saynt Balthazar of .xl. yeres / & saynt Mel¦chior .xx. that whan they came home in to theyr owne coūtrees by another waye (as is sayd in the gospell) they lefte & forsoke all gentilite & lyued a holy lyfe / yet styll vnbaptysed vnto y^e tyme y^t after y^e deth of Chryst saynt Thomas the apostle came in to ynde / of whome they receyued y^t holy sacrament of baptym & of cōfyr∣macyon / & were made w^t hym prechers of the fayth / & therin they dyed / whose holy bodyes were translate

by the emperour Constantyne in to y^e cite of constanty¦nople. And after they were trāslated agayne by saynt Eustorge bysshop of Myllen. And now they lye at Co¦leyn. The feest also of many other holy sayntes mar∣tyrs / confessours and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of Ianuary. The relacion or tydȳges of the chylde our sauyour Iesu in egypte. And y^e feest of saynt Luciane bysshop of antioche / that was a fa∣mous man of grete lernyng & eloquence / & for y^e fayth of Chryst he was put to deth in the cite of Nicodeme by the persecucyon of y^e emperour Maximiane / & bu∣ryed at helionople in bithynie. At antioche the feest of saynt Clere a deacon / that for Chryst was .vij. tymes racked and put to many turmentes / famysshed in pry¦son / and at the last heded. In the cite of Heraclea the feest of saynt Felix and saynt Ianuary.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Siricius pope / that among other noble actes dyd make an ordynaūce & constytu∣cyon / that no preest sholde saye masse but in places or awters halowed by a bysshop. The feest also of saynt zozyme pope also / that was a man of grete vertue / & vnto poore people very liberall & moche beneficyall / & ordeyned that preestes sholde kepe no tauernes ne sell mete or drynke. The feest also of saynt Simplyce / the nexte pope after saynt Hilarye / a grete holy man / and he ordeyned that no man of the chirche sholde receyue his habyte of a ley man. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of Ianuary. At campane in naples

the feest of saȳt Seueryne a bysshop & cōfessour / that was broder vnto saynt Victoryne y^e martyr / & a man of grete holynes. At beluake the feest of saȳt Luciane a bysshop / saynt Maximian a preest / & saynt Iulyan a deacon all martyrs by the swerde. The feest also of saynt Eugenian a martyr. At augustudune the feest of saynt Eugenian a bysshop. In greke land the feest of saynt Timothie a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Wolsyn a bysshop & cōfessour / borne of noble blode in y^e cite of London / & for bycause he was all gyuen vnto vertue in youthe / his frendes put hym into y^e abbey of westmynster / where after he was abbot / & after that bysshop of shyrborne a man of harde lyfe / grete {per}feccion & many myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Seueryne an abbot of lyfe aūgelicall / that had the spiryte of {pro}phecy / & by y^e grace of his presence / euery cite where he came was preserued from y^e barbarous infydeles that destroyed many coūtrees. The feest also of saȳt Erhard bysshop of ratisponens / a man of moche pyte vnto the poore / & of notable vertue. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of Ianuary. At antioche y^e feest of saȳt Iulian an abbot of a .M. monkes / & of his wyfe saynt Basilysse a holy virgyn / for they departed by one as∣sent virgyns bothe in to religyon / & she dyed & all her virgyns before of whome she was abbesse / & he after was takē in the tyme of the emperours Dioclecian & Maximian & put to meruayllous turmentes & cruell deth & al his monkes & many y^t fledde vnto hym from

the horryble persecucyon / among whome was saynt Antonyne / saynt Anastase / & a chylde called saynt Cel¦sus w^t his moder & many other all brent. In affryke the feest of saynt Reuocate / saynt Firmyn / with other thre persones all martyrs. The feest also of saynt Pas¦casia a virgyn and martyr. In wentane the transla∣cyon of saynt Nidoke a confessour. In Cesariens the feest of saynt Marciane a virgyn and martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Marcellyne bysshop of aco∣nitane / an honourable man of holy lyf / that whan he was seke & myght not go / and the cite was all on fyre lyke hooly to haue ben lost / he cōmaūded to set hym in a chayre before the fyre / & so it ceased & dyd no hurte. In englonde y^e feest of saynt Adriane / borne in affryke & abbot of veridiane / that for his grete fame & syngu∣ler vertue was sent in to englonde w^t saynt Theodore that was prymate of englonde nexte after saynt Au∣gustyn / & saynt Adriane abbot of Caūterbury / & there lyued a holy lyf .xl. yeres in grete labours & prechynge & dyd many grete myracles bothe in his lyfe & after. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of Ianuary. In cipris y^e feest of saynt Nichanour / one of the .vij. deacons y^t were in the fyrst begȳnynge of y^e chirche / a man of grete & meruaylous vertue & grace of fayth. In the cite of thebaida y^e feest of saynt Paule the fyrst heremyte / whose blessed soule saynt Antony sawe cōuayde & caryed in to heuen by y^e quere & celestyall company of aūgels / apostles & other sayntes. At Rome the feest of saynt Melchiades the

pope / a man of grete vertue and holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Paule / whose syr∣name was symple / that fyndynge his wyfe w^t aduou¦try / forsoke her & went in to wyldernes / & was discy∣ple vnto saynt Antony / & he was after his name very symple & meke & synguler in the vertue of obedyence / he cured many {per}sones by myracle where saynt Anto∣ny fayled / he knewe y^e secrete thoughtes of many per∣sones / & had very many other graces. At bituricens y^e feest of saynt wylliam a bysshop & cōfessour / a man of noble blode / & of grete myracles & synguler sctīte. The feest also of many other holy saȳtes / mar. {con}fes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. daye of Ianuary. In affryke / the feest of saynt Saluer / at whose obit saynt Augustyn preched vnto y^e people of cartage. In alexander y^e feest of saynt Peter / saynt Seuere / & saynt Lucius all confessours whose actes ben notable.* 1.3

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Ygyn pope & martyr / that in the {per}secucyons of y^e emperour Seuere suffred moche trouble / & at the last was put to deth / he made many good ordynaūces / for he diuyded y^e degrees of y^e clergy & ordeyned y^t euery {per}sone shold in his baptym at y^e lest haue one godfader & one godmoder: & in cōfirmacyon one godfader or one godmod{er} / w^t many other. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Ianuary. In achaia y^e feest of saȳt Satary a martyr / that by y^e sygne of y^e crosse & a blast of his mouth / dyd ouerthrowe & cast downe an ydoll / for y^e whiche dede he was forthw^t heded. In maturi∣tane

at casary y^e feest of saynt Archade a martyr / a no∣ble man of byrth / but more noble in vertu & myracles. At nicomede the feest of saynt Pastor & saynt Victor.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond y^e feest of saynt Alrede an abbot / whose face beynge a chylde in his cradell / was seen bryght shynynge w^t beames y^t gaue shadowe as the sonne / & he was a man of very grete pacyence & many myra∣cles.* 1.4 In englonde also y^e feest of saynt Benedict a syr∣name bysshop an abbot / that buylded y^e monasteryes vpon y^e waters of were & tyne / & he was .v. tymes at Rome / frō whens he brought y^e chefe syngynge man of Rome to teche his monkes / and so brought he fyrst prycksonge in to englonde / he brought also thens ma∣ny royall bokes. And he fyrst brought in to englonde makers of glaswyndowes / & of stone wyndowes bar¦red. And he brought vp of a chylde the grete clerke of englonde called saynt Bede / that is comynly named the venerable or worshypfull Bede. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfessours & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of Ianuary. At rome in lauicane stre¦te the feest of .xl. soudyours / that in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Galien were put to dethe for Chryst. At pi∣ctauis the feest of saynt Hylary a bysshop & cōfessour / that for Chryst was exiled .iiij. yeres in to the lande of frige / where amonge many other grete myracles he reysed a persone from deth. At the chefe cite of reme / y^e feest of saynt Remyge a bysshop of synguler vertue / whome for his grete fame & strōge fayth the frensshe men haue in grete honour & worshyp. The octaue also of the epyphany.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At the castell of grauion the feest of saynt Vincent a holy man / & had reuelacyon of aungels / but fyrst he was a pagan & cōuerted by saynt Gregory nazanzene whose feest (after some bokes) is also this same daye The feest also of saȳt Fyrme a martyr / whose holy bo¦dy was foūde by myracle in y^e cite of ambience / in the translacyon wherof / y^e frost & yse was in Ianuary tur¦ned in to hete & pleasaūt weder as somer / so y^t the bare trees sodeynly florysshed & brought forth fruyte / wher by seke {per}sones were cured. In wales the feest of saȳt Kentegerne / that was goten his moder wyst not how whan / nor by whome / yet was she a holy woman / & moche loued our lady. whan the people perceyued she was with childe / she was (after the lawe than vsed) cast downe hedlonge from the heyght of a rocke / & yet scaped vnhurte / than was she put in to y^e see alone in a leder bote / & without sayle or ore / & came in to Yreland & there forthw^t trauayled / whiche an holy heremyte sawe in spiryte / & was cōmaunded to brynge vp the chylde / & with hym in youth he reysed two deed per∣sones / & dyd many myracles in scotlonde / englonde / & wales / where he was accompanyed w^t saynt Dauid & was there abbot of .ix.c.lxv. monkes / & yet he was before a bysshop in englonde of meruaylous hygh per¦feccyon. The feest also of saynt Longyse a confessour. And of many other holy sayntes / mart. cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of Ianuary. At nole a cite of cāpeyn the feest of saynt Felix a cōfessour / y^e as saynt Paulyne wryteth after many turmentes & longe imprisonmēt was delyuered by an aūgell. The feest also of another saynt Felix / naturall broder vnto the same / & a preest

and martyr. The trāslacyon also of saynt Fayth a vir∣gyn. And the feest of saynt Eufrase a bysshop. And of saynt Clere a deacon: and of saynt Ponciane.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Timothy bysshop of alexan∣der. And of an other saynt Felix / y^t after hath an other daye festyuale. The feest also of many other holy sayn¦tes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of Ianuary the feest of sayntes Aba∣cuke & Micheas y^e {pro}phetes / whose holy bodyes were foūde by diuyne reuelacyon / in y^e tyme of y^e emperour Archadius. In egypte the feest of saynt Machary an abbot / that was discyple vnto saȳt Antony / a man of grete fame & myracles. The feest also of saȳt Ysydour an honourable man / of holy lyuyng / grete fayth / and wonderous in myracles. In auerne the feest of saynt Bonyte a bysshop & cōfessour / whose lyfe by synguler vertue was vnto the people a lanterne of lyght. In y^e terrytory of andogauence the feest of saynt Maure an abbot / & discyple vnto saynt Benet / y^t by his maysters cōmaūdement went vpon the water / & toke out of the same a chylde called saynt Placidus / y^t was in peryll. The feest also of saynt Maulean an abbot of grete ho∣lynes and vertue.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelande the feest of saynt Dorythy / that by an other name is called also saynt Sythe / y^t was of grete blode / & whan she sholde haue ben maryed vnto a gen¦tyle / she fledde vnto a monastery of virgyns / where y^e deuyll appered vnto her / & whan he coude not {per}suade nor entreate her to leue her purpose / he thretened her / but all she despysynge toke y^e nexte morowe y^e habyte

and was after abbesse of holy lyfe & many myracles / she moche loued pouerte / in so moche y^t whan golde & ryches was offred vnto her / she cast it from her with disdayne / & called for water to wasshe her handes by∣cause she had touched that fylthy mucke & dungue of the erth. The feest also of an other saynt Micheas a prophete also / that was of y^e cite of morast / of whome saynt Ierome wryteth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of Ianuary. At rome in salary strete the feest of saynt Marcell pope / y^t by the iudge Maxi∣mian was for Chrystes fayth set to be comun herde & to kepe swyne & beestes / wherin as a bondman he con¦tynued many yeres / weryng harde here / and doynge grete pennūce / wherin he dyed. In the cite of aurela∣tens y^e feest of saynt Honorate a confessour / whose lyfe in doctryne and myracles was very honourable. In odoberg y^e feest of saynt Ticiane a bysshop & cōfessour. In the monastery of patron the feest of saȳt Furcey a cōfessour / y^t oftētymes was inrapt & had meruaylous vysyons & dredefull reuelacyons. At Rome the feest of saynt Pricill a virgyn of synguler sanctite & holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Marcell bysshop of anticyrane / of whome saynt Ierome wryteth. And y^e feest of saynt Felix bysshop of tubabocens / & a martyr. And of an other saȳt Honorate bysshop of ambianens a man of grete miracles / whan one tyme in his masse he sholde after the pax haue receyued y^e sacrament / he sawe the ryght hande of Chryst take the hoste frō his hande & put it in his mouth / & so he was cōmuned of

Chryst hymselfe. The feest also of the thyrde saynt Ho¦norate an abbot of .cc. mōkes / a man of strayte dyete & precyse in silence. The feest also of saȳt Melance a bys∣shop of grete mekenes / & for Chryst he suffred exyle & moche trouble. And y^e feest of saynt Faust y^t fyrst was an abbot / & after a bysshop / a holy man & a grete cler∣ke. The feest also of saynt Sigybert y^t was a kyng of englonde / & by enemyes chased in to fraūce / where he receyued the fayth of Chryst & was baptysed / & resto∣red vnto his kyngdome / where he set vp scoles of ho∣ly scripture / & after resygned his crowne to a kynnes∣man / & was a monke of hygh {per}feccyon / & at y^e last he was martyred for the faythe. The feest also of saynt Henry that was borne in y^e north partyes of englonde of noble blode / & whan he sholde haue ben maryed / he had reuelacyon to go in to y^e yle of coket besyde northū∣berlond / where he lyued a strayte lyfe / and had many reuelacions / and dyd grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. daye of Ianuary. In thebaida the feest of saynt Antony / whose holy body was foūde by reue¦lacyon in the tyme of y^e emperour Iustiniane / & was brought in to alexander / & there buryed in y^e chirche of saynt Iohn̄ baptist. At lynguon y^e feest of saynt Sew∣syppe / saynt Helewsyppe / and saynt Melewsyppe all breder & martyrs / that in the tyme of y^e emperour Au∣reliane were put to deth / & with them saynt Leonyll theyr graūdmoder / & saynt Ionyll / saynt Neon / and saynt Theon. In biturica the feest of saynt Sulpyce a martyr / whose holy lyfe & precyous deth ben gretly cōmended by many gloryous myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Andoke and saynt Benigne preestes & martyrs / y^t were discyples vnto saynt Po∣licarpe a bysshop & discyple vnto saynt Iohn̄ y^e euan∣gelyst / & these two preestes cōuerted many coūtres / & dyd grete miracles / & at the last were put to deth / & w^t them saynt Tyrs / w^t other {per}sones many. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of Ianuary. The feest of saynt Pe∣ter called cathedra / that is to saye / his chayre or trone wherin he was fyrst stalled at rome. The feest also of saynt Prisce a virgyn and martyr. At pont the feest of saynt Moyses & saynt Ammon that were lectours in order / but fyrst men of warre / where they were accu∣sed & boyled in lede / & cast in to a grete fyre & brent.* 1.5 At wyllenchester the deposicyon of saynt Vulstane a bys∣shop & confessour. In the monastery of turon the feest of saynt Leonard / y^t forsoke his kynne & coūtree & bare in hymselfe y^e crosse of Chryst / & in y^e same monastery enclosed hymselfe as an ancre in a very narowe place or sell.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of sayt Deicolus an abbot of englond that was fyrst discyple vnto saynt Colūbane / & after he buylded a monastery & was abbot of hygh perfec∣cyon / a well sprange sodeynly where he set his staffe / and he reysed a deed corps / with many other notable myracles. The translacyon also of saynt Lucye vnto venyse / the yere of our lorde .M.xl. And the feest of ma¦ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. daye of Ianuary. At smyrme the feest of

saynt Germanyke a martyr / that vnder the tyraūtes Marke / Antony & Luce awreyle iudges / was put to wylde beestes to be deuoured / & so had the crowne of martyrdome. At spolete in y^e tyme of y^e emperour An∣tonyne the feest of saynt Ponciane a martyr / that by a cruel iudge was fyrst scourged / than caused to walke vpon hote coles barefote / after hanged vpon a racke full of hokes y^t rent all his flesshe / & yet put agayne in pryson / where he was cōforted by aūgels / & at y^e last after many turmentes he was slayne by the swerde. In the fraūchest of dorkasyn the feest of saynt Lāno∣myare a preest. And y^e translacyon of saynt Branwal∣latour a bysshop and cōfessour. The feest also of saynt Vulstane bysshop of worcester / a man of synguler san¦ctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Bassiane bysshop of landens that was borne of pagans and sent to rome to study / where he receyued baptym / & by reuelacyō was sent to rauen / and after made bysshop of landens / a man of hygh v{er}tue & many myracles / he buryed saȳt Ambro∣se. The feest also of many other holy sayn. m̄. cō. & v{er}g.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Ianuary. At rome the feest of saynt Fabiane pope / that whan he had ruled y^e chirche. xiiij yeres / was in the tyme of Decius y^e emperour put to martyrdom / & buryed in the chircheyerde of saynt Ca¦lixt. At kathacūbe the feest of saynt Sebastian a mar¦tyr / that was chefe capyteyn w^t the emperour Diocle∣cian / & brought forth as a prisoner w^t a tytle / that is to say / a paper vpon his heed / to declare y^t he was a true chrystian / & so he was boūde vnto a stake in y^e myddle of the felde for the soudyours to shote at / & yet at y^e last

they bette hym to deth w^t clubbes. In cornel strete the feest of saynt Marius & of his wyfe saynt Martha / & of theyr two sones saynt Audifax & Abacuke / al borne in perse of noble lignage / & all came to rome in pilgry∣mage in y^e tyme of y^e grete prȳce Claudi{us} / where they were put to many turmentes / fyrst beten w^t staues / than racked & torne w^t hokes / theyr handes cut of / cast in y^e fyre / and Martha was slayne in a bath / & all the other heded and theyr bodyes brent in the fyre.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde y^e feest of saynt Fekyne / of the kynges blode / whose byrth was before shewed by reuelacyon and after he was an abbot of hygh perfeccyon / he he∣led y^e blynde & defe so borne / lepres & palseys / & reysed thre {per}sones to lyfe / w^t many other myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of Ianuary. The feest of saynt Publy the second bysshop of athens after saynt Denyse / a no¦ble man of lernȳge & vertue / & for Chryst a martyr. At rome y^e feest of saȳt Agnes a virgyn / y^t by Symphro∣niane y^e mayre was cast in to a grete fyre / whiche by her prayer was quēched / & she after heded. In spayn at terascone y^e feest of saynt Fructuous a bisshop / saȳt Augurre & saynt Euloge bothe deacons / y^t in the tyme of Galiene y^e emperour were prisoned / & after boūden & cast in to a grete fyre whiche brēned theyr bondes & loused them w^tout grefe: than all they layd theyr han∣des in crossewyse eche ouer other / & prayed our lorde they myght be cōsumed w^t the fyre / and so they were. At trecas the feest of saynt Patroclus a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cesare palestyne the feest of saynt Thotist / saynt Dompne / saȳt Theotigne / & saȳt Agapy al bisshops. And y^e feest of many other holy sayn. mar. {con}fes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of Ianuary. The feest of saynt Ty∣mothe disciple vnto saynt Paule / whome he made bis∣shop of ephesy / & after many grete turmentes he had the crowne of martyrdome. In spayne at valentyne y^e feest of saynt Vincent a deacon / y^t vnder the iudge Da¦ciane in the tyme of y^e emperour Diocleciane & Maxi∣miane suffred meruaylous & many cruell turmentes & therby had y^e triūphe & noble victory of martyrdom. At rome the feest of saynt Anastace a monke & martyr that in cesary palestyne by the perses suffred his pas∣syon by many turmētes / & at the last heded / & w^t hym also .lxx. {per}sones. At ebredune y^e feest of an other saynt Vincēt / saynt Oronce & saynt Victor all holy martyrs

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Potite a martyr. And of an other saynt Anastace y^t was y^e popes notary in rome / And he forsoke his office and was a monke of suppen tona / where he was after abbot of hygh perfeccyon / and had reuelacion of his deth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfessours / & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of Ianuary. At philyppes the feest of saynt Parmene / one of y^e .vij. fyrst deacons / & bapty¦sed of y^e discyples of Chryst / & by y^e grace of prechynge he dyd moche {pro}fyte / & at y^e last he obteyned y^e glory of martyrdome. At rome the feest of saynt Emerenciane a virgyn / y^t as she was in prayer at the tombe of saynt Agnes / & there coūseyled other {per}sones to forsake theyr

lawe of gentylite / & bad y^e christyans beware of them she was taken & stoned to deth / & with her suffred also saynt Machare for y^e same cause. In maritymy at ge∣necesary the feest of saynt Seueriane / & of his wyfe saynt Aquila / that for Chryst were brent. At y^e cite of antinon̄ the feest of saynt Askle a martyr / y^t for Chryst was hāged & racked / & his body & rybbes beten w^t fyre hote plates / w^t many turmentes / & at the last drowned in a flode.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ This day after some auctours ben remembred the feestes of certayne sayntes of y^e olde testament / y^t is to saye / of our fyrst parentes saynt Adam & saynt Eue / saynt Abel & saynt Seth / saynt Enos and saynt Cay∣uan / saynt Malaliel & saynt Iared / saynt Enock and saynt Mathusale. At tolete the feest of saynt Nedol∣fons a bysshop of famous lyfe & grete doctryne. And y^e feest of many other holy sayntes / mart / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. daye of Ianuary. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Babyll / y^t in the {per}secucyon of the emperour De∣cius suffred oftentymes many turmentes / & yet dyed in pryson. And .iij. chylder (as is sayd) suffred passion and deth w^t hym / that is to saye / saynt Vrbane / saynt Prelidane & saynt Epolon. In cesary at geneo y^e feest of saynt Mardon / saynt Muson / saynt Eugen & saynt Marcel all martyrs / that were for Chryst brent / & the asshes cast in a ryuer. The feest also of saynt Codoke & saynt Tymothe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Modest a cōfessour / a famous man of singuler doctryne / & he confoūded the heretyte Marcion. The feest also of saynt Musan a preest & cō∣fessour / of grete lernynge also / and he made many bo∣kes

/ one specyally agaynst the heretyke Taciane and his secte or company called Eucratykes. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. daye of Ianuary. the cōuersyon of saynt Paule / y^t gracyously happed in the seconde yere after the ascencyon of our lorde Iesu. At Damaske the feest of saynt Ananye that baptysed the same holy apostle saynt Paule. At auerne the feest of saynt Proiect and saynt Amaryne martyrs / that were put to deth by y^e states of the same cite. At gauale y^e feest of saynt Se∣ueryane a bysshop of grete holynes & doctryne. At lu∣cas castell the feest of saynt Lyuence a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At lyons in fraūce y^e feest of saynt Pagate a preest & confessour / & of saynt Vect a confessour / y^e in the perse∣cucyon of y^e emperour Antonyn / w^t many other {per}sones nere innumerable of y^e same cite / were put to deth for Chryst. The feest also of saynt Alcippiade a martyr / y^t was of strayte abstynence / & that also whan he was in prison / wherfore reuelacyon was shewed vnto saȳt Attale a prisoner also with hym & martyr / that his fe¦lowe dyd not well in y^t strayte abstynence / & so he was refourmed / & they bothe togyder martyred. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of Ianuary. At smyrme the feest of saynt Policarpe a bysshop / y^t was discyple vnto saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst / & by hym made prymate of all asye / & after he was accused vnto the prynces Marke Antonyn & Lucius aurel / & put to deth by y^e fyre brent And w^t hym .xij. other {per}sones also y^t came w^t hym from

philadolph. The feest also of saynt Theogenes & other xxxvj. persones / y^t all togyder were put to deth by the emperour Lyzyne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Ionas the {pro}phete y^t as a fy∣gure of Chryst was .iij. dayes in y^e bely of a whale / & that preched vnto the cite of Niniue / & he is one of the xij. prophetes nombred in scrypture.* 1.6 The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of Ianuary. the feest of saynt Iohn̄ crisostom bysshop of constantynople / one of the .iiij. do∣ctours of the grekes / that by his profoūde doctryne & holy example of lyfe / dyd moche {pro}fyte the religyon of Chryst. The feest also of saynt Marius abbot of boba∣cens / whose holy lyfe wryteth y^e holy fader saynt Dy∣name. In bethleem Iude y^e feest of saynt Paula a no∣table woman / whose holy lyfe saynt Ierom wryteth & therin testifyeth y^t she was crowned w^t longe martyr¦dom. In affryke the feest of saynt Auite a martyr. At cenoman̄. the feest of saynt Iulian that was the fyrst bysshop of y^t cite / & he was the same Symon leprose w^t whome our sauyour dyned / whan Mary mawdeleyn was cōuerted. The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ an abbot of meruaylous sanctite and hygh perfeccyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Iulian / and of his wyfe saynt Castell / whose legend is redde in y^e frater. And this is he vnto whome the people praye for good herborowe or lodgȳge. The feest also of y^e thyrde saynt Iulian a man of noble blode / and of his seruaūt saynt Fereole bothe martyrs. The feest also of y^e fourth saȳt Iulian a martyr also y^e was put to dethe in y^e tyme of

the emperour Dioclecian. And y^e feest of saynt Paule the pope / a man of {pro}foūde mekenes / & very pyteous & mercyfull / & a grete defender of the chirche / for often tymes he wrote sharpe lettres vnto y^e emperours Cō∣stantyne & Leo / & refourmed theyr errours / & he fyrst ordeyned that diuyne seruyce & the houres in lent / all saue complyn / sholde be done before none / with many other notable actes & grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Adiute abbot of carnotens / called now portese / a man of hygh {per}feccyon / & had reuelacyon of his deth & dyd many myracles / bothe in his lyfe & after. And y^e feest of many other holy sayntes / mar. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. daye of Ianuary. At rome the seconde feest of saynt Agnes. In apollonia the feest of saynt Lewce / saynt Trice & saynt Galenice all martyrs / y^t in the tyme of the emperour Decius were put to deth & heded. In alexander y^e feest of saynt Ciryll bysshop of the same / a noble doctour / & a grete defender of Chry∣stes chirche. In the monastery of reomens the feest of saynt Iohn̄ a preest of holy cōuersacyon. And the feest of saynt Charles the emperour / called Charlemayne that wanne the holy lande and dyd grete myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iulian a confessour / whose syrname was sabba an heremyte of holy lyfe & moche applyed to contemplacyon / & he had the spiryte of pro¦phecy. The feest also of an other saynt Iulian a cōfes∣sour also / that was a man of grete wytte & hygh ler∣nynge / bothe in greke & latyn / & very eloquent / and he wrote many noble werkes / & was a grete almes man In y^e territory of trecacyne / the feest of saynt Fabian a

martyr. The feest also of an other saynt Ciryll bisshop of Ierusalē / & he was a grete clerke & famylyer with saynt Ierome / & wrote many of his myracles / & bu∣ried hym. Here ben remembred (after some auctours) certayne holy faders of the olde testament / saynt Noe that made the shyppe & therin was saued whan all y^e worlde (except y^t shyppe) was drowned. Saynt Sem also & saynt Arphaxat / saynt Sale & saȳt Heber / saȳt Falek & saynt Rewe / saynt Saruke & saynt Nachor / saynt Thare & saynt Aram. And y^e feest of many o. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Ianuary. At rome in numentane strete y^e feest of saynt. Papie & saȳt Maure soudyours that for the cōfessyon of Chryst were put to many tur∣mentes by the mayre Laodice / knocked on the mouth with stones tyll theyr tethe fell out / & than after hard prison / beten w^t staues & with plūmettes of lede vnto deth. At treuer y^e feest of saynt Valery a bisshop & discy¦ple vnto saynt Peter. In the territory of trecas y^e feest of saynt Saluniane / that for Chryst was heded by y^e emperour Iulian. The feest also of saynt Gyld a holy man.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the cite of mutyne the feest of saynt Geminian a noble man borne / & from youth gyuen all to vertue / and so bysshop of the same cite / & of many grete myra∣cles & hygh {per}feccion. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. day of Ianuary. At antioche the passyon of saynt Ypolite a martyr / y^t fyrst was somwhat decey¦ued by a sysmatyke & false heretyke called Innouate / but after by the grace of god he was refourmed & dyd returne vnto y^e charite of Chrystes chirche / in y^e whi∣che

for the same he nobly suffred deth. At Ierusalem y^e feest of saynt Mathye a bysshop / of whome ben wry∣ten many meruaylous actes / & grete turmentes / and yet notwithstandynge he dyed in the peace of Chryst. The feest also of saynt Flauian a martyr. In the terri¦tory of paryse the feest of saynt Batyld a quene.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The trāslacyon of saynt Marke y^e euāgelyst / whan his holy body was brought from alexander vnto Ve∣nyse / in y^e tyme of the emperour Leo / & the duke of Ve¦nyse was than Iustiniane. the yere of our lorde .cccc.lxv. where were done many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. daye of Ianuary. In alexander the feest of saynt Metran a martyr / that in the same cite was put to many turmētes / his lymmes broken / his eyes put out / & at the last stoned to deth. In y^e same cite also the feest of saynt Saturnyn / saynt Tyrce & saynt Vi∣ctor. And the passyon of saynt Cyre & saynt Iohn̄ mar¦tyrs. In y^e monastery of malbody y^e feest of saynt Alde¦gunde a holy virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In alexander y^e feest of saynt Apollony a confessour a man of grete lernyng / y^t wrote agaynst y^e heretykes called cataphriges / & confounded theyr opynyons. At ephesum the feest of saynt Policrate bisshop of y^e same cite / a noble man of doctryne and holy lyfe / of whome Eusebius wryteth. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

Februar̄. THe fyrste daye of February. the feest of saynt Ignace a bysshop & martyr / that after saynt Peter was y^e thyrde bysshop of antioche / a man of pro

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soūde doctryne & a grete precher / y^t in the persecucyon of y^e emperour Traianus was as a prisoner boūden & brought to rome / where in presence of the emperour & the senate he was put to meruaylous turmētes / & at the last he was cast vnto wode & rampynge lyons / & of them deuoured. At smyrme the feest of saynt Pion a martyr / that for Chryst was put in prison / where by his holy exhortacyons he conforted many persones / & made them stronge in herte & redy to martyrdome / & he was put to many varyaūt turmentes / & at the last nayled fast vnto a table & so hanged ouer a grete fyre vnto deth / w^t whome were put to deth .xv. other per∣sones. The feest also of saynt Effrem a deacon of y^e chir¦che of edissen. At tricas the feest of saynt Paule a bys∣shop / whose lyfe by many grete vertues was lauda∣ble / & his deth by myracles moche cōmended. In scot∣londe the feest of saynt Brigide / called comynly saynt Bryde / whose lyfe in vertue & myracles was very fa∣mous. The feest also of saynt Pollicarpe & saynt Se∣ueryne bothe bysshops.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Seuer / that whan he was a poore symple man vnlerned / was chosen bysshop of rauen by myracle of a fyry pyller & bryght beme that descended from heuen & remayned vpon hym / forth w^t after whiche eleccyon he was lerned in all y^e offyce of a bysshop / & eloquent in prechynge / he moche edifyed by holy lyf & many miracles. The feest also of an other saynt Seuere / borne in the same cite / a preest of hygh perfeccyon & grete myracles / amonge whiche he rey∣sed one {per}sone to lyfe / of whose fame y^e emperour Maxi∣mian heryng / sent for hym / & bycause he wold not do sacrefyce vnto the ydolles / he caused hym to be heded /

whose soule in the syght of the people was caryed by∣twene two aungels in to heuen. The feest also of the thyrde saynt Seuere / whose syrname was symple / a preest & cōfessour / borne in aquyne of noble lygnage / a man of hygh doctryne / & made many werkes / he was discyple vnto saȳt Martyn / whose lyfe he wrote / & fo∣lowed the same in vertue and myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde daye of February. the purificacyon of our lady saynt Mary / & y^e oblacyon of our sauyour Ie¦su in the temple / accordynge vnto the lawe of Moyses whome Symeon takynge in armes sayd.

Nūc dimit¦tis seruū tuū dn̄e. {etc}

by the visyon of whose beauty & bryghtnes all this worlde is illumyned & lyghtned / & vnto ryght fayth of saluacyon repared. At cesary the feest of saynt Cornelius / whome saȳt Peter baptysed that in the same cite was bysshop / & of grete holynes. At rome in salary strete the feest of saynt Apropinian that was a gentyle / & beynge in the company of saynt Sysyn a deacon / herde a voyce frō heuen sayenge vn∣to the saued soules these wordes of the gospel. Venite bn̄dicti pr̄is mei. {etc} that is saye / come ye blessed chyl∣der of my fader / & receyue the realme or kyngdome of heuen / prepared & ordeyned for you from y^e begȳnyng of the worlde / by the whiche voyce he was cōuerted & baptysed / & after for the confessyon of Chryst he was heded. At rome also the feest of saynt Fortunate / saynt Feliciane / saynt Fyrme / & saynt Cādidus. At orliaūce the feest of saynt Frustole a bysshop. At doroberne the feest of saynt Laurence an archebysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Heraclyte a cōfessour / of grete lernyng / & made many werkes / of whome Eusebius wryteth.* 1.7 And the feest also of saynt Maximus a grete clerke also / of whome is wryten in y^e same place. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of February. in sebasten the feest of saynt Blase a bisshop / that werkyng many myracles was taken by y^e iudge Agricolaus & beten / scourged & hanged on a racke / & there his flesshe torne w^t hokes / & yet put longe in pryson / & after cast in to a stynkynge podell or lake / & at y^e last he was heded / & with hym were slayne two yonge men / & .vij. women y^t gadred his blode as relykes from the groūde. In affryke the feest of saynt Celeryne a deacon / & of saynt Laurence / saynt Ignace / and of a woman called also saynt Cele∣ryne martyrs / of whose martyrdome saynt Cipriane wryteth a pystle. At nice the feest of saynt Triphon a martyr / y^t was put to deth in the tyme of y^e emperour Decius. At wapyng y^e feest of saynt Tygryde & saynt Remedy bothe bysshops / & the feest also of saynt war∣burge a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of saynt Iohn̄ bysshop & pa∣triarke of the same cite / that for his pite & large almes was called by syrname y^e almeser / a noble man borne & of grete lernyng / holy of lyf & of many myracles. At nouariens the feest of saynt Gaudence bysshop of the same cite / y^t was disciple & scrybe vnto saynt Martyn and after his mayster of lyfe & myracles. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The fourth daye of February. in egypt at thymus

the feest of saynt Syle a bysshop / that in the same cite (as the story ecclesiastyke sheweth) was put to deth / & w^t hym the capytaynes owne chylder / & other chry∣styans innumerable. At rome in y^e market place y^e pas¦syon of saynt Aquilyne / saynt Gemyne / saynt Gelas / saynt Magnus / & saynt Donate martyrs. At trecas the feest of saynt Auentyne a bysshop & cōfessour. The feest also of saynt walburge a virgyn / & of saynt Gyl∣bert a cōfessour. At glocester the feest of saynt Eldade.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Symeon the holy prophete that in y^e presentacyon of our sauyour toke hym in his armes / sayenge Nūc dimit. {etc} The feest also of saynt Phyllorony / y^t beholdynge y^e cōstancy of saynt Syle / and the cruelty of the iudge / openly reproued hym / for the whiche he was put to the same deth. The feest al¦so of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The fyfth daye of February. in cicyle at cathenens the feest of saynt Agas virgyn & martyr / that suffred for Chryst many meruaylous and cruell turmentes / strokes / buffets / imprisonment / rackyng / scourgyng / her māmelles or pappes kytte frō her body / tumbled & turned naked vpon hote syndres & brennynge coles / & at the last vnder y^e iudge Quinciane she was slayne in pryson. At vien̄ the feest of saynt Adiut a bysshop & cōfessour / by whose wysdome & doctryne the frensshe countree was preserued from arryanes heresyes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Ingemyne bisshop of sabio∣nens / a holy man & of grete cōstancy. The feest also of saynt Albuyne bysshop of brixinens / a famous man of

many myracles. Here ben remēbred certayne sayntes of y^e olde testament / the hygh patriarke & preest saynt Abraham / vnto whome was made the fyrst expresse promesse of our sauyour & saluacyon. saynt Sare his wyfe. saynt Melchisedek preest & kyng of Ierusalem after whose order Chryst in scripture is called a preest sayenge the prophete. Tu es sacerdos ineternū scdm ordinem melchisedech. Saynt Lot neuewe & broders sone vnto Abraham. Saynt Ysaac the patriarke sone & heyre vnto Abraham / that was borne whan his fa∣der was of y^e age of .C. yeres / & his moder Sara .lxxx. Saynt Rebecca his wyfe / saȳt Iacob theyr sone / saȳt Rachel & saynt Lia his wyues / & the .xij. patriarkes his sones / of whome came all the .xij. tribes & chylder of israel / whose names ben these. Ruben / Symeon / Leui / Iudas / Isachar / zabulon / Gad / Aser / Dan / Neptalim / Ioseph / and Beniamyn. saynt Ioseph is more specially named / bycause he was sold in to egypt & ruled all y^e londe / & brought thyder his fader / breder & al his kynne / whose lignage was brought thens by myracle ouer the reed see. {etc} Saynt Effraim & saynt Manasses sones vnto Ioseph / all these ben here remē¦bred. And y^e feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. daye of February. At cesare capadoce / the feest of saynt Dorothe a virgyn & martyr / y^t was put to meruaylous paynes / she was closed in an huge in∣strumēt of metall made lyke a hors / all full of pryckes and hote as fyre / after scourged & her flesshe rent / & at the last heded / by whose example & exhortacyon a sco∣ler called Theophilus was cōuerted to Chryst / & forth with he was turmented in the same hors / & after lyke¦wyse

heded. At auerne the feest of saynt Antolian a martyr. The feest also of saynt Vedast called comynly in englysshe saynt Sawster / bysshop of traiectens / & of saynt Amand a bysshop also / & bothe gloryous / & of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Sotheris a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of an other saynt Dorothe of noble blode / that made vnto Chryst y^e vowe of chastite & in the persecucyon of y^e tyraūt Maxime y^t compelled men to worshyp ydolles / & women to breke chastyte / this holy virgyn fledde in to wyldernes / & there dyed in the peace of Chryst / by y^e example of whome / many other virgyns dyd the same / & so preserued theyr vir∣ginite. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Mele / saynt Melke and saynt Munyse bysshops / & of seynt Ryoke an ab∣bot / & all foure breder & neuewes vnto saynt Patryke by his syster saynt Darerke / all men of synguler san∣ctite & grete myracles. In yrelond also y^e feest of saynt Fynian an abbot / of grete byrth & more holynes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of February. In brytayne at august the feest of saynt Agyl a martyr & a bysshop. The feest also of saynt Moyses a bysshop y^t fyrst lyued in desert & there shewed many tokens of hygh vertue by ma∣ny myracles. And after he went abrode & cōuerted vn¦to Cryst a grete multytude & coūtrees of the sarasyns and was theyr bysshop / and by example & grete my∣racles and prechynge he moche edyfyed.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Moyses an abbot in the desert of syth a holy fader / of whome is wryten

in vitas patrū. The feest also of saynt Richard a cōfes∣sour / that was a kynge of englonde / & for grete deuo∣cyon he lefte his kyngdome & went in pylgrymage to rome with his two sones saynt wyllybald and saynt wenebald / & as he returned he dyed in y^e cite of luke / & his sones came home / & one was a bysshop / & y^e other an abbot. And theyr sister the kynges doughter saynt walpurge was an abbesse / and all of grete holynes & many myracles. At papye y^e feest of saynt Syre a bys∣shop of singuler sanctite & many myracles. And y^e feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of February. at armeny the lesse / the feest of saȳt Denyse / saȳt Emilian / & saȳt Sebastian. At alexander the feest of saynt Coynt a virgyn & mar∣tyr / that bycause she wolde not worshyp ydolles was drawen by y^e heles or feet thrugh y^e cite / & so they brake her bones & tare her flesshe tyll she dyed. In lusytane at corduba y^e feest of saȳt Salomon a martyr. At rome the feest of saynt Paule a bysshop / & y^e feest of saȳt Lu∣cius & saynt Ciriake.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Serapion / that with saynt Coynt was put to deth / & so were many other {per}sones for the persecucyon was so cruell than in alexander y^t fewe chrystyans myght escape. The feest also of ma∣ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. daye of February. at alexander the passyon of saynt Apolyne a virgyn / whose persecutours fyrst knocked out her tethe / and after bycause she wold not worshyp theyr ydols / she was brent / wylfully goyng her selfe in to the fyre. In cipris the feest of saynt Am∣monye

and saynt Alexander. In rone the feest of saynt Ausbert bysshop of the same cite / of grete holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond the feest of saynt Theliaus / that is cal∣led saynt Elios / & y^e comyn people done call hym saynt Eliud / a noble man borne / & from youth applyed vnto vertue / & whan he was lerned in scripture / he herd y^e fame of saynt Paulyn in wales / & thyder comyng he foūde there saynt Dauid / & they twayne lyued togy∣der as breder: in theyr tyme the pictes hethen men en∣tred englonde & destroyed many places & slewe moche people / & a prynce & capytayne of them went in to wa¦les / y^t by this holy saynt was cōuerted / & he had reue∣lacyon to go w^t saynt Dauid & saynt Paterne vnto Ie¦rusalem / where they all thre preched in y^t tongue that before they neuer knewe / as the apostles / & in all lan∣guages / & dyd there & by the waye many grete myra∣cles / & whan they came home / saynt Dauid was ar∣chebysshop of wales / & this saynt a bysshop / & whan he was deed thre coūtrees dyd cōtend & stryue for his body / & at y^e last by coūseyle they fell all vnto prayer / & cōmytted the iudgement vnto almighty god & our sa∣uyour Iesu / & on y^e morowe after they foūde there thre bodyes / all & eueryche so lyke vnto other / that no diffe¦rence myght be noted / wherfore euery of the thre coū∣trees praysynge god toke one body / one of them lyeth at landaf / the seconde at kayrmyrthyn / & the thyrde in west wales. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of February. at rome the feest of saynt zotyke / saynt Hyerene / saȳt Iacynct / & saynt Amance all martyrs. In the eest coūtree the feest of saynt So∣theris

a virgyn / y^t after many varyaūt turmentes ac∣complysshed her martyrdome by the swerde. At rome also in lauican strete the feest of .x. soudyours. At y^e ca∣stell of cassyn the feest of saynt Scolastica a virgyn / & sister vnto saynt Benet. In the territory of rone y^e feest of saynt Austrobert a virgyn / & y^e feest of saynt Merp∣wyn a virgyn / & y^e translacyon of saynt Gertrude vir∣gyn & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Apy a confessour and a grete clerke / that wrote many werkes / & in the cōfessyon of Chrystes faythe very famous. And the feest of saynt Sext a cōfessour also / & of hygh doctryne / that made a noble treatyse of the resurreccyon of Chryst / & of y^e ge∣nerall resurreccyon. And y^e feest also of saynt Arabiane a cōfessour / & a lerned man also / that confoūded many heretykes / of whome saynt Eusebius wryteth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of February. at lyons the feest of saynt Desyre a bysshop & cōfessour / & of saynt Ponce a mar∣tyr. At castelnaūt the feest of saynt Seueryne / abbot of aganens / by whose prayer y^e noble kynge Clodoueus was cured of a grete sekenes. At alexander the feest of saȳt Eufras a virgyn / y^t in her monastery was by syn¦guler vertue / grete abstinēce & many myracles moche famous & honourable.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In alexander the feest of saynt Leonides a martyr that was naturall fader vnto y^e grete clerke Orygene that than beynge of y^e age of .xvij. yeres wrote a pystle vnto his fader a prysoner / wyllyng hym to be cōstaūt in y^e fayth / for y^t whiche he gladly toke his deth / heded with a swerde. The feest also of saynt Māmy a quene

& moder vnto the emperour Alexander / y^t was cōuer∣ted by the same grete clerke Orygene / & by her owne sone y^e sayd emperour put to deth for Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. daye of February. At hylpane the feest of saynt Eulale a virgyn / y^t was put to deth in barcinon by y^e emperour Dioclecian. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Saturnyn a preest / saynt Datyue / saynt Felix / saynt Apely / w^t many other all martyrs / that by y^e procōsull Auolyn were put to deth. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Modest and saynt Ammony bothe chylder. The feest also of saynt Machary / saynt Ruffyne / & saynt Iust.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cesary capadoce the feest of saȳt Firmiliane bys∣shop of y^e same cite / & discyple vnto y^e grete clerke Ori∣gene / & the feest of saynt Theodour & saynt Anthino∣dour naturall breder & disciples also vnto y^e same Ori∣gene / that for theyr grete lernynge & synguler vertue were cōpelled in theyr yonge age bothe to be bysshops The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of February. the translacyon of saynt Edward kynge & cōfessour / whose holy body was ta∣ken vp by prouydence of god & his owne reuelacyon / & by y^e ayde of his owne broder kynge Etheldrede / w^t the bysshops & clergye / & all the nobles of englond / & shry∣ned w^t grete honour / & set amonge other holy relykes. At antioche the feest of y^e holy {pro}phete saynt Agabus / of whome saȳt Luke wryteth in y^e actes of y^e apostles. At mylen in armenye the feest of saynt Poliact a mar∣tyr / whose name by interpretacyon is prayenge / or he

that prayeth. In the cite of andegaue the feest of saȳt Lizyne / a man of grete grauite and synguler sanctite. In brytayne the feest of saynt Ermenyld a virgyn of noble blode.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rauen the feest of saynt Fuske a virgyn of grete blode / that in y^e age of .xv. yeres was baptysed by the meanes of her nourysshe or brynger vp. saynt Maure that w^t her was put to dethe by the accusacyon of her owne fader. At graūtmoūt the feest of saynt Sephan an abbot / a noble man borne / of synguler vertue & ma∣ny wonderous myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Stephan an abbot also / that (as saynt Gregory wryteth) was of grete & hygh vertue / but synguler in pacience. The feest also of saynt Castor / of noble byrth and an abbot in desert / by whose prayer a shyppe was saued / & the {per}sones refourmed & made pyteous / with many other myracles. The feest also of saȳt Hyldebert bysshop of myldynens / a man of synguler {per}feccyon / y^t besyde many other grete myracles / reysed one {per}sone to lyfe. The feest also of saynt Iulian / & of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of February. At rome y^e feest of saynt Valentyn a preest & martyr / a man of many myracles specyally in curynge of the seke / & he was of grete ler∣nyng & stronge fayth / for the whiche he suffred many turmentes / in the tyme of the emperour Claude / & at the last heded. At Rome also the feest of saynt Vitale / saynt Felycule & saynt zenon all martyrs. At interam the feest of an other saynt Valentyne a bysshop & mar¦tyr / that after longe imprisonment & many turmētes was heded. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Basse / saynt

Antony & saynt Protholyke all martyrs / y^t for Chryst were drowned in y^e see. The feest also of saynt Ciryon a preest / & of saynt Moyses / saynt Bassimiane & saynt Agathon that were brent / & of saynt Denyse & saynt Ammon y^t were heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of saynt Syre a martyr / that bycause he wold not do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / was stryken in y^e bely w^t a swerde / & so y^e martyr of Chryst. In y^e same alexander the feest of saynt Cheramon bys∣shop of nicopole & a martyr / and of his wyfe / & many other {per}sones / that in y^e persecucyon of Decius y^e empe¦rour were murthered & pryuely slayne. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. daye of February. At rome y^e feest of saynt Craton a martyr / y^t was cōuerted by saynt Valentyne and soone after bothe he & his wyfe & all his houshold were put to deth. In bryxe the feest of saynt Faustyne & saynt Iouite a deacon martyrs. In fraūce at vasion the feest of saynt Quinyde a bysshop / whose precyous deth by many myracles is proued acceptable vnto our lorde. At interampnis the feest of saynt Agapes a vir∣gyn. At antioche the feest of saynt Ioseppe a deacon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Calocery y^t was put to deth with saynt Faustyne & saynt Iouite. The feest also of a certayne holy matrone / & of her two doughters vir∣gyns / whose names be vnknowen / y^t in y^e persecucyon of y^e emperours Dioclecian & Maximian were put to deth for Chryst. And the feest of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. daye of February. the feest of saynt Hone∣simus

/ of whome saynt Paule wryteth vnto Phile∣mon / & he was bisshop of ephesios / where saȳt Paule lefte hym w^t grete charge to preche / than was he accu¦sed & brought to rome & there stoned to deth / whose ho¦ly body was brought by his discyples where he was bysshop. At cume the feest of saynt Iulian virgyn and martyr / that suffred many turmentes / & kepte open batayle with the fende / & was cast in to a grete fyre / & after boyled in a potte / and at the last heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Honest a mārtyr / & of saynt Adaucte y^t was duke of a cite in fryge land / & in y^e per∣secucyon of Dioclecian / whan he & his cite all chrysty∣ans were desyred to do sacrefice / & they all denyed / the cite was set on fyre / & all the people nere innumerable brent. In alexander the feest of many martyrs / y^t in y^e same {per}secucyon were put to deth by many varyaūt & moost cruel turmentes. And y^e feest of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. daye of February. In egypte the feest of saynt Iulian a martyr / & of other {per}sones y^t with hym were put to deth for Chryst .v.M. In babilon a cite of perse the feest of saynt Policron a bysshop & martyr / y^t in the presence of y^e emperour Decius dyed in prayer. At corduba y^e passyon of saynt Donate / saynt Secun∣dian / saynt Romule / w^t other .viij.C. and .vj. martyrs. In scotlond y^e feest of saynt Finian a preest & cōfessour of singuler v{er}tue. Interuens y^e feest of saynt Syluyne bysshop of tolane. At cleremoūt the trāslacyon of saynt Luuiane a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cawsyne y^e feest of saynt Sauyne bysshop of the same cite / y^t by an enemy dranke poyson / by y^e whiche

drynke y^e same enemy beynge in an other coūtree ferre thens / was forthw^t intoxicate & poysoned to deth / as though he hymselfe had dronke the poyson / & the bys∣shop was not hurt therby. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of February. the receyuyng of saynt Edwarde kynge & martyr in to sephton frō perham. And the feest of saynt Symeon a bysshop & martyr / & nere kynsman vnto our sauyour Chryst / for he was sone vnto Cleophas y^t was broder vnto Ioseph / & he was nexte after saynt Iames called Chrystes broder bysshop of Ierusalem / & in y^e {per}secucyon of Traianus after many varyaūt turmentes he was crucyfyed / & so valyaūtly he toke his deth / that the selfe iudge & all the people had meruayle / to se a man of y^t age of .Cxx. yeres suffre so strongly the paynes of y^e crosse. At hoste the feest of saynt Maximus / saynt Claudius / & saynt Prepedīge wyfe vnto saynt Claudius / w^t two of theyr sones / all martyrs / of noble byrth / & exiled for Chryst by the emperour Dioclecian / & after put to deth by y^e fyre. In affryke the feest of saynt Rutyle / saynt Syl∣uane & saynt Maximiane.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond y^e feest of saynt Eudelme a holy virgyn At alexander y^e feest of saynt Phyle / saynt Hesychius saynt Pachomius & saynt Theodour / all bysshops of egypt & martyrs / put to deth in the {per}secucyon of Dio∣clecian. The feest also of saynt Pānucius a bysshop of egypt / that was put to deth by the emperour Maxi∣miane. And the feest of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of February. the feest of saynt Gabine a preest & martyr / y^t by the emperour Dioclecian was

put to deth by many cruel turmentes. In affryke the feest of saynt Publy / saynt Iulian / & saynt Marcell.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In germany the feest of saynt Gall a preest & cōfes∣sour. In y^e coūtree of ybery the feest of a holy woman of whome Eusebius wryteth / * 1.8 y^t was taken prysoner out of christianite / & thyder brought & kept as a thrall or bonde woman / by whome yet at y^e last all y^e coūtree was cōuerted vnto Chryst / notw^tstandyng her name is not expressed. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. daye of February. At tyre y^e feest of a grete multitude of martyrs / whose nōbre passyng mannes wytte / is onely reserued vnto y^e knowlege of god / whi¦che multytude by the emperour Dioclecian were put to deth by dyuerse turmentes / scourgynge / hangyng / rackynge / terynge w^t hokes / & at the last brent in fyre / of y^e whiche multytude these were chefe / saynt Ciran saynt Siluan / saynt Pelewse / & saynt Line a bysshop and saynt zenoby a preest. In the yle of cipres the feest of saynt Potamye / and saynt Nemesye. In almayne the feest of saynt Gasly a preest & cōfessour. At rome y^e feest of saynt Gayus / saynt Victor / & saynt Pakamye

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Eukare bysshop of orliaūce / and a man of grete holynes. In englonge the feest of saynt wolryke a preest / borne .viij. myles frō bristowe that in youth was very wylde & a grete hunter / & yet after he closed hymselfe as an ancre / & was of hygh perfeccyon / & many myracles. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Bolke / y^t was borne in englonde / of noble blode / whose moder after the deth of her housbonde went in

to yrelonde beynge w^t chylde & there dyed / & was bu∣ryed / whome her owne natural broder saynt Patryke reysed by prayer / & forthw^t she trauayled & was soūd∣ly deliuered of this holy saynt / & after he was of hygh perfeccyon / & many grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of February. At scicilie y^e feest of .lxxix. holy martyrs / that vnder y^e emperour Dioclecian / by dyuerse cruell turmentes / receyued of Chryst for y^e cō∣fessyon of his name y^e crowne of perpetuall glory. In affryke at adrumete y^e feest of saynt Verole / saynt Se¦cūdyn / saynt Serule / & .xx. other {per}sones all martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome y^e feest of saynt Symake pope / that made Gloria in excelsis / & ordered y^e same to be songe or sayd euery sondaye & feestfull day at masse. At his eleccyon was a sysme / but he obteyned & was of holy lyf & ma¦ny myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of February. At antioche the stalla∣cion or tronizacyon of saynt Peter / called cathedra sctī Petri. And y^e feest of saȳt Papie bysshop of ierapole / y^t was discyple vnto saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst / & scole felowe w^t saynt Policarpe. The feest also of saynt Ari∣stion / one of the .lxxij. disciples of Chryst. At alexander the feest of saynt Abily bysshop of y^e same / & the second after saynt Marke / & well ruled his chirche in vertue & good example .xiij. yeres. The feest also of saynt Te∣cla a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At tornate the feest of saynt Piaton a preest & mar∣tyr / borne at Rome & sent w^t saynt Denyse in to fraūce /

where after he had conuerted moche people / he was heded in the persecucyon of the emperour Domiciane whose deed body toke vp the heed in his owne armes and bare it more than two myles / by the whiche my∣racle moo than. M. gentyles were cōuerted. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of February. At siryne y^e feest of saȳt Seuere a monke & martyr / y^t by the emperour Maxi∣mian was heded for chryst. The feest also of .lxxij. mar¦tyrs that in the same cite were put to deth. And y^e feest of saynt Policarpe a preest & confessour / that w^t saynt Sebastian cōuerted many persones / and by his holy exhortacyons conforted them vnto martyrdome.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Modest bisshop of treuer. And of saynt Pion an abbot / of whome is wryten in vitas patrū. The feest also of saynt Apelles / y^t was a smyth by occupacyon / vnto whome the deuyl appered lyke a woman of singuler beaute / whome he stroke on y^e face w^t the hote yren y^t he wrought / & he lyued many yeres without ony fode but onely y^e holy sacrament whiche he receyued euery sonday / & he was taught by an aū∣gell / & preched & moche edifyed / & he knewe the preuy vyces or vertues of his breder / w^t many other notable thynges. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of February. the feest of saynt Ma∣thye the apostle / that after y^e ascencion of our sauyour was chosen by lotte & by grace of y^e holy ghost / by the other .xj. apostles / in y^e place & rome of Iudas y^e tray∣tour / & he preched the gospell in the londe of iudee.

¶ The feest also of the inuencyon of saynt Iohn̄ bap∣tystes heed / * 1.9 that was foūde in the tyme of the prynce Marcian / by y^e reuelacyon of y^e same holy saynt Iohn̄ that was made vnto two monkes. In cesary the feest of saȳt Serge a martyr / whose noble gestes ben wry¦ten in the legend. In englond the feest of saynt Athel∣bert / the fyrst chrysten kynge of this realme.

¶ A canon or rule for the redynge of this Martiloge in the lepe yere.

¶ In euery lepe yere this lettre. ff.* 1.10 in the kalender is twyse nombred for two dyuerse dayes / and euer vpon the latter daye is saynt Mathyes daye / and therfore ye must begyn your Martiloge on y^e fyrst f. the .xxiiij. daye thus.

¶ The feest also of y^e inuencyon. {etc} at this marke ❀ And the nexte daye after rede of saynt Mathye / vnto the same marke / & than your addicyons as folowe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Gerard bysshop of Pānony / promoted therunto for his sanctite by saynt Stephen kynge of hungary / & there as he preched he was put to deth by infydeles. The feest also of an other saynt Gerard a cōfessour & bysshop of luke / & of meruaylous sanctite / & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Se¦rene a monke & martyr / that by the emperour Maxi∣mian was put to deth for Chryst. And the feest of an other saynt Serene an abbot of synguler graces / spe∣cyally in the vertue of chastite. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. daye of February. In egypte the feest of

saynt Victoryne & saynt Victor / saynt Nicofore & saȳt Claudiane / saynt Dioscour / saynt Serapion / & saynt Papy / y^t by y^e emperour Numeriane were put to ma∣ny varyaunt & moost cruell turmentes & vnto dyuerse dethes. At rome the inuencyon of saynt Paules heed the apostle.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The y^e feest also of saynt Walpurge a virgyn. The feest also of saynt Piamon a preest in y^e deserte of sythe that by the reuelacyon of an aūgell knewe his breders synnes / & refourmed them to penaunce & forgyuenes. And y^e feest of saynt Beniamyn an olde fader / y^t dwel∣led in wyldernes / and beynge seke hymselfe / so that he myght not go / he heled all maner of persones y^t were brought vnto hym of all maner of sekenes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of February. In pergenpamphyle the feest of saynt Nestour a bysshop / that in y^e persecu∣cyon of y^e emperour Decius was racked & put to ma∣ny cruell turmentes / whiche w^t a stronge hert & noble courage he susteyned for Chryst / & at y^e last as a noble chāpion he folowynge his mayster Chryst / dyed vpon the crosse. In alexander the feest of saynt Alexander / that was a sage fader of profoūde doctryne. And in a generall sene of .cccxviij. bysshops & reuerende faders of y^e chirche / he cōdempned for euer / & cursed solempne¦ly the grete heretyke Arrius & all his secte & opinyons with many other noble actes. The feest also of saynt Fortunate / saynt Felix / w^t other .xxvij. holy martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Syre / saȳt Paule / saynt Isay that all togyder mette at a water banke / & all purpo∣synge

one thynge / & yet none knewe of an other / & all they went to vysyte a holy fader saynt Anub / & were caryed all ouer that water by myracle / & eueryche of them had a singuler reuelacyon of y^e same saynt Anub & he had reuelacyon of them & theyr thoughtes / & in y^e mornyng after he dyed amonge them / & they after / all full of sctīte & {per}feccyon. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of February. In alexander the pas∣syon of saynt Iulian a martyr / y^t was seke of y^e gowte not able to go / & therfore he was brought before the iudge on horsbacke / with his seruaūt saynt Euno / by whome they were iudged to be caryed thrugh the cite vpon mules / & in the syght of y^e people to be scourged in dyuerse stretes / & theyr flesshe was rent & torne w^t hokes / tyll by suche turmentes they were deed. In spayne in the cite of hyspale the feest of saynt Leandre a bysshop & cōfessour / by whose prechynge / wysdome and doctryne / all the gotes w^t theyr kynge saynt Reca∣red were conuerted from y^e wycked heresye of Arrius At lyons y^e feest of saynt Baldomere / at whose tombe ben done many grete myracles. In alexander the feest of saynt Abundance / and of saynt Fortunion.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cesary capadoce y^e feest of saynt Honoryne a holy virgyn / y^t after many straūge turmentes was slayne by the swerde / & with her were put to deth saynt Ka∣lixt & saynt Trist bothe virgyns / y^t by her were cōuer∣ted vnto Chrystes fayth. The feest of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. daye of February. In the terrytory of lyons the feest of saynt Romane / fyrst an heremyte / &

after an abbot / euer of holy cōuersacyon & famous in myracles. The feest also of saynt Machare / saynt Ru∣fyne / saynt Iust / & saynt Theophyle. In englonde at worcester the feest of saynt Oswalde an archebysshop of moche vertue.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde y^e feest of saynt Ayd. At Rome the feest of saynt Iohn̄ a monke of hygh perfeccyon / y^t was clo¦sed in a strayte sell / & foūde of almes by his owne fader & moder / but vnknowen vnto them / vnto the tyme of his deth. The feest also of an other saynt Iohn̄ an ab∣bot in sythe / that whan an heremyte came to vysyte hym / that there had dwelled .xl. yeres / & saynt Iohn̄ axed hym of his moost {per}feccyon. He answered / y^e sonne (sayd he) sawe me neuer ete ne drynke. Ne me (sayd saynt Iohn̄) angry / wrothe / or dyspleased. Hereof is wrytē in vitas patrū. The feest also of y^e thyrde saynt Iohn̄ an abbot also of y^e desert of y^e hygher thebaydes that thre yeres contynually prayed euer standynge / & neuer dyd he syt nor lye / ne neuer ete ne dranke / but y^t euery sondaye he receyued the body of our lorde / after he went forth to preche by the reuelacyon of an aūgell by whome he was euery sonday refresshed at his sell Of hym is also wryten in vitas patrū. The feest also of y^e fourth saynt Iohn̄ / wryten of in vitas patrū also a gracyous man / & vnto all persones moche cōfortable and of grete myracles. The translacyon also of our ho¦ly fader saynt Augustyne / from hypponens vnto pa∣pye / solempnly done by kynge Luprand / kynge of lon¦gobardynes / in the yere of our lord .vij.c.xviij. & after his deth .CC. and .lxxx. yeres / at whiche translacyon were done many grete myracles. The feest also of ma¦ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours & virg.

Marche.

¶ To morowe.

Marche THe fyrst day of Marche. at rome y^e feest of .cclxij martyrs / whome y^e emperour Claudius fyrst condempned chrystyans / & for theyr punysshement he set them to labour & to dygge sondes for y^e cite / & after syth they wolde not forsake Chryst / they were teyed without salary gate in a playne / to be shotte at by the soudyours / & so put to deth. In cartage y^e feest of saynt0 Donate a martyr / that by the iudge Vrsace / & the tri∣bune Marcelline was there put to deth. In andegaue the feest of saynt Albyne a bysshop & confessour / a fa∣mous man of synguler sanctite. At massylye the feest of saynt Heremete and saynt Adrian. The feest also of saynt Leo a martyr / of many myracles. In brytayne now wales / the feest of saynt Dauid an archebysshop and confessour / a man of many graces & notable ver∣tues. In peruse y^e feest of saynt Erculaue a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In sythe y^e feest of saynt Sare an holy abbesse / y^t in youth was moche tempted w^t lechery / but so by conty¦nuall prayer she resysted / that y^e deuyll appered vnto her & sayd / y^u hast vaynquysshed & ouercome me. Nay sayd she / my lorde god & sauyour Chryst / & not I hath vaynquysshed & confounded the / & than she went in to desert / & there was an abbesse of blessed lyfe .lx. yeres. The feest also of saynt Syncletyke an abbesse also in y^e same wyldernes / of whome is wryten in vitas patrū The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde day of Marche. at rome in latyn strete the feest of saynt Iouyne & saynt Basylewe martyrs that were put to deth by y^e emperours Galiene & Va∣leriane.

At rome also y^e feest of many martyrs vnnom∣bred / that by y^e emperour alexander were put to deth by many turmentes. In englond at lychefelde y^e feest of saynt Chadde a bysshop & confessour / whose lyfe of meruaylous vertue saȳt Bede wryteth. The feest al∣so of saynt Lucius a bisshop / saynt Absolon and saynt Lorge confessours.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Cedde y^t was naturall broder vnto saynt Chadde a bysshop also & a cōfessour of syn∣guler vertue & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Symplice pope & martyr. In ytaly y^e feest of .CCCC martyrs that were put to deth by y^e longobardes. In affryke the feest of many bysshops / prelates & clerkes that in the tyme of the emperour Iustinian were put to deth by the wandales. In englonde y^e feest of saynt Wyllyam a preest of grete fame in vertue & myracles that flourysshed in the tyme of the emperour Henry y^e thyrde. And the feest of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of Marche. at cesary palestyne the feest of saynt Maryne / a man of warre / y^t confessynge the name of Chryst boldly / was heded in the persecu∣cyon of the emperour Valeriane / by whose constancy saynt Astece a senatour cōfessed hymselfe a chrystyan also / & lapped the holy corps in his senatours cloke / to haue buryed it w^t due honour / for the whiche he was forthw^t put to the same deth. In galace at legionens y^e feest of saynt Enuthere & saynt Seledon y^t were there soudyours / & put to many turmentes / & after brought to calagurryn / & there receyued the crowne & palme of martyrdome. The feest also of saynt wynewale a bys∣shop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In almayne at bamberge the feest of saynt Kune∣gund a virgyn / & wyfe vnto saynt Henry y^e emperour and yet bothe by one assent kepynge purite lyued vir∣gyns / notw^tstandynge / she by the malyce of y^e deuyll & enuyous suspicyon was accused of incontynency / but she for her purgacyon went barefoted thrugh a grete fyre of grete length / & vpon coles & glowȳge hote yren w^tout blemysshe or noyaunce / & so was declared. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of Marche. at rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Luke pope & martyr / y^t in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperours Valeriane & Galiene was fyrst put to exile for Chryst / & after by dyuyne reuelacyon he was called home vnto his chirche / & there heded. At Rome also in y^e same strete y^e feest of .ix.C. martyrs / that in y^e same {per}secucyon were put to deth / & buryed in y^e cimy∣tery of saynt Cicilyes. The feest also of saynt Gay and saynt Palatyne that were drowned in the see / & with them .xxvij. other persones all martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At nicomede y^e feest of saynt Adrian / that after ma∣ny affliccyons was there put to deth / & w^t hym .xxiij. other {per}sones all martyrs. The feest also of saynt Ta∣bite / y^t in y^e grete monastery of thebaydes was holden & supposed a fole & drabbe of kechyn / of whome was reuelacyon made vnto saynt Piery / whiche knowen she fledde in to desert. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of Marche. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Foke a martyr / y^t suffred many affliccyons & open ba∣tayle w^t the deuyll in y^e syght of y^e people / wherof they

speke vnto this daye. The feest also of saynt Eusebius saynt Palatyne / & .xj. other martyrs. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Ciaue a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Quiryake a bysshop & mar∣tyr / that was y^e same Iudas y^t was cōpelled by saynt Elene to fynde the holy crosse / & after his baptym he was bisshop of Ierusalem / & put to deth for y^e fayth of the crosse. At palestyne y^e feest of saynt Theophile bys∣shop of y^e same cite / of whome saynt Ierome wryteth grete prayse. And y^e feest of an other saynt Theophyle bysshop of alexander / a man of excellent doctryne / that confoūded many heresyes / & wrote many werkes a∣gaynst them. In cornwell y^e feest of saynt Pyrane / cal¦led also saynt Keran / borne of the nobles of yrelonde in the tyme of saynt Patryke / a man of hygh {per}feccyon & very many myracles / & had visyon of aūgels / & lyued meruaylously longe without sekenes or disease. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Marche. At nicomede y^e feest of saȳt Victor & saynt Victoryne / y^t by the space of thre yeres were with saynt Claudiane & saynt Basse his wyfe / in grete affliccyon / & at the last they dyed in pryson. At tolete y^e deposycyon of saynt Iulian a bysshop / y^t there is had in grete honour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At terdon the feest of saynt Marcian a bysshop and martyr / y^t by aūgels was brought out of pryson for y^e conforte of saynt Secūde / whiche saynt Secūde was ledde by an aūgell / after y^t vnto hym in y^e same prison / & brought hym the sacrament of Chrystes body before his martyrdome. In englond the feest of saynt Kyne∣burge

/ doughter vnto kynge Penda / & wyfe vnto the kyng of the marches / & after an holy abbesse. And the feest also of her syster saynt Kenyswyde a virgyn / y^t af¦ter her succeded abbesse. And y^e feest also of theyr kyns∣woman saynt Tybbe a virgyn / & all thre of synguler sanctite & grete myracles. And y^e feest of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of Marche. At mauritane amonge y^e tyburbitans y^e feest of y^e holy women saȳt Perpetua & saynt Felicite martyrs / & of saynt Reuocate and saynt Saturnyne / that w^t them by the prynce Seuere were put to deth all deuoured w^t wylde beestes / & the feest of saynt Secūdole that was taken with them / but he dyed in pryson / and so with them a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Thomas of aquyne / a noble man borne / & yet more noble in vertue & myracles / & y^t amonge holy sayntes was of excellent lernynge / and amonge lerned men of synguler sanctite. The feest al∣so of saynt Satyre / broder vnto saȳt Saturnyne / & (af¦ter some auctours) put to deth w^t his broder & his fe∣lowes. In the monastery of saynt Paule vpon y^e wa∣ter of tyne in englonde / y^e feest of saynt Esterwyne ab∣bot of the same / & a man of grete {per}feccyon. And y^e feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of Marche. At antion y^e feest of saynt Philomon & saynt Apollyn a deacon / y^t bycause they wolde not do sacrefice vnto the ydolles / were thrylled or bored thrugh the heles vnder y^e ancles / & so drawen by cordes thrugh y^e cite / & at y^e last slayne by y^e swerde. In the same cite y^e feest of saynt Ariane / saynt Theo∣tyke

/ & of other thre {per}sones all martyrs / y^t after many horryble turmentes were drowned in y^e see / whose ho∣ly bodyes were brought to londe by a delfyne. At car∣tage the feest of saynt Ponce a deacon / & of saynt Cir∣priane a bysshop & his companyon in all troubles / of whose lyfe / noble actes and passion he made a notable boke / & after for Chryst suffred gloryous martyrdom. In brytayne y^e feest of saȳt Felix a bysshop & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde the feest of saynt Fenan a bysshop / of whome saȳt Patryke {pro}phecyed .vj. score yeres before he was borne / shewynge y^t suche a man of his name & maner / shold be in his rome archebysshop of yrelonde / and so he was / & of lyke holynes and myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of Marche. At nice y^e feest of saȳt Grego¦ry a bysshop / & broder vnto saȳt Basyle bysshop of cesa¦riens / a man of grete fame / synguler doctryne / goodly eloquence / & of hygh {per}feccyon. At barcinon the feest of saynt Pacian / y^t dyed in the tyme of prynce Theodos. At sebasten the feest of .xl. martyrs all famous men of warre.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the regyon of galace the feest of saynt Phyllor∣rony a preest of meruaylous abstinence / & of cōtynuall labours / & oftentymes had open batayle w^t euyll spi∣rytes / & yet was of grete cōtemplacion. The feest also of saynt Gadane / a man of harde lyuyng / for he neuer lay in hous ne couerture / but alwaye in y^e open ayre & weder. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. day of Marche. At apamia the feest of saynt

Alexander / & saynt Gay martyrs / that (as saynt Apo¦linar bysshop of Ierapolitan wryteth in his boke a∣gaynst the catafryges) were put to deth in y^e persecu∣cyon of Antonyn vere. In perse y^e feest of .xlij. martyrs At parys y^e feest of saynt Dorothene an abbot / & discy∣ple vnto saynt Germayn the bysshop. The feest also of saynt Atale an abbot & discyple vnto saynt Colūbane. And y^e feest of saynt Agathe / saynt Gorgon and saynt Fyrme.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Syluia a virgyn / that was doughter vnto y^e mayre of alexander / & of grete doctry¦ne / & very eloquent / & spent y^e nyghtes hooly in redȳge of holy scripture / & the daye in prayer & cōtemplacyon content w^t lytell slepe & small fedynge / & she lyued in y^e wyldernes of the thebaides .lx. yeres / & neuer laye in bedde ne strawe / but vpon the bare erth. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of Marche. At sebasten in y^e lesse arme∣nye the feest of .xl. martyrs men of warre / y^t by kynge Lucyne had many turmentes / & at y^e last theyr thyes & legges were broken / & so ended theyr martyrdome / y^e capytaynes and moost noble men of them were saynt Cirion & saynt Candidus.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the marches of englond the feest of saynt Paule bysshop of leoneus / y^t whan he was a nouyce droue be¦fore hym a flocke of byrdes that destroyed the corne / & brought them vnto his abbot to be punysshed. And af∣ter he cōmaunded the see to remoue a myle backe / & to leue all y^t lande vnto the monastery / & so it yet remay∣neth / w^t many other grete myracles. At cartage y^e feest of saynt Hyrade / saynt zozime / saynt Alexander / saynt

Candidus / saynt Piperion / & other .xx. {per}sones all mar¦tyrs. In fraunce the feest of saynt Gūpert bysshop of herbipole / y^t for his holynes & hygh vertue / was com¦pelled agaynst his wyll to be a bysshop / & he lyued but a smal tyme after. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Marche. At rome the feest of saynt Gregory the pope / & one of the .iiij. doctours / called al∣so the apostle of englond / bycause he sent saynt Augu∣styne in to englonde / by whome the people there were cōuerted. At nicomede y^e passyon of saynt Peter a mar¦tyr / y^t was seruaūt & of y^e chambre w^t the prynce Dio∣clecian / & whan he sawe the cruelte of his prynce vnto the chrystyans / he boldly reproued hym / for y^e whiche he was hanged by the heles & scourged / & his flesshe rent & toren / & than vynegre & salte cast therupon / & af¦ter he was broyled vpon the coles / & so made the hoste & sacrefyce of Chryst. At the same cite the feest also of saynt Eddune a preest w^t other .vij. martyrs / y^t vnto y^e terrour & fere of the people were put to deth eche after other. The feest also of saynt Alphege bysshop of wen∣tane & a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Peter a deacon / & disciple vnto saynt Gregory. The feest also of saynt Sysyn a monke of grete vertue / but synguler in chastite / so y^t he neuer knewe differēce bytwene man kynde & women. In the desert of thebaydes y^e feest of saynt Diocles / y^t was fyrst a seculer philosopher of grete lernyng / & af∣ter of strayte & harde lyuyng closed in a caue many ye∣res vnto y^e ende of his lyf. And y^e feest of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. daye of Marche. At nicomede the feest of

saynt Macedon a preest / saynt Patryke / & saynt Mo∣dest martyrs. At nice the feest of saynt Thensete / saȳt Horre / saynt Theodour / saȳt Nympodour / saȳt Mar¦ke / & saynt Arabye martyrs / all brent. At thebaydes y^e feest of saynt Eufrase a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Capithon a cōfessour / that in youth was a stronge thefe / & after went in to wylder∣nes / & there for his penaunce he enclosed hymselfe in a denne .l. yeres / & neuer came in to y^e company of people The feest also of saynt Amata a virgyn & an abbesse of lx. virgyns in y^e desert of thebaides / a woman of hygh {per}feccion / & in y^e age of .lxxx. yeres she before her systers not feynynge seke ne dyseased / made her redy to be bu∣ryed / & whan she came vnto y^e sepulcre / she yelded her spiryte. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of Marche. At rome the feest of .xlix. martyrs / that were baptyzed of saynt Peter / whyle he was in pryson in the kepynge Mamurtyne w^t his coapostle and felowe saynt Paule / where they were kepte .ix. monethes / but these holy sayntes were put to deth by the tyranny & swerde of the cruel emperour Nero. In affryke the feest of saynt Peter a martyr. And the feest of saynt Eufrose a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In egypte y^e feest of saynt Punyfyke / an honoura∣ble preest & abbot of many monkes / & of hygh {per}feccion & many myracles / y^t in his age wyllynge to auoyde y^e fame & prayse of the worlde / fledde pryuely in a seculer habyte vnto an other abbey in desert / of more strayter lyuynge / & there he remayned many dayes / layenge styll before y^e gates / desyryng to be receyued / but they

longe deferred bycause of his age / yet at y^e last by his importunite / they toke hym / & there he dyd the moost vyle labours in y^e hous / & oft he wold ryse in y^e nyght to do certayn labours necessary / bycause no man shold knowe the doer. Than his owne monastery fell in de∣key / & the breder went abrode to seke hym / & whan he at y^e last was founde / he returned home / & there ended his lyf. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of Marche. in cesary Capadoce y^e pas∣syon of saynt Longyne / that perced & opened the syde of our sauyour w^t a spere / as in his legende is wryten The translacyon also of saynt Leodegare a bysshop & martyr. At y^e cite of thessolonyke the feest of saynt Ma¦crone a martyr / a woman of grete cōscyence / that con∣fessyng euer the name of Chryst / was beten to deth w^t staues. The feest also of saynt Iames & saynt Luke / bothe bysshops.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In sythe the feest of saynt Theremon an abbot / of hygh {per}feccyon. At pamphilye y^e feest of saynt Arteby a bysshop / that was an heremyte / & by violence was made bysshop of y^e sayd cite / & well & holyly ruled his flocke / & there lyeth buryed. In ytaly y^e feest of saynt Habetdeū / bysshop of lunens & a martyr / y^t after exyle & many troubles was heded by y^e wādales. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of Marche. at aquiley y^e feest of saynt Hyllary a bysshop / & saynt Taciane a deacon / y^t were hanged on a gybet / & by many other turmētes put to deth / & w^t them were also martyred saynt Felix / saynt Large / & saynt Denyse. At rome the passyon of saynt

Ciriake a deacon / that after longe imprysonmēt was taken out & hote pytche w^t sulphure pored vpon hym / than was he racked & his mēbres stretched w^t cordes / & at the last by the cōmaūdement of the tyraūt Maxi∣mian he was heded / & w^t hym were put to deth saynt Large & saynt Smaragdus / with .xx. other {per}sones / whose seconde feest is kepte the .viij. daye of August. whan they were translated and tombed or shryned by saynt Marcel pope. At auerne y^e feest of saynt Patrike a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde y^e feest of saynt Fynan a bysshop of syn¦guler sanctite / he reysed thre {per}sones from deth / w^t ma∣ny famous myracles. In scotlond y^e feest of saynt Ab∣bane / called also saynt Kyryne / whose syrname was Boniface / and therfore of many called saynt Boniface / borne in y^e coūtree of galilee at bethsayda / & by nacyon a iewe / & ordered a bysshop by saynt Iohn̄ patriarke of Ierusalē / & after he was a grete pylgrym vnto all the places where Chryst had ben / & than to Rome by reuelacyon / & from thens to scotlond / where he cōuer∣ted the kynge & the coūtree / & after he went in to y^e out yles / where he buylded .C. chirches / & cōuerted of the people vnto Chryst .xxxvj.M. & reysed .vij. {per}sones frō deth / & he made y^e defe to here / the blynde to se / y^e lame to go / and he cast out wycked spirytes / w^t many other myracles / & he lyued vnto the age of .C. yeres & moo. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. daye of Marche. In scotlonde the feest of saynt Patrike bysshop & confessour / that fyrst preched there Christes fayth. At nicomede y^e feest of saynt Eu∣gene / saynt Pāphilian / saynt Castor / & saynt Serene.

The feest also of saynt witburge a virgyn. In the mo¦nastery of nūgell the feest of saynt Geretrude a virgyn and martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of saynt Ambrose a deacon of the same cite & chefe chirche / & a notable man of hygh vertue. The feest of saynt Cassiadour / y^t was chaūce∣ler vnto the kynge of ytaly / & after a senatour of rome & all he forsoke & was a monke of grete holynes & excel¦lent lernyng / & wrote many werkes vnto the edifyca∣cyon of Christes chirche / & after his deth he dyd many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. daye of Marche. In englond the feest of saynt Edward kynge & martyr / sone & heyre vnto the noble kynge Edgare / that was a grete founder of mo∣nasteryes / whiche sayd kynge Edward as a true pro¦fessour of Chrystes fayth / was martyred by the {per}secu¦cyon of his stepdame / & of certayne lordes of her coun∣seyle / wherby he was ioyned vnto y^e college & compa∣ny of holy sayntes in heuen / as playnly is declared by many grete miracles dayly shewed at his tombe. The feest also of saynt Alexander a bysshop / y^t for deuocyon wente from capadoce his owne cite vnto Ierusalem / where by diuyne reuelacyon he toke vpon hym y^e cure & gouernaūce of y^e cite / & after in his olde age he was brought prysoner vnto cesary / where for the fayth of Chryst he was put to deth by the persecucyon of the emperour Decius.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Frygdiane bysshop of lucane & a cōfessour / of hygh {per}feccyon. And one of y^e feestes of saynt Ancelme. The feest also of saynt Geremare an abbot / borne of grete kynne / & after the deth of his pa∣rentes

he solde all his londes & goodes & dystrybuted vnto the poore / & after was made abbot by saynt Au∣dowene / & yet remoued thens by the enuy of his mon∣kes / but he after buylded an other monastery by the shewyng of an aūgell / & therin serued god vnto y^e ende of his lyfe. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of Marche. the feest of saynt Iohn̄ / a man of grete {per}feccion / y^t borne in syria came in to ytaly & there in the towne of penarens buylded a monastery & therin remayned all his lyfe / w^t other religyous bre∣der / & dyd many miracles. At suretyke y^e feest of saynt Quynt / saynt Quyntyll / saynt Quartyll / saynt Mar¦cyll / w^t other .ix. all martyrs. At bryxe the feest of saynt Colotery a martyr. And the feest of saynt Ioseph the holy virgyn & spouse of our blessed lady & euer virgyn Mary / that also was nouryssher & brynger vp of our sauyour Chryst. The feest also of saynt Theodour a bysshop / saynt Appolon / saynt Leonce / and saynt Flo∣rence. The trāslacyon also of saȳt Mary mawdeleyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Remachlewe a bysshop / that of humylite resygned his bysshopryke & was a poore monke & a nouyce & moost lowly in obedience / & lyued euer as a discyple / notw^tstandynge y^t before he was a bysshop. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Marche. In englonde y^e feest of saȳt Cutbert / that of an ancre was made bisshop of lyndis∣farnēs / a man of grete age & synguler sanctite / w^t ma∣ny grete myracles / whiche thynge his holy body doth testyfye / that yet remayneth vncorrupted. In asya y^e

feest of saynt Archyppe / that was disciple vnto saynt Paule / & his contynual companyon in prechynge & in Chrystes warre / of whome he wryteth vnto the colo∣senses. In syre the feest of saynt Paule / saynt Cyryll / saynt Eugene / & other .iiij. {per}sones all martyrs. In the fraūchyse of rone y^e feest of saynt Vlfran a confessour & bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At the monastery of crispinens y^e feest of saynt Lan¦delme a cōfessour / y^t fyrst was in youth a stronge thefe & a robber / & after cōuerted by saynt Ausbert bysshop of cameracēs / & after that he was discyple vnto saynt Martyne / & he foūded two monasteryes / & was abbot in the sayd crispinens / of holy lyfe & many myracles / in whose tyme many famous {per}sones came to religion out of englonde / scotlond / and other partyes / amonge whome was saȳt Gyslen an abbot / saynt Maldegare a duke & saynt Valdetrude his wyf / & her sister saynt Aldegūde / & saȳt Trude / w^t many other / whose feestes be vnknowen. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of Marche. At y^e castell of cassyne the feest of the holy fader saynt Benedict / called saynt Be∣net an abbot / & fyrst foūder of y^e blacke monkes / whose holy lyfe full of vertue and myracles / saynt Gregory wryteth. In alexander the feest of saynt Serapion an ancre / & a man of synguler vertue. In the terrytory of lyons y^e feest of saynt Lupycyne an abbot / whose gra∣cyous & holy lyfe was by many myracles moche fa∣mous.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Benet y^e pope / that from youth was of synguler vertue / & so encreaced & grewe therin that he was worthy y^t dignite / he was of pro∣foūde

mekenes / very pyteous & lyberall. The feest al∣so of the thyrde saynt Benet a monke of campane .xl. myles from rome / that was sore vexed by infydeles y^t set fyre vpon his sell / but it wolde not bren / than they hete an ouen fyre hote / & put hȳ closed therin all nyght & on y^e morowe they foūde hym in helth / & his clothes vntouched / of hym wryteth saynt Gregory.* 1.11 The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of Marche. At septimane in byterne the feest of saynt Affrodose a bysshop & cōfessour / & the feest of saynt Paule / y^t was ordered & made bysshop of narbonens by y^e apostle Paule / where after many glo¦ryous actes & grete myracles / he rested in our lorde.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Berno abbot of cluniacens / & the fyrst foūder of y^t religyon / a holy man of hygh per∣feccyon / & many myracles / y^t before his deth resygned his rome vnto his owne discyple & monke saynt Odo / and so dyed an obedyenser in the peace of Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of Marche. In affryke the feest of saynt Victoriane / & of two natural breder called bothe by one name / saynt Frumence / that (as saynt Victor bysshop of affricane wryteth) were put to many grete turmentes by y^e kynge Honoryke for Chrystes fayth. In antioche y^e feest of saynt Theodour a preest. In ce∣sare the feest of saynt Iulian.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In affryke the feest of .xij. infantes yonge persones that in the persecucyon of the wandales / bycause they wolde not by ony {per}suasyon or entreates forsake chryst

they were scourged to deth / by the example of whome two ryche marchaūtes called bothe saynt Frumence by one name / and .v. religyous {per}sones / saynt Liberate abbot of cartage / saynt Boniface a deacon / saynt Ru∣styke a subdeacon / & saynt Rogate & saynt Maximus monkes / were all put to deth for y^e cōfessyon of Chryst. In affryke also the feest of an other saynt Liberate w^t his wyfe & two chylder / & saynt Crescence a preest / w^t an other chylde of .vij. yeres olde / y^t in the persecucyon of the arryanes were all put to deth for Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of Marche. The grete hygh and so∣lempne feest called y^e souper of our lorde & sauyour Ie∣su / wherin he consecrate y^e sacrament of his owne pre¦cyous body & blode / & therw^t cōmuned his apostles / & wasshed theyr fete. At Rome y^e passion of saȳt Pigme∣ny a bysshop / y^t was mayster & brynger vp of Iulian the apostata / that after forsoke & renyed Chryst & his fayth / & was a cruell tyraūt & persecutour therof / & so in the cite of tyberym he put to deth his owne mayster the foresayd saynt Pigmeny. In mauritane the feest of saynt Romule / saynt Secundole / naturall breder & martyrs. At syre y^e feest of saynt Agapite a cōfessour of holy lyfe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In affryke the feest of saynt Murite a martyr / y^t by a renegate whome he before had baptized was put to deth / w^t many other bothe of y^e clergy & comyn people. In englond at the monastery of barkynge the feest of saynt Hyldelyth a virgyn / & nexte abbesse after saynt Ethelburge / a woman of synguler graces (as saynt Bede wryteth) and of many myracles / & put to deth &

brent with all her systers / & the hole monastery by the danes y^t slewe saynt Edmonde. The feest also of saynt Sebba a kynge of englond / y^t gyuen or applyed all to vertue of youth / wolde haue resygned & left his crow∣ne for to haue ben a religyous man / but the quene his wyfe wolde not consent therunto / tyll after whan he had chylder / & had reygned .xxx. yeres / than she assen∣ted / & he was a monke consecrate by y^e bysshop of lon∣don / & was of synguler perfeccyon & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Mackartyne / y^t came w^t saynt Patryke from ytaly vnto yrelonde / & was cōtynually accōpanyed w^t hȳ / & euery where famous of holy lyf & grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. daye of Marche. y^e hygh & solempne feest called good fryday / in y^e whiche daye our sauyour Ie∣su the lambe of god was offred in sacrefyce for y^e salua¦cyon of the worlde / & so enhaūced & exalted on y^e crosse / he by moost paynfull & moost shameful deth temporal redemed vs from deth eternall & euerlastynge. In na∣zareth at galilee the annunciacyon of our blessed lady saynt Mary / where (after y^e byleue of our moost true fayth) the aūgell Gabriell saluted & grette her / y^t was predestynate & ordeyned to chylde & brynge forth y^e re∣demer of the worlde our swete sauyour Chryst Iesu / she notw^tstandynge euer remaynynge a virgyn moost pure / moost clene / immaculate & vndefouled. At siryne the passyon of saynt Hyren a bysshop / that in the tyme of the emperour Maximus / after longe prison & many cruell turmentes was heded. At rome y^e feest of saynt Ciryne a martyr / y^t by the kyng Claudius was spoy∣led of all his goodes / & than after hard pryson & many

affliccyons & turmentes slayne by the swerde. At nico¦mede the feest of saynt Theole / called also saynt Dule a virgyn / y^t was bond mayde vnto a man of warre / & slayne for y^e defence of her chastite. In the yle of andro the feest of saynt Hermeland an abbot / whose holy lyf and conuersacyon is euydent by many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ All though saynt Gabryell the archaūgell hath ne {pro}pre ne specyall daye festyuall / yet is he of many per∣sones more deuoutly and singulerly honoured as this daye / bycause that on y^e same daye he brought y^e moost ioyfull message of our saluacyon. The feest also of saȳt Dysmas the thefe that was hanged vpon the ryght hande of Chryst / & he is a cōfessour & not a martyr / by∣cause he was put to deth by deseruynge for his owne synnes & euyll dedes / & not for y^e fayth of Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of Marche. the holy & solempne sa∣terdaye / in the whiche our lorde & sauyour Iesu after his deth / repaused and rested in his sepulcre / therby shewynge & assurynge vs / y^t yf we dye well / we shall haue rest euerlastȳge in our soules. At pentapolym in libia the feest of saynt Theodour a bysshop / saynt Hy∣reney a deacon / saynt Serapion and saynt Ammony bothe lectours in order.* 1.12 At rome in lauicane strete the feest of saynt Castole a martyr / y^t (as is wryten in the werkes of saȳt Sebastyan) was thre tymes hanged & euer taken downe & newly examyned / & whan by no meanes he wolde forsake Chryst / but rather w^t more constancy cōfessed his name / he was buryed quycke & moche sonde & grauell cast vpon hym. At smyrme the

feest of saynt Montane a preest / & saynt Maximian / y^t bothe togyder were drowned in the see / & so martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Fynchell an abbot / borne thereof blode royall / & euer frō youth gyuen to vertue and so contynued in many myracles. The feest also of saynt Peter a bysshop & confessour. At Rome y^e feest of saynt Quiryne a martyr. y^t after some auctours hath his solempnite & chefe feest the .xix. day of Ianuary w^t saynt Mart{us} & his felowes. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. daye of Marche. the gloryous resurrec∣cyon of our lord & sauyour Iesu Chryst / and the noble victory of his triumphe / wherby he ouercame y^e deuyl & brake vp the gates & clausures of hell / & therby also shewed playnly vnto vs example of our resurreccyon bothe in soule & body / how y^t in tyme to come we shall also aryse / & as his propre membres folowe hym our heed vnto Ioye & blysse euerlastyng. In egypt y^e feest of saynt Iohn̄ an holy heremyte / * 1.13 y^t amonge other ma∣ny myracles & tokens of vertue / shewed by y^e spiryte of {pro}phecy vnto y^e moost chrysten emperour Theodosius how he sholde haue the victory of y^e tyraūt his enemy. In the fraūchest of aspane the feest of saynt Euthery that was bysshop of Tourney. At Pamon the feest of saynt Alexander a martyr of grete constancy.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Ioseph ab arymathy / that bu¦ried y^e body of our sauyour / & therfore was by y^e iewes put in pryson / to the entent that after y^e feest o•• pace he sholde be put to deth / vnto whome Chryst apperynge conuayed & brought hym vnto his owne hous at ary∣mathy

/ & after that he was baptized by the apostles / & preched w^t them / & in prechynge he was taken & clo∣sed vp in a wall / where whan y^e emperours destroyed Ierusalē / he was foūde in good helth & went forth to preche agayne / & therin dyed w^tout other martyrdom. The feest also of saȳt Nicodeme that halpe Ioseph to bury Chryst / & therfore the iewes dyd bete and stryke hym w^t staues / & lefte hym for deed / but saynt Gama∣liell brought hym to his hous & kepte hȳ many dayes & at the last he buryed hym in his owne tombe / where after he hymselfe & saynt Steuen were buryed. The feest also of saynt Mary Iacobi / moder vnto saynt Ia¦mes the lesse / & syster vnto our blessed lady / that w^t her was at y^e deth of our sauyour / & w^t Mary mawdeleyn went to anoynt hym in the sepulcre. The feest also of her syster saynt Mary Salome / moder vnto saynt Ia¦mes y^e more & vnto saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst / that w^t the other two Maryes was also diligēt to anoynt our lord. And whan she herde y^t her sone saynt Iohn̄ was taken at rome / she came thyder / but than was he exi∣led / & she returned vnto the cite of campane / where she dyed / & laye in a denne or caue many yeres / tyll by the reuelacyons of saynt Iames her sone / her holy body was foūde smellynge all swete as roses / & there is ho¦nourably shryned / where almyghty god shewed ma∣ny grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Rupert bys∣shop fyrst of warmaciens / & after of saltzpurge / a man of the blode royall of fraūce / & of hygh {per}feccyon & ma∣ny grete myracles. And y^e feest of saynt Virgyl y^t after hȳ was bysshop there / & a sure folower of his steppes & sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of Marche. At cesare palestyne the feest of saynt Pryske / saynt Malcus & saȳt Alexander martyrs / y^t in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Valeriane were so hote kendled w^t the feruour of Chrystes fayth that wylfully they reproued the iudge of his cruell ty∣ranny agaynst the seruaūtes of Chryst / for y^e whiche the same iudge caused them to be deuoured w^t wylde beestes. At cabilonens y^e feest of saynt Gūdran a kyng that so feruently applied hymselfe vnto the werkes of mercy & vnto spirytuall exercyse / that he left & forsoke all tēporall estate / & gaue all his tresour & goodes vnto the chirche & vnto y^e poore people / & was of hygh per∣feccyon. At tharse y^e feest of saynt Castor / & saynt Do∣rothey.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ / whose syrname was called obedience / for his synguler {per}feccyon in y^e vertue with other / & a man also of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Syxt a pope / & of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Marche. In affryke y^e feest of saȳt Armogaste / saynt Archymyne / & saynt Satyre cōfes∣sours / y^t in y^e {per}secucyon of y^e wandales vnder kyng Ge¦seryke / susteyned & suffred many grete troubles for y^e cōfessyon of Chryst / & therin ended theyr lyues by mar¦tyrdome. At nicodeme the feest of saynt Pastor / and of saynt Victoryn. And the deposycyon of saynt Eustace abbot of luxaniens / and fader of .vj.C. monkes / and a man of synguler vertue / and many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Or an heremyte of synguler sanctite / y^t by the space of thre yeres was fedde w^tout ony bodyly fode. In englond y^e feest of saynt Gūdlewse

a kynge of the south parte of englond / & a kynges sone euer moche desyrous of spirytuall exercyse & encreace of {per}feccyon / so y^t an aūgell appered vnto hym & shewed hym a place on a hyll after his mynde & desyre / where he sholde do seruyce vnto almyghty god / wherfore he forthw^t resygned his crowne & realme vnto his sone / & on y^t hyll buylded a chirche / & therin lyued a {per}fyte lyfe full of myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. day of Marche. At rome in appia strete y^e passyon of saynt Quiryne / & of saynt Trybune mar∣tyrs / y^t vnder y^e emperour Valerian were put to many turmētes / theyr tongues kytte / hāged vpon gybettes theyr handes & fete stryken of / & at the last ended theyr gloryous martyrdom by the swerde. In thessalonyke the feest of saynt Dōnyne / saynt Philopole / and saynt Achayce. At the castell of syluanectence y^e feest of saynt Rewle a bisshop & cōfessour. At orliaūce y^e feest of saynt Pastor bysshop of palatyne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Secunde / a man of warre / y^t was cōuerted vnto Chrystes fayth by an aūgell / & af∣ter his baptym he was cōmuned by y^e aūgel / & than af¦ter many meruaylous turmentes he was put to deth but his holy body was buryed by aūgelles. The feest also of saynt Mamertyn an abbot / y^t was a pagan / & cōuerted by reuelacyon & myracle / & baptized of saynt German / & after hym abbot of synguler {per}feccion & ma¦ny myracles. The feest also of many other holy sa. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. daye of Marche. the feest of saynt Amos the {pro}phete / that by the cruell kynge Ozie was bored thrugh the temples of the heed / & so put to deth / notw^t¦standyng

he was not fully deed / vnto y^e tyme he came vnto his coūtree where he was buryed. At Rome the feest of saynt Balbyne a virgyn / & doughter vnto saȳt Quiryne the martyr / y^t after y^e course of this lyf spent in grete holynes / was buryed in appia strete besyde her sayd fader. In affryke the feest of saynt Diodole & saynt Anesye martyrs. At the monastery of fontanel∣lence the feest of saynt wandrigesyle & saynt Ausbert / whan theyr holy bodyes were translated vnto y^e chir∣che of saynt Peter y^e apostle / w^t grete solempnite & mo∣che Ioyfull honour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hugh bysshop of granopole / of whome his moder whā he was in her wombe / had a reuelacyon / & he was after of grete holynes & many myracles. And after some auctours he was a monke of the charterhous / & one of the fyrst foūders & begyn∣ners of y^t ordre. The feest also of saynt Amos an abbot in y^e desert of sythe / & fader of .M. & .v.C. monkes / the moost holy & {per}fyte cōgregacion y^t we rede of. The feest also of saȳt Amony an abbot of y^e inward & depe desert of nitrea / & the feest of his two naturall breder / saynt Euseby & saynt Eutymy / y^t with hym were monkes / & so also his spūall breder / & of the thyrde broder a bys∣shop vnnamed. And of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ Apryle.

¶ To morowe.

Apryll. ¶ THe fyrst daye of Apryll. At rome the passyon of saynt Theodour / syster vnto the noble martyr saynt Heremete / a holy woman / & put to dethe by the prynce Aurelian / & buryed in salary strete besyde her sayd broder. The feest also of saynt Venance a bysshop & martyr. In egypt the feest of saynt Victor & of saynt

Steuen / & the deposicyon of saynt Valery an abbot.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hugh a mōke / whome saynt Bernard made abbot of boneuale / a man of hygh ver∣tue & grete myracles. The feest also of saȳt Deodorike a bysshop / that was cosyn vnto y^e emperour Othon / a man of synguler deuocyon vnto relykes / so y^t he gade∣red in to his chirche the relykes of .xx. sayntes / where he after was buryed / & sheweth many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde daye of Apryll. At cesare capadoce the passyon of saynt Theodose a virgyn & martyr / y^t in the last dayes of the emperour Dioclecian offred her selfe wylfully amonge other christyans y^t were taken / and was put to many turmentes / racked / drowned in the water / & cast vnto wylde wode beestes / w^t other pay∣nes / & yet after all ouercome & vaynquysshed / she was heded. At lyons y^e feest of saynt Nicesy y^e bisshop there whose lyfe and also deth was by holynes & myracles moche laudable & gloryous. The feest also of saynt Eu¦stace abbot of luxoniens. At palestyne the feest of saynt Mary egypcyake / so called bycause she was borne in egypt / y^t from thens came vnto the cite of alexander / & there from the age of .xij. yeres vnto .xxix. she lyued all in fylthy lechery a comyn woman / than came she vnto Ierusalem to se the holy crosse / but Chryst wolde not suffre her to come in to the temple / than she loked by & sawe an ymage of our blessed lady / before whiche she kneled / & w^t depe cōtrycyon & plenteous teres wepyng besought her of helpe & socour / & than she entred in to the temple & honoured y^e holy crosse w^t grete reuerēce &

depe deuocyon / mekely besechynge forgyuenes & mer∣cy / & forthw^t as she went out / a voyce frō heuen spake vnto her / sayenge. Mary / go in to y^e wyldernes ouer & beyonde the water of Iordane / & there y^u shalt obteyne saluacion. wherunto she obeyed & there lyued .xvij. ye∣res w^t two loues and a halfe of brede / & after she lyued xxx. yeres by herbes & rotes / where than saynt zosy∣mas foūde her / of whome she was purely & hooly con¦fessed / & vpon sherthursdaye next she went drye foted ouer y^e water of Iordane vnto his monastery / & there of hym receyued the sacrament of Chrystes body / & so returned in to the same wyldernes / & there forthw^t yel¦ded her spiryte vnto almyghty god / whose holy body the same holy fader foūde a yere after hole & vncorrup¦ted / vnto whome came a lyon & made y^e graue / wher∣in he buryed her.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Dydake bysshop of oxforde / that was mayster vnto saȳt Dominyke / & a grete pre¦cher / & cōuerted many heretykes in the coūtree of albi∣gens / & after came home & there lyeth ful of myracles The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of Apryl. In syth at thomis y^e feest of saynt Euagrye a bysshop / & of saynt Benygne. At thessalonyke y^e passyon of saynt Agapis a virgyn / & of saynt Chionye a virgyn also / y^t bothe togyder suffred many affliccyons by the emperour Dioclecian / & after all they were cast in to a grete fyre / but no thynge gre∣ued w^tall / tyll they prayed our lorde to take them by y^t martyrdom / & so he dyd. At tawromeny in cicile y^e feest of saynt Pācrace. In englond y^e feest of saynt Richard bysshop of chechester.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Euagrye a preest of grete doctryne / & made many werkes / & was of holy lyfe & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Florence bysshop of argentyne / a man of gloryous lyfe & hygh {per}feccyon. And y^e feest also of many other holy sayn̄. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of Apryll. At mylen the deposicyon of saynt Ambrose bysshop & cōfessour / by whose dilygēce & labouryous prechyng (besyde his other noble actes of hygh doctryne / holy lyf & many myracles) all ytaly was cōuerted from the false opinyons & wycked here∣syes of y^e cursed arryens. At hyspale the deposicyon of saynt Isydour a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Tiernake y^t was of the kynges blode of yrelond / & in y^e tyme of warre was taken a childe & brought in to englond & sold as a bond man / whome for his fauour & beauty y^e kyng bought & layde hym in his owne chambre / & euery nyght the bedde where he lay semed to be all on fyre / whiche per¦ceyuynge the quene / caused hym to lye in bedde w^t her two sones / & on y^e morowe after they were foūde bothe deed / but by his prayers they were reysed / & than the kyng made hym free / & foūde hym to scole tyll he was a bysshop / than after y^e kynges deth he went to rome / in whiche iourney (besyde other myracles) he reysed ix. {per}sones to lyfe / & whan he came home in to englond he reysed y^e yonge kynges wyfe & sacred her a holy vir¦gyn / & an other man that longe had ben deed / w^t many other grete myracles. The feest also of many other {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of Apryll. In egypt y^e feest of saynt Ni∣chandre / & of saynt Appolon martyrs. At thessalonyke

the feest of saynt Hyrene a virgyn / that by y^e erle Sy∣synny was slayne w^t an arowe of his owne shotynge / by whose tyranny & false accusacyons her two systers saynt Agapes and saynt Chyon y^t before ben spoken of were put to deth. At lice in cesary y^e feest of saynt Am∣phian & of saynt Marcian.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Vincent / a man of grete holy¦nes / & of hygh doctryne / & of the ordre of saynt Domi∣nyke. The feest also of saynt Bene an abbot in desert / y^t (as saȳt Ierom wryteth) neuer sware ne lyed / ne ne∣uer was wroth / ne neuer ydle / & of moost {pro}foūde me∣kenes / & dyd many myracles. The feest also of ma. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Apryl. at rome y^e feest of saynt Syxt pope & martyr / y^t in the tyme of the emperour Adriane gladly suffred deth for Chryst. In macedony the feest of saynt Tymothy / and of saynt Diogenes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Theodour bysshop of ancyran a holy & grete lerned man / and made many werkes a∣gaynst heresyes / specially agaynst y^e heretyke Nestor. At antioche y^e feest of an other saȳt Theodour a preest y^t also was a man of hygh doctryne & noble eloquence. & made .xv. bokes agaynst y^e heretykes called appoly∣naryes & anomeyes. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of Apryll. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Epiphan a bisshop / saynt Donate / & other .xiij. {per}sones all martyrs. The feest also of saȳt Iesyppe / a grete ho¦ly man / y^t was nere the tyme of y^e apostles / & wrote all the actes of the prelates & faders of the chirche / from the passyon of Chryst vnto his tyme / that lyke as he

folowed theyr holy lyfe & cōuersacyon / so by his wry∣tynge other {per}sones myght lerne the same. In alexan∣der the feest of saynt Peluse a preest of grete holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde y^e feest of saynt Bernake a gentylman of grete possessyons / whiche all he solde & went on pyl¦grymage to rome / where & by the waye he dyd many myracles / & whan he came in to englonde agayne / he was of grete fame & moche magnifyed / whiche to de∣clyne and auoyde / he fledde pryuely in to south wales / where he was assayled w^t the tētacyon & persecucyon of a lady in lyke maner as Ioseph in egypt / but with grace he vaynquysshed & was of hygh {per}feccyon / ma∣ny myracles / & had reuelacyons & also vysyons of aū∣gels. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of Apryll. At corynth y^e feest of saynt Denyse a bysshop / by whose lernynge & gracyous ser¦mons in the tyme of Marke / Antony and Luke aurell emperours many persones were gretly edifyed / & yet many ben edyfyed & instructed vnto this tyme. At tu∣ryne the feest of saynt Perpetuus / a man of meruay∣lous sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Pitrion an abbot in the baide that was discyple vnto saynt Antony / a man of grete grace in helyng of seke {per}sones / & in auoydyng of euyll spirytes / & had meruaylous knowlege of them where & in whome they dwelled / & he wold{is} ofte saye y^t a per¦sone sholde neuer chace & auoyde wycked spirytes / tyll he fyrst auoyded & chaced awaye his owne synnes / & that who so euer wolde vaynquysshe his owne vyces shold soone vaynquysshe all euyll spirytes / he was al∣so

of precyse abstinence and many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of Apryll. the feest of saynt Prokor / one of the .vij. fyrst & chefe deacons / a famous man / that in antioche was put to martyrdom. In syryne y^e feest of .vij. holy virgyns / that by theyr precyous & payn∣full deth bought the herytage of blysse euerlastynge.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Dioscour an abbot of .C. mon¦kes / & a man of singuler sanctite. In y^e desert of nitrea the feest of saȳt Ierony / y^t was discyple vnto saȳt An∣tony / a man of moost {pro}foūde mekenes / & there dyed in y^e age of .C. & .x. yeres. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. day of Apryll. the feest of saynt Ezechiel the {pro}phete / a martyr of y^e olde testament / y^t was slayne by a iudge of the chylder of israell in babylon / & was bu∣ryed in y^e sepulcre of Sem & Arphaxat. At rome y^e feest of many martyrs y^t were baptized of pope Alexander / & by the tyraūt Aurelian they were put in to the see in an olde shyppe / & theyr neckes teyed vnto grete stones and the shyppe bored / & so all drowned. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Appolon a preest / & with hym other fyue persones martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Diogenes an ancre / y^t was discyple vnto saynt Antony in the desert of nitrie / & by his holy worde moche edifyed many {per}sones The feest also of saynt Iulius called by syrname Aphrycan / a grete wryter of storyes / & restored many errours & con¦trauersyes in the gospell / specyally in Mathewe and Luke. And the feest of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. daye of Apryll. the feest of saynt Leo y^e pope in whose tyme was the sene & generall coūseyle of cal∣cedonens. In crete at gortyn the feest of saynt Phylyp a bysshop / y^t in y^e tyme of Antonyn vere & Lucy auriell emperours / was a man of grete fame / & honourable in all vertue & doctryne. In dalmatyke at saloma the feest of saȳt Domion a bysshop / & of .viij. men of warre all martyrs. At nicomede the feest of saynt Eustorge a preest. In brytayne the feest of saynt Guthlake a con∣fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At turon the feest of saynt Agryke an abbot of grete holynes. At lyons the feest of saynt Fiagry a bysshop. The feest also of saȳt Archiloke / called also Archilawe bysshop of mesopotamy / a man of honourable cōuersa¦cyon / & of grete lernyng / y^t made a boke agaynst y^e ma∣nyches / & disputed y^e same w^t an heretyke / with many other noble actes. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Apryll. At rome in aurely strete the feest of saynt Iuly the pope / y^t in the tyme of Cōstance the emperour was exiled in grete trouble y^e space of .x. monethes / after whose deth he was brought agayne to rome w^t grete glory & ioyfull triūphe / & there dyed in the peace of Chryst. The feest also of saynt zenon / bys∣shop of veronens / y^t in the tyme of strayte & cruell {per}se∣cucyon ruled his chirche w^t meruaylous wysdom / & in the tyme of Galiene the emperour he suffred deth for y^e same. At wapyng y^e feest of saȳt Cōstantyn a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander y^e feest of saynt Agryppe called by syr∣name Castor / a cōfessour / & a man of {pro}foūde doctryne /

that confoūded & improued .iiij.c. & .xxiiij. bokes / y^t the heretyke Basilides wrote vpon the gospelles cōtrary vnto y^e fayth & vnto the determynacyon of y^e chirche / & he made a boke agaynst them / & therin in a style moost eloquent he defended & declared the true fayth / and he was a notable man of holy lyfe & good example. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of Apryll. In asya at pergamū the feest of saynt Carpe a bysshop / & of saynt Papyre a deacon & of y^e vertuous matrone saynt Agathonyke / & of ma∣ny women that with her were put to deth by y^e empe∣rours Antonyne vere & Aurely comedy / w^t the whiche women saynt Iustyne also was put to deth / a man of grete lernynge & eloquence / & toke grete labours for y^e religyon of Chryst. In spayne the feest of saynt Ermi∣nygyld a kyng / y^e for Chrystes fayth after many afflic¦cyons was knocked on y^e heed w^t an axe / & so chaūged his tēporall realme for y^e kyngdom of heuen. The feest also of saynt Eufeme a virgyn & martyr called Effam.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In wales at breknoke the feest of saynt Caradoke / a man of noble blode / & fyrst a courtyer & a galaūt / but after he forsoke y^e worlde & was a preest of holy lyfe / & had reuelacyon of aūgels & open cōflict w^t the deuyll / & dyd many grete myracles. The feest also of saȳt Atyke bysshop of cōstantynople / a man of grete lernyng / that made a boke of fayth & of virgynite vnto y^e doughters of y^e emperour Archady / in y^e whiche boke he also con∣foūded y^e heresyes of Nestorye / & was of noble fame & many myracles. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of Apryl. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Tiburce / saynt Valeriane & Maximy all martyrs. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Fronton an ab∣bot of grete fame & holynes. At interamnis the feest of saynt Procule a martyr. The feest also of saynt Dōny∣ne a virgyn / & w^t her many other virgyns all martyrs

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Bacchyle bysshop of corynthy a man of synguler sanctite & grete lernynge. The feest also of saynt Fetyke bysshop of aduens / a man also of notable lernynge / & made a boke agaynst the heretyke Nouaciane / w^t many other profytable werkes / & was of hygh {per}feccion & holynes. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of Apryl. In perse at corduba the feest of saynt Olympiade / and of saynt Maximy martyrs / that were noble men of byrth / and for Chrystes fayth they suffred by Decius y^e emperour many turmentes & at the last they were knocked on y^e hedes w^t butchers axes lyke beestes / & so accōplysshed theyr martyrdom. In ytaly the feest of saynt Maro / saynt Euticete / and saynt Victoryne martyrs / y^t were fyrst exiled in to the yle of ponciane / where they cōuerted many {per}sones / & after by prynce Nerue they were by many varyaunt turmentes put to deth.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Paterne / borne of y^e noble blo¦de of englond / & of youth applyed all to vertue / y^t with saynt Dauid went vnto Ierusalē / where he receyued sodeynly y^e grace of tōgues to speke in euery lāguage / where also he dyd many myracles / & was there made bysshop by y^e handes of y^e patriarke / & after came in to englond where he had the reuelacyon of aūgels / & rey¦sed

two persones to lyf / w^t many other grete myracles. In englond also at norwyche y^e feest of saynt wylliam of whome his moder had reuelacion whan he was in her wombe / he was of poore byrth / & a childe set vnto a crafte in norwyche / where certayn iewes that tyme dwellyng stale hym vpon a good fryday / & with mer∣uaylous turmentes they crucyfyed hym in the age of xij. yeres / & after by reuelacyon he was founde / & dyd many myracles / & so he dyd in his lyfe before he was vij. yeres olde. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of Apryll. At corynthe y^e feest of saynt Calixt & of saynt Carisy / w^t other .vij. {per}sones all drow∣ned in the see. In cesaraugust y^e feest of .xviij. martyrs that is to saye / saynt Quintilian / saynt Cassian / saynt Matutyn / saynt Publy / saynt Vrbane / saynt Marci∣all / saynt Fauster / saynt Successe / saynt Felix / saynt Ianuary / saynt Primityue / saynt Euote / saynt Ceci∣lian / saynt Optate / saynt frōton / saynt Lupert / saynt Apodeme / & saynt Iuly / that by y^e president of spayne Daciane were put to deth by moost greuous turmen¦tes for y^e gloryous name of Chryst.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In egypte y^e feest of saynt Pholcas bysshop of tam∣pnis a noble man borne & of grete possessions & ryches & all he lefte to serue god / & was of grete lernyng & ve∣ry eloquent / & he made a boke of y^e laude of holy mar∣tyrs / wherin he prophecyed of his owne martyrdom. & so was he put to deth in the {per}secucyon of Maximian the emperour. The feest also of saynt Gēnand bysshop of cōstantinople / a man of quycke vnderstandyng / & of eloquence / & he expowned the boke of Daniel thrugh / with many other werkes / & was also of synguler san∣ctite.

The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of Apryll. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Mappalyke a martyr / y^t (as saynt Ciprian wryteth) was put to deth w^t many other {per}sones. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Peter a deacon / & of saynt Hermogeny. In the eest countree y^e feest of saynt Nicofore / y^t vnder Valerian & Galiene y^e emperours was put to deth for Chryst. At corduba the feest of saynt Hely a preest / & of saynt Paule & saynt Isidour monkes. At rome y^e feest of saynt Anicete pope & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Heleny an abbot / y^t in desert dyd many myracles / & in disputyng longe tyme w^t an heretyke he entred a grete fyre in y^e quarel of his fayth and remayned therin a longe season w^tout hurte or ble¦mysshe / wherby the heretyke was confoūded / he had also reuelacyon of aūgelles. The feest also of an other saynt Paule an abbot in libia / & fader of .v.C. monkes & of hygh {per}feccyon. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of Apryll. In naples at messany the feest of saynt Eulether a bysshop / and of saynt Anthye his moder / a man he was of hygh {per}feccyon & a mar∣tyr / y^t by prynce Adriane was put to many cruell tur∣mentes / he was cast vpon a bedde of yren full of pryc∣kes / & than lyke saynt Laurēce layd vpon a hote gyr∣dyron / after that he was put in to a potte boylynge w^t oyle / pytche / rosyne & brymstone / & yet after cast vnto wylde wode beestes / & euer he remayned vnhurt / & at the last he was heded w^t his sayd moder. At rome the feest of saynt Appolon a senatour / y^t by his owne ser∣uaūt was accused vnto prynce Comod{us} for a christyan

and brought before the senate / where he redde openly a boke y^t he had made of the prayse & poyntes of Chry∣stes fayth & religyon / for the whiche by y^e iudgement of the same senate he was heded. At corduba y^e feest of saynt Perfyte a preest & martyr. The feest also of saȳt Lafreane an abbot.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Apollon an abbot of .v.C. mon¦kes / y^t for more {per}feccyon dwelled in a caue or den / nere vnto hermepole / where our sauyour Chryst appered vnto hym & badde hym put his hande in his owne bo∣som / & pull out what he foūde & holde fast / & he pulled out a fende a deuyll: y^t fende sayd Chryst is y^e spiryte of pryde / wherwith y^u hast ben sore assayled / & for y^e auoy¦daūce wherof y^u hast so longe & cōtinually prayed / thou hast now vaynquysshed hym / do w^t hym what y^u wylt for y^u art now delyuered of hym / & than the holy fader cast hym in a quyksand / & lowly thanked our lord / and so he returned to his monastery / where he fedde a hole coūtree .iiij. monethes w^c the vytayle y^t was scant able & sufficyent for his breder by theyr custome one day / & many other grete myracles he dyd. The feest also of y^e thyrde saȳt Appolon a cōfessour / a holy man & of grete charite to seke {per}sones. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. daye of Apryll. the feest of saynt Thimon / one of the .vij. fyrst deacons / y^t was a doctour of Chry∣stes fayth at beron / & goynge about to preche y^e worde of god / he came to corynth / where by malyce of the ie∣wes & of the grekes he was cast in to a grete fyre / but no hurte had / than was he nayled vnto the crosse lyke vnto his mayster Chryst / & so ended his martyrdome. The feest also of saȳt Alphege an archebysshop & mar¦tyr.

At mylytane in armeny the feest of saynt Hermo∣genis / saynt Gayus / saynt Expedite / saȳt Aristonyke saynt Rufe / & saynt Galathe al martyrs. At cantiliber the passyon of saynt Vincent a martyr. In y^e suburbes of hamonens y^e feest of saȳt Cosmare a bysshop & cōfes¦sour of synguler vertue & holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Fronton an abbot / & fader of lx. monkes y^t lyued in desert / & neuer made {pro}uysyon of ony fode for the next daye / but euer abode y^e ordynaūce of god / & yet they neuer wanted / for an aūgell warned the ryche men of the cytees by course to visyte them w^t fode. The feest also of saynt Leo the .x. pope of y^t name a man of synguler pyte vnto the poore. And the feest of saynt Tymon bysshop of vesegoryne in araby / where he for Chryst was put to martyrdome. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. daye of Apryll. at rome y^e feest of saynt Vi∣ctor the .xv. pope after saȳt Peter / & .x. yeres he moche edifyed y^e chirche of Chryst / & than by prynce Seuere put to deth. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Sulpice / saȳt Publy & saynt Seruulane martyrs / y^t were cōuerted by the prechynge & myracles of saynt Domicill y^e vir∣gyn / & after bycause they wold not do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / they were by the mayre Aniane all heded. In fraūce at bredunens the feest of saynt Marcell a cōfes∣sour / & bisshop of the same cite / y^t by diuyne reuelacyon came from affrike vnto the moūtaynes of ytaly w^t his disciples & companyons saynt Vincent & saynt Dom∣nion / where by his holy worde & myracles he cōuerted the moost parte of y^t coūtree.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Victor bisshop of car¦tage

a holy man & of {pro}foūde doctryne / y^t wrote a boke agaynst y^e heresyes & opinyons of y^e grete heretyke Ar¦rius / w^t many other good werkes vnto y^e edificacyon of Chrystes fayth. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of Apryl. In perse y^e feest of saynt Sy¦meon a bysshop & martyr / y^t by kyng Sapour of perse was taken / & confessynge w^t lowde voyce the name of Chryst he was put in harde prison / & w^t hym .C. other {per}sones / some preestes / & other of dyuerse orders / & at y^e last after many turmentes he & they al were heded / w^t whome also were put to deth certayne noble persones saynt Vskazand / saynt Abdell / saynt Ananye / & saynt Publy w^t his doughter a holy sacred virgin. At alexan¦der y^e feest of saynt Arator a preest / saynt Fortune / saȳt Felix / saynt Syluy & saynt Vitale all martyrs / & dyed in prison. The deposicyon also of saynt Ancelme an ar∣chebysshop of Caūterbury.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Gulph yle the fyrst bysshop & apostle of the people called gothes / y^t by his holy lyfe / grete myracles & dilygent prechynge / * 1.14 conuerted them vnto Chryst / and he fyrst ordeyned lettres & the wry∣tynge of theyr speche / for before they had no wrytyng but all by hert / and he translated the byble in to theyr moder tongue and commune language. The feest also of saynt Gemyne bysshop of nisebene / a man of grete lernynge for his age / & of synguler sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. day of Apryll. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Gay pope / y^t after he had ben pope .xj. ye∣res .vij. monethes and .xij. dayes / was put to martyr¦dom

by the prynce Dioclecian. In perse y^e feest of ma∣ny martyrs vnnamed / y^t were put to deth by y^e tyraūt kynge Sapour / amonge whome these were knowen saynt Melesy a bysshop / saynt Accepsymy a bysshop with his preest saynt Iames / saynt Marcias & saynt Bitro bothe bysshops w^t .CC. {per}sones of theyr clergy / & with .l. monkes / and many sacred virgyns / amonge whome saynt Tarbua a quene & syster vnto y^e bysshop saynt Symeon / w^t her bondmayd / were kytte thrugh the bodyes w^t a sawe. At corduba y^e feest of saynt Per∣menye / saynt Helymen & saynt Schrysotele preestes / & of saynt Luke & saynt Mycy deacons / al martyrs / of whose triūphe & noble victory is wryten in y^e legend & passyon of saynt Laurence. At lyons the feest of saynt Epypode a martyr / y^t by the persecucyon of Antonyne vere / was after many turmentes heded. The feest al∣so of saynt Sother pope & martyr. And y^e inuencyon of saynt Denyse & his felowes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Oportune a virgyn / & an ab∣besse / of many grete graces / specially in curyng of seke {per}sones. At rome y^e feest of an other saȳt Gay a preest & cōfessour / a man of grete holynes & of excellēt doctryne that confoūded & destroyed many heresyes. The feest also of saynt Leo y^e fyrst pope of y^t name / y^t cōdempned many heretikes / & wrote agaynst them many werkes by y^e reuelacyon & instruccyon of saynt Peter / & where he had stryken of his owne hand / bycause it was occa¦syon of tēptacyon vnto a frayle woman / it was agayn restored by the myracle of our blessed lady / & he after of more hygh {per}feccyō & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Agapite y^e fyrst pope of y^t name / y^t fyrst ordered y^e euery sonday sholde be {pro}cessyon / & he was of grete ho¦lynes

& many myracles. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of Apryll. In perse at dyospole the passyon of saȳt George a martyr / whose gestes (as vn¦to grete parte) ben nōbred amonge y^e apocriphase / * 1.15 not∣withstandynge his noble martyrdom is had in y^e chir¦che in solempne honour & deuout reuerence / specyally in englonde. In fraūce at valence y^e feest of saynt Felix a preest / & of saȳt Fortunate & saynt Achilley deacons / that whan they had cōuerted the moost parte of y^t cite vnto Chryst / were taken / imprysoned / scourged / theyr legges & thyes broken / & all theyr membres & hole bo∣dy stretched vpon a rote or turnyng whele / hanged on a gybet ouer a grete smoke / and at the last ended theyr martyrdom by the swerde. In the castell of syluanect the feest of saynt Rule / a bysshop & cōfessour. At bruce the feest of saynt Adhelbert a bisshop & martyr of hygh perfeccyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Leomy a bysshop / & of saynt Malachy y^e prophete. In egypte y^e feest of saynt Hera∣clide a cōfessour / y^t was disciple vnto saynt Isidour / & by hym brought vnto the desert of the baydes / & there cōmitted disciple vnto saynt Dorothey y^e holy abbot w^t whom he lyued many yeres / & after hym he occupyed his rome & place / & wente aboute vnto many solytary persones / & wrote a boke of theyr lyues / & so after ma∣ny myracles and grete holynes he departed vnto our lorde. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of Apryll. In fraūce at lyons y^e feest of saynt Alexander a martyr / y^t in the {per}secucyon of An∣tonyne vere was so rent & torne in his body w^t hokes y^t

his rybbes opened & his bowelles came out / & after all he was (as his mayster) put vpon the crosse where he yelded his holy spiryte / & w^t hym were put to deth also xxxiiij. other {per}sones. In brytayn y^e feest of saynt Mel∣lyte a bysshop & cōfessour. At hylyber the feest of saynt Gregory a bysshop & confessour. The feest also of saynt Crowne a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest of saynt Egbert y^t was borne in englonde & spent his lyf hooly in other londes in prechyng & pyl¦grymage. And y^e feest of saynt wylfryde archebysshop of yorke / borne in englonde of y^e blode royall. At whose byrth was seen a pyller of fyre / so y^t all the hous semed on fyre / he was euer vertuous from youth / & so conty∣nued in singuler perfeccion & many myracles. The in∣uencion also of saynt Yue. At blese y^e feest of saynt Deo date an abbot. At reme the feest of saynt Boue / & saynt Dode bothe virgyns. And y^e feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of Apryll. At rome is the grete letany & {pro}cessyon vnto y^e chirche of saynt Peter. At alexander the feest of saynt Marke y^e euangelyst / y^t was discyple vnto saynt Peter / and his interpretour / y^t required in∣staūtly by many peticyons of y^e chrystyans / wrote the gospell & lyfe of Iesu / & whan they had receyued & ad∣mytted y^e same gospell / he went in to egypt / & he fyrst preched Chrystes sayth in alexander / & there he ordey¦ned a chirche / & than was he taken by the infydeles & put to many cruell turmentes / in y^e whiche he had cō∣fort by y^e reuelacyons of aūgels / & after of our sauyour hymselfe / by whome he was called vnto y^e kyngdome celestyall the .viij. yere of Nero the emperour. At syra∣cusane the feest of saynt Euody & saynt Hermogenis.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Adelbert a bysshop & a mar∣tyr / that was a noble man borne and all applyed vnto vertu / & brought vp in lernynge w^t the archebisshop of paryhenopole / after whose deth he was called vnto y^e emperours courte & made a knyght / but after by diuy¦ne reuelacyon he was called agayn to religyon & was bysshop of prage / a holy man & diligent in prechynge / specially vnto y^e infydeles / of whome by y^e last he was put to martyrdom. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of Apryll. At rome the feest of saynt Clete y^e seconde pope after saynt Peter / y^t after he had ruled & gouerned the chirche .xij. yeres / was in y^e per∣secucyon of y^e emperour Domician put to martyrdom. At rome also the feest of saynt Marcellyne a bysshop / that whan he had wel gouerned his chirche .ix. yeres & .iiij. monethes / was in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Dioclecian put to deth / & w^t hym saynt Claudy / saynt Ciryne & saynt Antonyn. In y^t tyme was a grete {per}se∣cucyon / so y^t in one moneth .xvij.M. chrystyans were put vnto martyrdome. In the fraūchest of pontyne at the monastery of Centule the feest of saynt Rychary a preest & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the yle of sardyny y^e feest of saynt Lucifere bys∣shop of calaritane / y^t wrote a boke agaynst y^e heresy of Arrius / & sent the same boke vnto the emperour Con∣stance y^t was of the same opinyon / by whome he was put in exile / after whose deth he moche edyfyed y^e chir¦che of Chryst / of whome saynt Ierome wryteth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of Apryl. At rome the deposicyon of saynt Anastace the pope / of whome saynt Ierom reue¦rently sayth / the worlde was not worthy to haue his lyf ony longe tyme. At nicomede the feest of saynt An∣chymy a bysshop & martyr / y^t in the {per}secucyon of Dio∣clecian (as is wryten in the story ecclesiastyke) was heded / & with hym y^e moost parte of all his flocke & cu∣re was put to deth / some heded / some maymed / some brent / some manacled & cast in to the see / & some slayne by many other cruell turmentes. In sicilie at tharse y^e feest of saynt Castor & of saynt Stephan martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At altyne the feest of saynt Liberall a confessour of hygh perfeccyon / & had reuelacyon of aūgels. At ciui∣litane y^e feest of saynt Pule a lector in ordre / y^t in the {per}se∣cucyon of Dioclecian & Maximian the emperours suf∣fred passyon for Chryst: The feest also of saynt Ancare a man of meruaylous sanctite. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of Apryll. At rauen y^e feest of saynt Vitale a martyr / y^t bycause he buryed w^t due reuerence the holy body of saynt Vrsylyne / was taken by the tri¦bune Paulyn / & after rackynge & many turmentes he was buryed quycke. At alexander y^e feest of saȳt Theo¦dour a virgyn / y^t bycause she wold not do sacrefyce vn∣to the ydolles / was sent to y^e bordelhous / from whens saynt Didymus inflambed w^t heuenly zele / rauysshed her by violence & strength / and after w^t her was put to martyrdome. The feest also of saynt Affrodose / saynt Carilyppe / saynt Agapy / & saynt Euseby all martyrs At padway the feest of saynt Palion a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Valeriane / wyfe vnto saynt Vitale / that after she had sought her sayd housbonde was in her returne taken by y^e infydeles & put to deth. At treuer the feest of saynt Latrocinian a martyr / that borne in spayne came in to fraūce / & there sowed y^e sede of Chryst / & was there put therfore to deth by y^e tyraūt Maximian / & in y^e tyme of y^e emperour Theodosius / y^e fyrst of y^t name. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Apryl. At paphū the feest of saynt Tite disciple vnto saynt Paule / whome oft he remem¦breth in his epystles / callyng hym his moost dere bro¦der & felowe in y^e seruice & bondage of god. In numyde at a vyllage nere vnto circen y^e feest of saynt Agapite & saynt Secūdyne bysshops & martyrs / y^t in the {per}secu∣cyon of the emperour Valerian / were after many tur∣mentes put to dethe / & w^t them also suffred deth saynt Emilian a man of warre / saynt Tercull & saynt Anto∣ny virgyns / & a woman vnnamed w^t her two chylder twyndles. At myllen y^e feest of saynt Peter a martyr / one of the ordre of freres prechers. In Brytayne the translacyon of saynt Edmonde kynge and martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt wylfryde the yonger / y^t was also archebysshop of yorke. The feest also of saynt Tor¦pede a martyr / & of saynt Leo a bisshop in grece / of syn¦guler holy lyfe / & of grete myracles / & in his deth ma∣ny moo. The feest also of saȳt Robert / y^t was fyrst foū∣der of y^e order of cirsterciens / called the whyte monkes he was before abbot of y^e monastery of molysme / & by¦cause he wold lyue a more harde lyf / he toke .xxj. of his

moost holy monkes / & went vnto a wyldernes called cisterciū / where by the auctorite of y^e archebysshop of lyons / & of the bysshop of cabilony / & by y^e helpe of the duke of burgoyn called Odo / he buylded a monastery & there began the sayd ordre of whyte monkes / & after he refourned his owne monastery vnto the same {per}fec∣cion & many other monasteryes / & was of many grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Marian a lay broder & a monke of biturience y^t was a herdman & kepte the beestes of y^e monastery / & he saued a wylde bore from hunters that chased hym / & euer after he folowed the holy man all his lyfe as a tame dogge. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of Apryll. At lambesitane the feest of saynt Mariane a lectour in ordre / and saynt Iames a deacon / that were put in pryson & there cōforted by di∣uyne reuelacyon / & than after many cruell turmentes they were slayne by the swerde / & w^t them many other chrystyans. At sanctonas the feest of saynt Eutrope a martyr / whome saynt Clement the pope made a bys∣shop / & than sent hym in to fraūce / where he cōuerted moche people / & dyd many myracles / and after for the fayth of Chryst he was heded. In englonde at london the deposicyon of saynt Erkenwald bysshop of y^e same cite / a cōfessour of grete holynes / in lyf & myracles mo∣che famous & honourable.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt zozimas an abbot in y^e partyes of palestyne nere vnto egipte / a man of hygh {per}feccyon and a grete labourer in sekyng of straūge places & vn∣used desertes / in whiche serche and labours he founde saynt Mary egypciake / & buryed her as on her day is

shewed / & after he returned vnto his monastery / whe∣re he remayned in moost holy lyfe and grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ May.

¶ To morowe.

May. THe fyrst daye of May. In egypt the feest of the prophete Ieremy a martyr of y^e olde testament that of the people was murthered w^t stones cast vpon hȳ in a grete hepe / & so dyed at a place called taphnas. The feest also of y^e holy apostles saynt Phylip & saynt Iames / whiche saynt Phylip after he had conuerted nere all the londe of sythe / was put to dethe in asia at ierapole / & saȳt Iames called y^e broder of our sauyour Iesu / was cast downe heedlonge from an hygh place nere vnto the temple in Ierusalem / & so his necke bro∣ken / & he there buryed. In fraūce in y^e fraūchest of vi∣uariens y^e feest of saynt Andeole a subdeacon / whome saynt Policarpe sent from the eest partyes in to fraūce with dyuerse other felowes to preche y^e fayth / whiche whan y^e emperour Seuery had perceyued / he caused hym to be takē & cruelly to be beten w^t thorny busshes & breres / & so put hym in harde prison / & at the last after moche afflyccyon he was sawed ouerthwarte y^e heed in crosse wyse w^t a sawe of harde wode / & so ended his martyrdom. At sedunens y^e feest of saynt Sygismund the kyng. At austrace y^e feest of saynt Orient a bysshop & cōfessour of holy lyfe & synguler vertues / & therafter made a gloryous ende. At antysiodour y^e feest of saynt Amatour a bysshop & cōfessour. In brytayne y^e feest of saynt Thoremyny a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Barucke y^e prophete / y^t was disciple & scrybe vnto the sayd prophete Ieremy. The

feest also of saȳt Walburge called also saȳt Gauburge & some {per}sones call her saynt walpurge / a virgyn & an abbesse / borne in englond / & of singuler sanctite & grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Magnus kynge of norwey / that was of hygh & meruaylous {per}feccyon in all his lyfe / whose soule at his dethe was seen by vy∣syon caryed and conueyed by aūgels in to heuen. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde daye of May. the feest of saynt Atha∣nasius bysshop of alexander a cōfessour / that made the psalme Quicū{que} vult. w^t many other notable werkes vnto the cōfusyon & destruccyon of heresyes / for y^e whi¦che he suffred meruaylous {per}secucyon / for the worlde nerehand hooly coniured / agreed & consented vnto his deth / with dyuerse realmes / kyngdomes & coūtrees / prynces & lordes / & the vnyuersall people were moued agaynst hym / & men of warre were layd in wayte for hym / and moost furyous agaynst hym were the grete heretykes called arrians / & full hardly he escaped / but euer he fledde / dryuen from place to place all y^e worlde ouer / & yet in no place coude he be sure / notw^tstandyng god euer preserued hym for the encreace & cōtynuaūce of the fayth / & the erudicyon of many {per}sones / & so at y^e last after many victoryes of pacyence / he rested in the peace of Chryst / vnder the reygne of y^e emperours Va¦lentynian & Valent / whan he had ben preest .xlvj. ye∣res. The feest also of saynt Saturnyne & saynt Neo∣pole martyrs / that were murthered in pryson.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At taruis the feest of saynt Florens a bysshop / & of saynt Vindemiale a noble precher / and of synguler san¦ctite

& many myracles. The feest also of saynt Sycare a martyr. And of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of May. At Ierusalem the inuen∣cyon of y^e holy crosse / foūde by saynt Elene quene & mo∣der vnto y^e emperour Cōstantyne. At rome in numen∣tan strete the passyon of saynt Alexander pope / and of saynt Euence & saynt Theodole preestes / that al were put to many greuous turmentes / & at the last heded. The feest also of saynt Iuuenall a bysshop & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Sophrony a cōfessour / a man of grete lernyng bothe in greke & latyn / & made many noble nokes / & trāslated out of latyn in to greke y^e psal∣ter & the prophetes / after y^e same copye y^t saynt Ierom made & had translated them out of ebrewe in to latyn / & after he went in to wyldernes / & there lyued as an heremyte in holy cōtemplacyon all his lyfe. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of May. In palestyn at gaze y^e feest of saynt Syluane bysshop of y^e same cite / y^t in the persecu¦cyon of y^e emperour Dioclecian was put to deth w^t ma¦ny other martyrs. At Ierusalem the passyon of saynt Quiriake a bysshop / that was the same Iudas y^t by saynt Elene foūde & shewed the holy crosse / & after he was put to deth for the fayth of y^e same by y^e emperour Iulian. In fauence at metall y^e feest of .xl. martyrs all heded for Chryst. At nicomede y^e feest of y^e holy woman saynt Antonye a martyr / y^t was hanged by one of her armes thre dayes / & after kept in pryson two yeres / & thā after many meruaylous turmētes she was brent.

At oricoripens y^e feest of saynt Floriane a martyr / that was tyed by the necke vnto a mylstone / & so cast in to y^e water of anyse. At antisiodour y^e feest of saynt Coreode a deacon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At Ierusalem the feest of saynt Amony / y^t by saynt Quiriake was cōuerted / & w^t hym put to deth. And y^e feest also of saynt Anne moder vnto y^e same saynt Qui∣riake. The feest also of the holy virgyn saynt Heryne / doughter vnto y^e emperour Lycyne / y^t in the age of .vj. yeres was for her beauty enclosed by her sayd fader in a toure / w^t other .xiij. virgyns / & neuer sawe man / but onely her techer & scolemayster / & whan she was .xij. yeres of age / after a reuelacyon she forsoke the ydolles & made her prayer vnto Chryst / whiche sent an aūgell that taught her his fayth / & brought a preest vnto her by whome she was baptyzed / whiche thynge whan her fader knewe / he put her to meruaylous turmētes in the whiche he hymselfe was slayne / whome she by prayer reysed from deth / & cōuerted hym & her moder also / than his broder this virgyns vncle toke her & put her to cruell turmētes / in y^e whiche he also was slayne After whome his sone & eyre put her to newe paynes meruaylous / & he also slayne by the same / by the whi∣che .xxxviij.M. persones were cōuerted / & w^t her sayd fader & moder baptized. After this an other kynge de∣uysed newe terryble turmentes / whiche whan she w^t out hurte had vaynquisshed / he was cōuerted / & after hym an other kynge was baptized w^t all his realme / & many dyuerse coūtrees she conuerted / & at the last she was enclosed in a caue of stone lyke a sepulcre / & there dyed / & is accounted for a martyr. The feest also of .xl. martyrs y^t were put to deth at the castell of lauryake.

And the feest of other .xl. martyrs / y^t were rude labou∣ryng men / & in the tyme of saynt Gregory y^e fyrst pope of that name / were by the longoberdes put to deth for Chryst. The feest also of saȳt Monica moder vnto saȳt Augustyn. And the feest of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. daye of May. the ascencyon of our lord & sa∣uyour Iesu Chryst / in the whiche daye (his apostles beholdynge w^t clere & open syght) he (as a victoryous champyon after his gloryous resurreccyon) dyd ascen¦de aboue all heuens / & so opened vnto vs y^e gate of euer¦lastynge lyfe. At alexander the feest of saynt Eutheme a deacon that dyed in pryson. At thessalonyke y^e feest of saynt Hyren / saynt Peregryne / & saȳt Heren martyrs that were brent. In fraūce at arelatens y^e feest of saȳt Hyllary bysshop & cōfessour / a famous man of syngu∣ler vertue. At vien̄ the feest of saȳt Nicete a bysshop of grete holynes. At antisiodour y^e feest of saȳt Iouinian a martyr and a lector in ordre. The translacyon also of saynt Audoen / done by saynt Ausbert a bisshop / by the whiche translacyon he was made hole of a grete bren¦nynge feuer.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Gotard a bysshop & cōfessour a man of grete fame / & fyrst he was an abbot / & after by y^e emperour Henry he was {pro}moted to be a bysshop whiche he toke by the reuelacyon of our lady / & was therin of holy lyfe & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Fortunate a bysshop & cōfessour / & of saynt Tri∣phon a chylde & a martyr of grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Appolyn a confessour & an abbot. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / mar. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. daye of May. The feest of saynt Iohn the euangelyst / called portlatyn / bycause he was as that daye by the cōmaundement of y^e emperour Domician brought to rome from Ephese where he was in exile / & in the presence of the senate he was put in to a tonne of boylynge oyle before the gate called portlatyn / but bycause he escaped w^tout hurte or noyaūce / the people made a feest / whiche yet is kepte solempne vnto this daye. At antioche the feest of saynt Euod / y^t (as saynt Ignacius wryteth) was the fyrst bysshop of that cite ordeyned by the apostles / & in the same he suffred mar¦tyrdom for Chrystes fayth. The feest also of saynt Lu¦cius / the fyrst bysshop of cyrenen / instytuted also & or∣deyned by y^e apostles / whome saȳt Luke remembreth in the actes of y^e apostles. In affryke the feest of saynt Helyodour and saynt Venust / with other martyrs in nombre .lxxv.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of the grete clerke & noble lerned man saynt Iohn damascene / that fyrst was a iewe / & after conuerted in youth beynge euer a virgyn / & whan he was in religyon / he had synguler deuocyon vnto our blessed lady / and wrote many werkes of her laude & prayse / & whan his hande was cutte of / he was sory & complayned vnto her y^t he coude no more wryte of her She than brought vnto hym y^e same drye hande that longe tyme had hanged vpon a wall & was wydred / & she ioyned it vnto his arme / & he was all hole / & after he wrote many werkes of diuinite / & was of holy lyfe & grete myracles. The feest also of saȳt Victorian / & of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of May. At teracyne in campane the

feest of saynt Domicyll a virgyn & martyr / that was of noble byrth / nece vnto the cōsull Flauius clement / & she was veyled & consecrate by saynt Clement y^e pope / and after she was for Chryst put to exile in to the yle of ponce / w^t many other holy v{er}gyns / where they suffred many affliccyons / & at y^e last whan she had by her ho∣ly doctryne & myracles conuerted many persones / she was brent / & w^t her two holy virgyns her cōpanyons saynt Eufrosyn and saynt Theodour. The feest also of saynt Iuuenall a martyr. At nicomede the passyon of saynt Flauy / saynt August / & saynt Austustyn all bre∣der & martyrs. The deposicyon also of saynt Iohn be∣uerley archebysshop of yorke.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The same daye is also a feest ioyntly of saynt Ste∣phan and saynt Laurence / bycause y^t by the emperour Theodosius y^e yonger / theyr two bodyes were ioyned bothe togyder / & so shryned at rome by myracle. The apparicyon also of saynt Mychaell / & the feest of saynt Raphaell y^e archaūgell / y^t is the sure helper & socourer of all seke & trauaylyng {per}sones. The feest also of saynt Letarde bysshop of saynt Martyns in london / y^t was goostly fader vnto quene Bert doughter vnto y^e kynge of fraūce & wyfe vnto kynge Ethelbert of englonde / a deuoute lady & faythfull / y^t by the coūseyle of the sayd bysshop / had all her seruaūtes & houshold chrysten per¦sones / all though y^e londe than was hethen / & all they herd masse & goddes seruyce at saynt Martyns before sayd / where the sayd bysshop by his holy prechynge & grete myracles cōuerted many persones vnto Chryst. The feest also of saȳt Serenyke a cōfessour. & of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of May. At mylen the feest of saynt

Victor / that was baptized in youth / & euer a true chry¦styan / & beynge a soudyour in the emperours warres whan he was cōmaūded to do sacrefice vnto y^e ydolles he vtterly despysed them / for y^e whiche he was scour∣ged / & than boylynge lede pored vpon his body / & after many other paynes suffred w^tout grefe / he was at the last heded. In egypte y^e feest of saynt Stephan & saynt Victor. The feest also of saynt Ellad a bysshop. In the golden moūt the dedicacyon of saynt Mychaelles chir¦che the archaūgell.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Catald a bysshop / of ma¦ny notable myracles / whose heed as soone as he was borne / fell by chaunce vpon a marble stone / and entred therinto as though it had ben waxe / and the prynt of his forehead remayned there for euer / whiche marble was in y^e playne felde / & the water y^t by the rayne fell in to that holowe prynt / dyd hele all maner of sekenes or sores / whose moder for payne of trauaylynge there dyed / & the chylde arose vpon his fete & toke her in his armes / & therw^t she reuyued & was all hole. He reysed also thre other {per}sones from deth / and dyd many myra∣cles / & cōuerted many vnto Chrystes fayth. The feest also of saynt Indrake a kynge of yrelond / y^t forsoke all his royalty & went to rome w^t his syster saynt Domi∣nyke / w^t dyuerse other / y^t al togyder lyued a priuate lyf full of sctīte & myracles / & at the last martyred for chry¦stes fayth. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. daye of May. the translacyon of saynt An∣drewe the apostle / whan his holy body / w^t the bones of saynt Luke the euangelyst / & the bones of saynt Thy∣mothe disciple vnto saynt Paule / were brought out of

akaia vnto cōstantinople by y^e emperour Constantyne. At rome the feest of saynt Hermen / whome the apostle Paule remembreth in his epystle vnto the romaynes a holy man & of hygh perfeccion. At nazant the feest of saynt Gregory a bysshop / called by syrname diuyne for his grete & noble lernynge / vnto whome saynt Ierom was dyscyple / & wryteth of hym / y^t whan he had by techynge made many clerkes / & by prechynge moche edifyed / he resigned his bysshopryche / & lyued y^e resy∣due of all his lyfe in religyous exercyse as a monke in prayer & cōtemplacyon. The translacyon also of saynt Nicolas bysshop & cōfessour from myrre vnto barum. In perse y^e feest of .cccx. holy martyrs. In the castell of wyndocyn y^e deposicyon of saynt Bertyne a cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The translacyon also of saynt Ierom / that two ty∣mes was translate / fyrst by saynt Cirill on trinite son∣daye / whose holy body was than foūde hole / & of mer¦uaylous odour & swete smell / by y^e whiche .xvj. blynde {per}sones were restored vnto syght / & thre {per}sones delyue∣red from deuyls. And y^e sone of a poore wydowe was there in y^e prece & thronge of people murthered to deth whome she cast in to the graue where y^e body of saynt Ierom had ben / & forthwith he arose all hole / whiche thynge perceyuynge a housband man y^t thre dayes be¦fore had buryed his sone / ranne & brought hym thyder and layd hym in the same graue / & he anone receyued lyfe / & went forth all hole. Many other myracles were done in y^t translacyon / & yet notw^tstandyng his holy bo¦dy on the morowe after was foūde agayn in the same graue / & cōmaūdement gyuēn by his owne reuelacion there to rest a tyme / & so it dyd vnto y^t by his owne re∣uelacyon

also it was after trāslated vnto rome / where it remayneth in y^e chirche of saynt Mary the more. At veron y^e feest of saynt Metron a confessour / y^t for a tres∣pace fettred hymselfe w^t a locke & cast the key in to y^e see hauynge token by reuelacyon / that whan y^e key were foūde his synne shold clerely be forgyuen / whiche key a lytell before his deth was foūde in y^e bely of a fysshe and soone after he departed vnto our lorde. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of May. the feest of saynt Iob the holy pacyent {pro}phete. At rome in latyn strete y^e feest of saynt Gordian / y^t after many longe turmētes was heded / & with hym saynt Epimache / bothe martyrs vnder Iu¦lian the emperour. At rome also the feest of saynt Cali∣pode a preest / y^t by y^e emperour Alexander was put to deth / & his body cast in y^e water of tyber / & w^t hym suf∣fred deth saynt Palmacy consull of rome / w^t his wyfe & chylder / & of his housholde .xlij. persones / after them was put to deth also saȳt Symplice a noble senatour & all theyr hedes were set vp at dyuerse gates of rome for example vnto y^e chrystyans. In rome also in latyn strete at a place called y^e hondred halles y^e feest of saynt Quart & saynt Quint martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond the feest of saynt Congall a holy abbot / whose byrthe was shewed by reuelacyon vnto saynt Patryke .lx. yeres before & vnto an other holy bysshop many yeres before / at whose baptym sprange a well / & a blynde preest was restored vnto syght / & after he grewe to hygh perfeccyon / & he reysed .x. or .xij. {per}sones vnto lyfe / & had reuelacyons / & was of many grete & wonderous myracles. The feest also of saynt william

borne in englond / a holy man & of grete myracles. And y^e feest of saynt Maturyn a {con}fessour. & of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of May. At rome in salary strete y^e feest of saynt Authyme a preest & martyr / a noble precher & of many myracles / y^t whan he was for chryst cast in to the water of tyber / he was brought agayne by an aū∣gell vnto his owne chirche & there preched / and after was taken agayne & heded. At vien̄ the feest of saynt Mamert a bysshop & cōfessour / y^t for the seacynge of a grete plage / ordeyned y^e solempne letany to be songe be¦fore the ascencyon. In brytayne the feest of saynt Fre∣mund kynge therof & martyr. The feest also of saynt Maiole abbot of sylumyake / & y^e feest of saȳt Montane

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At lyngon y^e feest of saynt Gengolfe a holy cōfessour and of grete myracles / y^t was slayne by a clerke y^t kept his wyfe in auoutry / whiche wyfe vsed moche to scor¦ne the myracles & to mocke y^e holynes of her sayd hous∣bonde / in vengeaūce wherof euery fryday (for on that day he was slayne) at euery worde she spake came out of her mouth a stynkynge breth / that nerehande poy∣soned y^e people in her presence / a grete example for moc¦kers of holy {per}sones. At tergest y^e feest of saynt Pryme a preest / & of saynt Marke a deacon y^t by the emperour Adriane were put to cruell martyrdom / & with them saynt Iason & saynt Celian / that by them were cōuer¦ted. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of May. at rome in ardiatyn strete the feest of saynt Neyre & saynt Achyll martyrs / y^t were baptyzed of saynt Peter / & for Chryst were put to exile

in to the yle of ponce / and after many cruel turmentes they were heded. At rome also in aurell strete the feest of saynt Pancras a martyr / y^t in the age of .xiiij. yeres was put to many turmentes by the emperour Diocle¦cian / & at y^e last heded. The feest also of saynt Denyse y^t was naturall fader vnto the sayd saynt Pancras / & a man of synguler vertue. At cipres y^e feest of saynt Epi∣phan bysshop of salamyne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Philyp y^e fyrst chrysten empe¦rour / & of his sone saynt Philyp also & emperour / whi¦che bothe emperours were conuerted vnto Chryst by saynt Ponce & baptized / & after they bothe were mar∣tyred by the emperour Decius / y^t was theyr seruaunt & by false traytory put them bothe to dethe. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. daye of May. The feest of our lady called sancte marie ad martyres .i. saynt Mary at the mar∣tyrs / whiche is the dedicacyon of a chirche that saynt Bonyface y^e pope halowed in the worshyp of our lady & of all martyrs. The feest also of saynt Muce a preest that was put to many turmentes / fyrst at amphyble / & after at byzance where he was heded. The feest also of saynt Seruace a confessour / & bysshop of tungrens. For whose meryte & holynes to be knowen / it pleased god to shewe this myracle / y^t whan hard frost & snowe couered all the coūtree / his graue was neuer wete ne ouerflowed ne hydde / tyll suche tyme as the citezyns had buylded a chirche ouer it / & many other myracles were done therin.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Boniface / the fyrst pope of y^t name / for whose eleccyon was a sysme / but he obtey∣ned

and well ruled / he ordeyned that no woman shold handle the chalys ne corporas / and that no bond man shold be preest / w^t many other good statutes / & he was called the mekest man vpon erth / and moost pyteous. The feest also of an other saynt Boniface y^e fourth po∣pe of y^t name / & he ordeyned that y^e chefe sete & chirche of christianite shold be at rome / for before it was at con¦stantynople / & he obteyned of y^e emperour Foke y^e tem∣ple in rome called Panteon / y^t was of all ydolles / & he made it the chirche of all halowes / & ordeyned y^t feest / with many other good statutes. The feest also of saȳt Hyllary an abbot / y^t in the age of .xiij. yeres forsoke the worlde / & was brought by an aūgell vnto an hyll cal∣led moūt emyle / where at .xx. yeres of age he buylded a chirche / & put out a deuyll frō a noble man / y^t after w^t hym was a monke / & there he lyued tyl he was of the age of .lxxxij. yeres / than by reuelacyon of an aūgel he made his owne graue thre dayes before his deth / & so departed full of myracles. The feest also of saynt One∣symy a confessour. In yrelond the feest of saynt Mael∣doke a cōfessour / & the deposicyon of saynt Marcellian a cōfessour. And the feest of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. daye of May. In fraūce at cymele y^e feest of saynt Ponce a martyr / y^t by his holy prechynge and wyse doctryne cōuerted two of the emperours sones / & after by the emperours Valerian & Galiene he was put to martyrdome. In syre the feest of saynt Victor a martyr / & of another mānes wyf called saynt Crowne that beholdynge y^e constancy of saynt Victor in his tur¦mentes / praysed hym & blessed hym: & forthw^t she sawe two crownes comyng downe frō heuen / one sent vnto

saynt Victor / & the other vnto her selfe / whiche vision she openly shewed before all the people / for the whiche she was sawed in sonder betwyxt two stockes / & saynt Victor was heded. The feest also of saynt Pachomy y^t in egypte buylded many monasteryes / & wrote a rule vnto his monkes y^t he lerned by the reuelacyon & endy¦tyng of an aūgell / & he was a grete precher & of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Boniface a martyr y^t in tharse was put to deth / but he was buried in rome At the monastery of fomanel y^e deposicion of saynt He∣rymbert bysshop of tolosane.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Boniface a bysshop that in his chyldhode dyd many myracles / & after he was bisshop many moo / & he was a grete almes man The feest also of saynt Felix and saynt Fortunate mar¦tyrs & naturall breder / & bothe heded togyder. At mu∣thon the feest of saynt Barbary a martyr / y^t was a no∣ble duke / & by the emperour Iulian put to many cruel turmentes / in y^e whiche he cōuerted many {per}sones / spe¦cyally a duke called saynt Backe / and two knyghtes / saynt Almache & saȳt Denyse / y^t all were heded before hym / & he last. The feest also of an other saynt Pacho∣my a monke of sythe / a holy man. The feest also of saȳt Theodour an abbot / & of saynt Orosiens an abbot also & bothe discyples vnto saynt Pachomy. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Cartake a bysshop / of whome was had reuelacyon before his byrth / & in his chyldhode he dyd many myracles / & cured many persones of all maner diseases / & reysed thre persones to lyfe / after he was a bysshop he went in to an other coūtre / & w^t hym .viij.c. & .xl. monkes / whiche he brought thrugh a grete wa∣ter / that by his blessynge was dyuyded / & they went

ouer drye foted / in maner of the chylder of israell. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of May. At rome y^e feest of saynt Tor∣quate / saynt Thesifon / saynt Secūde / saynt Iudalece saynt Cecily / saȳt Esicy & saynt Eufrase / y^t all togyder at rome were made bysshops by y^e apostles / & all sent in to spayne to preche / where whan they had cōuerted in dyuerse citees people innumerable / they were diuy¦ded / & dyed all cōfessours in dyuerse places. In the yle of chire the feest of saynt Ysydour a martyr / in whose chirche remayneth y^e same pyt wherin he was drow∣ned / by y^e water wherof many {per}sones ben cured. At la¦mosate y^e passyon of saynt Peter & saynt Andrewe mar¦tyrs / & y^e feest of saynt Paule a martyr / & of a holy wo∣man called saynt Denyse.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ This daye after some auctours is remembred the feest of pentecost / & of the trinite. In englond y^e feest of saynt Brithyne / y^t was deacon vnto saynt Iohn of be∣uerley / by hym he was made abbot of beuerley / whi∣che monastery the same saynt Iohn founded / & therin lyeth shryned / & with hym this holy saynt his disciple The feest also of saynt Sophy / a man of many myra∣cles. And y^e feest of many other holy sayntes / mar. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. daye of May. In the prouynce of ysawry the feest of saynt Aquilyn & saynt Victoryan / whose ho¦ly actes ben cōteyned in the legend. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Peregryne / y^t was the fyrst bysshop of y^t cite / & there for Chrystes fayth was heded. In the ter¦rytory of Iuliens the feest of saynt Maxima a virgyn of holy lyfe. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Brendane a

preest and an abbot / of many grete myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Vbald a bysshop. In yrelond the feest of saynt Carantoke / y^t is also called saynt Cer¦uach / a kȳges sone of englond / applyed al vnto vertue from youth / & whan his fader waxed aged / he wolde haue resygned his crowne vnto hym as his heyre / he than stale away pryuely / & chaūged clothynge with a poore begger / & therin made his prayer vnto our lorde to guyde & directe hym wheder he wolde / forhw^t came an aūgell in lykenes of a doue / & ledde hym vnto a soly¦tary place / where he lyued in grete holynes / after the same aūgell in y^e same lykenes brought hym in to yre∣londe to visyte saynt Patryke / & from thens vnto ma∣ny places / where euer he dyd grete myracles / & moche edifyed the fayth / wherin he dyed full blessedly. The feest also of saynt Fidele / a man of synguler sanctite. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. daye of May. At tuscia the feest of saynt Torpete a martyr / y^t was a grete offycer w^t Nero the emperour / & whan he knewe he was a chrystyan / he caused hym to be scourged & put vnto wylde beestes / & many turmentes / & at the last to be heded. His daye of deposicyon is the .xxix. daye of Apryll / & yet ordered by the chirche to be kept as this day. At niuedune y^e feest of saynt Eracly / saynt Paule / saynt Aquilyn / and of other twayne vnnamed {per}sones. The translacyon also of saynt Bernard.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At papie the feest & translacyon of saynt Syre bys∣shop of the same cite / in whiche translacyon were rey∣sed many deed {per}sones / the blynd restored to syght / the

dombe & defe / halte & lame cured / & many other myra∣cles were than shewed. The feest also of saynt Felix & saynt Fortunate martyrs. And of many other hol. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of May. In egypt the feest of saynt Dioscour a lector in order / y^t was put to many turmen¦tes / his nayles were dygged from his fyngers & toos his body enflambed with boylynge oyle / in y^e whiche flambe came downe a lyght frō heuen that vnto hym was moche cōfortable / & vnto his turmentours so fere full / that they fell downe as deed / & at the last he was brent to deth w^t hote plates of yren. The trāslacyon al∣so of saynt Elene quene and empresse. The feest also of saynt Felix a bysshop & martyr / that was put to deth by the emperour Maximian at the cite of spelatens.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Mary / whome saynt Dios∣cour toke by violence from certayne infydeles y^t wolde haue deuoured her. The feest also of the holy prophete Sophonie. At cameryn y^e feest of saynt venaūce a mar¦tyr / that by the emperour Decius suffred many tur∣mentes / & at the last was slayne by the swerde. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. daye of May. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Kalocery / that was chamberlayn w^t the emperour Decius / & of saynt Perthemy capytayne of his garde / bothe enukes & martyrs / that bycause they wolde not do sacrefyce vnto the ydolles / were bothe to¦gyder put to deth. In englond at caūterbury y^e feest of saȳt Dunstane an archebysshop of many grete graces and a grete foūder of monasteryes / & by his hygh do∣ctryne

& synguler vertues he moche honoured y^e chir∣che of englond / he dyed in grete age / & was buryed at Chrystes chirche / where he doth many myracles. At rome y^e feest of saynt Potencian a virgyn / y^t for Chryst suffred many affliccyons & troubles / & was very dili∣gent to bury the bodyes of holy martyrs / & a grete al∣mes woman. The feest also of saȳt Prudent / naturall broder vnto the same virgyn / & he was discyple vnto the apostles / & baptized of them / and so folowed truly theyr doctryne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In alexander the feest of saȳt Iohn̄ a martyr / that was fyrst a pagan named Neamy / & a duke vnder the emperour Maximian / by whome he was cōmaūded to pursue the christen people / after the maner of saynt Paule / in the whiche persecucyon Chryst ouerthrewe hym as he dyd Paule & cōuerted hym / & after he pur∣sued the infydeles & destroyed many of them / at y^e last he was taken & put to many varyaūt turmentes / in y^e whiche he conuerted many {per}sones / & dyd grete myra∣cles / whose holy body was translate frō alexander vn¦to constantynople / & frō thens to venyse. The feest also of saynt Celestyne the fyrst pope of y^t name / that ordey¦ned a verse to be sayd with the offyce of y^e masse / & in a sene he condempned many heresyes / & there cōfirmed as our true fayth / that in Chryst was one {per}sone & two natures / & that our blessed lady sholde be called & byle∣ued y^e very moder of god / w^t many other holy statutes. The feest also of an other Celestyn / the .v. pope of that name / y^t was a holy heremyte / & whan y^e see of rome & the papalite had ben voyde two yeres & more / he was electe agaynst his wyll / & was of holy lyfe. The feest also of the thyrde saynt Celestyn a monke / y^t (as saynt

Vincēt wryteth) was a man of singuler sanctite. The feest also of saynt Yue a preest of hygh {per}feccyon & ma∣ny myracles / y^t ofte was visyted of aūgels / & he fedde a grete multytude of people w^t one lofe of brede / & had reuelacyon of his deth / with many other notable my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of May. At rome in salary strete y^e feest of saynt Basyll a virgyn & martyr / called also saȳt Ba¦byll / of noble byrthe & despoused by her frendes vnto a noble man / whome for Chryst she forsoke / for the whi¦che after many turmētes she was slayne by y^e swerde. In fraūce at nemause y^e feest of saynt Bawdell a mar¦tyr / y^t for y^e fayth was put to many turmentes. At bi∣turyke y^e feest of saȳt Austregyll a bysshop & cōfessour. In englond the feest of saynt Adelbert kyng of y^e same and a martyr / whose holy body lyeth at herford / & his heed at westmynster.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Eustache & of his wyfe saȳt Theophist / & of saynt Agabite & saȳt Theophist theyr sones / whiche saynt Eustache was a noble & chefe ca∣pytayne vnder the emperour Traianus / & as vpon a daye he hunted a wylde hart / our sauyour Chryst ap∣pered vnto hym bytwene the hornes of y^e hart / & so con¦uerted hym / & baptyzed hym & his wyfe & chylder / & shewed hym he sholde be assayled ryght sore by tenta∣cyon / & so he was. For he lost all his seruaūtes by pesti¦lence / & all his goodes robbed by theues / & his wyfe was taken from hym by force / & bothe his sones in his syght borne away w^t wylde beestes / & he (as Iob) left alone / & fayne to kepe beestes in grete pouerte a longe tyme / yet at the last god restored hym agayn vnto his

wyfe / chylder / goodes & honours / & after y^t all they to∣gyder were put to martyrdom by the emperour Har∣drian. The feest also of saynt Bernardyn a gray frere of grete lernynge / & he buylded frō y^e groūde moo than fyfty monasteryes / & many mo he reformed. The feest also of his discyple saynt Iohn̄ capistrane a holy man & of many myracles. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. daye of May. In mauritane at cesariens the feest of saynt Thimothe / and of saynt Pole & saynt Euthyke a deacon / all martyrs / put to dethe for pre∣chynge the fayth. At cesary capadoce the feest of saynt Poliacte / saynt Victor & saynt Donate. At corduba the feest of saynt Secūdyne a martyr. In brytayn at fyn∣thall the feest of saynt Godryke a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Constantyne the emperour / that endowed the chirche w^t large possessyons / & ordey¦ned y^t for euer y^e pope shold be in honour aboue all pryn¦ces / & all the worlde subiect vnto hym / of whose cōuer¦cyon & noble actes is largly wryten in the lyfe of saynt Syluester. The feest also of saynt Hospice / y^t for {per}fec∣syon enclosed hymselfe in yren as though he had ben a prysoner / & there he kepte grete abstynence / and had the spiryte of prophecy / and dyd many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. day of May. In affryke the feest of saynt Casce & saynt Emile (as saȳt Cipriane wryteth in his boke of the fall of martyrs) were put to martyrdom by the fyre. At corsite y^e feest of saynt Iule a virgin y^t was martyred by the passyon of y^e crosse. At antisiodour the

feest of saynt Elene a virgyn. At rome y^e feest of saynt Sawstyne & saynt Tymothe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Auson a bysshop & martyr / y^t was slayne by the wandales. And y^e feest of saynt Ro∣mane a monke / y^t was abbot vnto saynt Benet / & fyrst clothed hym in the habyte of that religyon. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of May. at lyngon y^e passyon of saynt Desyre a bysshop & martyr / y^t for the rest of his flocke & people offred hymselfe vnto y^e wandales / & by them was put to deth w^t many of his owne goostly chylder. At spane the feest of saynt Thyke / and of saynt Basile bysshops.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At lyons in fraūce y^e feest of an other saynt Desyre a bysshop also & a martyr / a man of gloryous fame & notable myracles. At nicomede y^e feest of saynt Theo∣pompe a bysshop & martyr / y^t by the emperour Diocle¦cian was put to many turmentes / & sore assayled of a wytche or nygromancer / whome he cōuerted & bapti∣zed / & named hym Seneses / y^t with hym was put to martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Antidy a bysshop & martyr of grete holynes / he sawe in vision an euyl spi¦ryte shewe vnto his prynce & vnto the other cōpany of deuylles how he had brought the pope vnto a deedly synne / wherabout he had laboured many yeres / than this holy saynt charged the same spiryte in y^e vertue of Chryst to brynge hym to rome / where he refourmed the pope vnto penaunce / & than returned vpon y^e same deuyll / and after was he martyred by the wandales. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of May. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Manahen a noble doctour and a prophete of the newe testament. The feest also of saynt Ioane y^t was wyfe vnto Chufi Herodes proctour / that sent vnto her hus∣bond (as is remembred in y^e gospell) that he sholde not medle agaynst Chryst. At rome the feest of saynt Vin∣cent a martyr. In fraunce at nāmete the feest of saynt Donacian & saynt Rogacian martyrs / y^t for Chrystes fayth were hardly imprisoned / & after hanged on a gy¦bet / & theyr flesshe torne w^t hokes / & prycked in y^e body with launces / & at the last heded. At hystre the feest of saynt zoell / saynt Seruyle / saynt Felix / saȳt Syluane and saynt Dyod all martyrs. The translacyon also of saynt Dominyke confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome y^e feest of saynt Anolyne / keper of y^e pryson vnder Almachius / y^t whan saynt Vrban was cōmyt∣ted vnto his warde / was by hym conuerted w^t other thre grete capytaynes / & all there in prison baptized / & on the nexte morowe whan the mater was knowen / they were all put to martyrdom. The feest also of ma∣ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of May. At rome in numentanes stre¦te y^e feest of saynt Vrbane pope & martyr / by whose ho∣ly prechyng & doctryne moche people was cōuerted / & many in the {per}secucyon of the emperour Alexander put to martyrdom. At mylen y^e feest of saynt Denyse a bys∣shop & confessour / y^t in the cite of capadoce was iudged to exyle / & yet dyed there / & there was buryed / whose holy relykes were preserued by saynt Basyle the bys∣shop / & after by saynt Ambrose they were translated & shryned. In mafiaen at dorostre y^e feest of saynt Passe∣crate

/ saynt Valencion / & of other two holy {per}sones all martyrs togyder. In the fraūchest of trecassyn y^e feest of saynt Leo a cōfessour. In brytayne at y^e monastery of mildunens y^e feest of saynt Aldelme a bysshop & con∣fessour. The translacyon also of saynt Fraūcys a con∣fessour / & fyrst begynner of the ordre of freres minors.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Nicete a martyr / slayne by y^e gothes / whose holy body was foūde by y^e ledyng of a sterre / & dyd grete myracles. At florence y^e feest of saynt zenobe bysshop therof / a holy man / he reysed two per∣sones vnto lyfe / w^t many other myracles / & at his trās∣lacion whan his body by chaūce touched a drye tree in the wynter / sodeynly it brought forth fresshe floures & fruyte. The feest also of saynt Muce an abbot / y^t fyrst was a pagan / and by reuelacyon was conuerted / & of hygh {per}feccyon / he neuer toke fode but vpon y^e sondaye & that was sent frō god by an aūgell / he reysed many deed {per}sones / & saued many soules in dyuerse ferre coū∣trees / for in a moment in a twynklynge of an eye / he coude be in ferre countrees where he wolde. The feest also of an other saynt Muce a confessour & a monke / y^t before had be maryed / & he was synguler in obedience for whan his abbot badde hym cast his owne childe in to a grete ryuer / forthw^t he so dyd / but the chylde was saued by y^e other monkes / in whiche dede (as by reue∣lacyon was shewed vnto y^e abbot) he was of lyke me∣ryte w^t Abraham.* 1.16 The same daye was the fyrst insti∣tucyon of the feest of corpus christi / ordeyned by pope Vrbane the fourth / in the yere of our lord. M.cc.lxiij. The occasyon wherof was this myracle. A good & de∣uoute preest was moche tempted w^t the doubte of that

sacrament. And vpon a daye whan he was at masse / a lytell before the cōmunyon or receyuynge / in the bre¦kyng of the hoste / sodeynly ranne out quycke & fresshe blode / wherw^t the corporas was all wete & blody / & so yet remayneth vnto this daye / for no water nelycour coude wasshe it / & it is now amonge the relykes at vi∣terbe / by y^e occasyon (as is sayd) therof / & for y^e syngu∣ler deuocyon of y^e sacrament / the sayd pope ordeyned y^e sayd feest to be kepte for euer the next thursdaye after trinite sonday / whiche was than y^e .xxv. day of May. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of May. At rome the feest of saynt Eleuthery pope & martyr. In atens the feest of saynt Quadrate / y^t was discyple vnto the apostles / & in the persecucyon of the emperour Adrian whan y^e chrysten people for fere were fledde & dispersed / he wysely ga∣dered them togyder / and by his holy lyf & doctryne he fedde them goostly / & made a boke of y^e defence of chry∣stes religyō. At rome y^e feest of saȳt Symniter a preest & of .xxij. holy persones all martyrs togyder. The feest also of an other saynt Quadrate a martyr / in whose so∣lēnite saynt Augustynes sermons were foūde. At tu∣dertusce the feest of saynt Felicissimus / saynt Eracly & saynt Paulyne. In the terrytory of antisiodour y^e pas∣syon of saynt Priske a martyr / w^t whome were put to deth grete multytudes of chrystyans. In englond the feest of saynt Augustyn a bysshop & cōfessour / y^t is cal∣led the apostle of englond / bycause he was sent thyder by saynt Gregory the pope / & he fyrst preched y^e gospel & fayth of Chryst vnto y^e people. In y^e same yle of eng∣lond y^e deposicyon of saynt Bede / called y^e worshypfull

preest & moost holy doctour of englond / whose holsom doctryne is vniuersally knowen / & his lyfe & merytes done openly appere by his bokes & myracles / he dyed in the age of .lxxxx. yeres / the same daye y^t he desyred / that is to saye / the ascencyon daye of our sauyour / the yere of his incarnacyon .vij. C. xxxj. & after the deth of saynt Gregory .C.xxj. yeres.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hyldēt a bysshop of grete me∣rytes / he reysed a childe that dyed vnbaptized / & gaue hym y^t sacrament / namyng hym Adelbert / whiche af∣ter was translate & shryned w^t hym / bothe togyder ho¦ly sayntes. The feest also of saynt Iohn the fyrst pope of that name. And the feest of saynt Theodour & saynt Agapite bothe cōsulles of rome / and of an other saynt Agapite a noble man also of rome / all martyrs put to deth by the emperour Theodoryke / y^t was of the seete of arrianes heretykes. The feest also of an other saynt Iohn the second pope of y^t name / a holy man / that con¦dempned y^e patriarke of Ierusalem y^t was an arriane & many other of that secte. The feest also of the thyrde saynt Iohn̄ the thyrde pope of y^t name / that dyd grete honour vnto sayntes / & buylded many chirches / and was a grete almes man / and of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of May. In marsia at doroscorens the feest of saynt Iule a martyr / that was an aūcyent man of warre / & bycause he despised y^e ydolles & cōfes∣sed Chryst / he was heded. In fraūce at arawsyke the feest of saȳt Eutrope a bysshop / whose lyfe & myracles wrote saynt Vere & eloquently described them. In the terrytory of adartens y^e feest of saynt Ranulph a mar∣tyr

/ of synguler perfeccyon & many grete notable my∣racles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rauen the feest of saynt Sȳmachy / a noble man of rome / & of his sone in lawe saynt Boece / y^t was also called saynt Seueryne / bothe martyrs put to deth by the emperour Theodoryke the heretyke. The feest al∣so of saȳt Maxence an abbot of hygh merytes / he was fedde by aūgels / & reysed deed persones w^t many other myracles. At rome y^e feest of saynt Sȳmetre a preest / y^t by the emperour Antonyn was put to martyrdom / w^t xxij. other holy chrystyans. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. daye of May. At rome the feest of saynt Iohn̄ the pope / that (as saynt Gregory wryteth) was longe in pryson / & at y^e last put to cruell martyrdom w^t many other chrystyans. At parys y^e feest of saynt Ger¦mayn a cōfessour & bysshop of the same cite / whose ho¦ly lyfe & myracles saynt Fortunate a preest wryteth in a style moche eloquent. At sardyn y^e feest of saynt Emy¦ly / saynt Felix / saynt Priamy & saynt Luciane. At car∣not the feest of saynt Charāny a martyr. The transla∣cyon also of our holy moder saynt Birgyt.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At lyons the feest of saynt Wylliam a cōfessour / that was duke of aquyne & of {pro}uynce / & a noble capytayne for vnder y^e frensshe kyng Charles he obteyned a grete victory of the sarasyns. For the good spede wherof he foūded in lyons two monasteryes / one of mōkes / wher in he hȳselfe was after enclosed / & y^e other of virgyns / wherin his two systers were enclosed / & he was euer a lay broder most lowly in obedience / & had no preemy∣nence / but dyd the moost vyle & cōmun seruyce of ony

other / notwithstandyng his fore estate / & that he was foūder / & he was of many myracles / & had y^e spiryte of prophecy. The feest also of saynt Lamfranke an arche bysshop / a man also of noble byrthe / & a grete clerke / & all he forsoke and was a monke in a poore monastery / whome for his sanctite / duke Wyllyam of normandy called to haue rule of a monastery of his foūdacyon / & after whan y^e same duke wylliam was kynge of eng∣lond by conquest / he cōpelled the sayd fader by y^e popes lettres to be archebysshop of Caūterbury / wherin he had moche trouble & grete labours / but euer he conty∣nued a holy lyfe full of myracles. The feest also of ma∣ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of May. In ysawre at yconiū y^e feest of saynt Canon & of his sone / y^t by the emperour Aure∣lian were cast vpon hote syndres / & after vpon a gredy ren w^t hote coles / & oyle cast thervpon / after they were fryed in a panne / & than hanged vpon a gybet / & yet a∣gayne put vnto the fyre / & at the last theyr fyngers & handes were beten vpon stythes w^t hamers / vnto the tyme they yelded the spirytes vnto our lord. The feest also of saynt Sysynny & saynt Alexander martyrs / y^t by the {per}secucyon of gentyles in y^e partyes of ananyue (as saynt Paulyn wryteth) receyued y^e crowne of mar¦tyrdom. At treuer y^e feest of saynt Maximus a bisshop & confessour / y^t with honour & gladnes receyued saynt Athanasius y^e bysshop / whan he fledde the {pro}secucyon of Constance y^e emperour. At rome in aurell strete the feest of saynt Rustyke. And in tyburtyne strete at rome also / y^e feest of .vij. natural breder / all there put to cruel martyrdom togyder.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Martyry a lector in order / & a martyr put to deth with y^e foresayd saynt Sysynny & saynt Alexander. The translacyon also of saynt Nico∣las frō mirrea vnto venys / wherin were shewed ma∣ny grete myracles. And w^t the same body y^e same tyme were translate the body of saynt Theodour / that was also bysshop of myrre before saȳt Nicolas / & a martyr. And the body also of an other saynt Nicolas that was godfader & vncle vnto this saynt Nicolas / & the nexte bysshop saue one before hym / a man of grete holynes and many myracles / & had y^e spiryte of prophecy. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of May. At rome in aurell strete the feest of saynt Felix pope / y^t after he had wel ruled .v. ye¦res was by y^e emperour Claudius put to martyrdom. In y^e toures of sardyne y^e feest of saynt Gabyn & saynt Crispol martyrs. The feest also of saynt Hutbert a bys¦shop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In antioche y^e feest of saȳt Ysyce & of saynt Palatyn martyrs / y^t for Christes fayth were put there to many cruell turmentes. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. day of May. At rome y^e feest of saynt Per¦nell a virgyn of grete holynes & many myracles / spe∣cyally in y^e curyng of seke {per}sones / whome an erle desy∣red vnto his wyfe / & she in thre dayes had for respyte of answere / gaue her hooly to watche / fastynge / and prayer / & on y^e thyrde daye she was cōmuned / & so yel∣ded her spiryte by feruent loue vnto Chryst her spouse At aquiley y^e feest of saynt Cance & saynt Canciane bre¦der / & of saȳt Cancianyll theyr syster a virgyn / all mar¦tyrs

/ they were of the kynges blode of assisiour / & for Chryst they were all heeded togyder / and with them saynt Prothe theyr scolemayster. At the toures of sar∣dyne the feest of saynt Crescenciane a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Theodosy a cōfessour & em∣perour / y^t moche multyplyed the religyon of Chryst / & destroyed all ydolatry / & vaynquysshed his enemyes more by fastyng / prayer & almes / than by ony hoost or army / & he was very deuoute / for by his mocyon the pope Damasus caused saynt Ierom to ordre y^e seruyce of the chirche as now it is songe & sayd / whiche before was neuer so vsed / and he was singuler in mekenes & obedience. For whan saynt Ambrose for a trespace sus∣pended hym / & prohibyt hym the chirche tyll he wolde do open penaūce / * 1.17 he lowly toke his penaunce & openly before all y^e people accomplysshed it w^t profoūde meke∣nes & depe contricion / & moche praysed saynt Ambrose of indifferent iustyce / & many notable actes he dyd and myracles. The feest also of saynt Lybertyne an abbot that was discyple vnto saynt Honorate / & for y^e loue of his mayster after his deth he bare euer vpon hym as a relyke one of his maysters sockes / whiche he layd vpō a deed chylde & made his prayers / & forthw^t the childe arose hole / he was of profoūde mekenes / & of aūgely∣call pacyence / of whome saynt Gregory wryteth.* 1.18 The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ Iune.

¶ To morowe.

Iune. THe fyrst day of Iune. at rome the feest of saynt Nicomede a preest & martyr. In palestyne at cesare the feest of saynt Pamphyly a preest / y^t in y^e per∣secucyon

of Maximiane y^e emperour was put to mar∣tyrdom / of whose lyf Eusebius bisshop of cesare made thre bokes. And saynt Ierom sayth y^t he foūde certayn volumes & bokes of his owne hande wrytynge / whi∣che he kept w^t more Ioy & pleasure & for greter tresour than the hole rychesse of Crese / whiche was y^e rychest man of the worlde. At augustudune the feest of saynt Reuereane a bysshop / & of saynt Paule a preest & mar∣tyrs / y^t by y^e prynce Aurelian were put to martyrdom / & with them .x. other chrystyans. In the monastery of lirinens the feest of saȳt Caprase an abbot. At treuer y^e feest of saynt Symeon a cōfessour. At rome the feest of saynt Vincent a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde at ewsam the feest of saynt wystane a kyng of the same realme & a martyr / y^t trayterly was slayne by a tyraunt y^t vnlawfully wolde haue maryed his moder / entendyng to put hym also frō his crowne / whiche tyraūt fell madde forthw^t whan he had slayne his kynge / whose holynes was shewed openly / for a pyller of meruaylous bryghtnes stretched in lengthe streyght vp from the place of his martyrdom vnto he∣uen / & so remayned .xxx. dayes contynually. And euery yere y^e same daye the same heres y^t the tyraūt plucked from his heed dyd growe there all fresshe and newe a∣monge the grasse / so fast y^t no man coude pull them out ne yet breke them / & euer on the morowe after they va¦nysshed / & many other myracles our lord wrought for hym. The feest also of saynt Quence. At rome the feest of saynt Iomny an abbot. And of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The second daye of Iune. At rome the feest of saynt Marcellyne a preest / & of saȳt Peter an exorcist in order

martyrs / that by the iudge Seren were put in prison where they conuerted many {per}sones / & after were put to many cruell turmentes / & at y^e last heded. In fraūce at lyons the feest of saynt Fotyne bisshop of y^e same cite and of saynt zachary a preest / saynt Saynt a deacon / * 1.19 saynt Epagate / saynt Mature / saynt Attalus / saynt Albyne & saynt Geate / w^t other .xl. chrystyans / all (as the story ecclesiastyke sheweth) put to deth togyder / & of the same company was y^e holy virgyn saynt Blan∣dyne that was put to grete affliccyons & many assay∣les by flatery & fayre speche the space of thre dayes / & whan by no meanes she wold forsake Chryst / she was on the fourth daye cruelly scourged / & than broyled af∣ter the maner of saynt Laurence / with many other va¦ryaūt turmentes / & at the last slayne by the swerde.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Odo / chylde vnto y^e infydeles that came in to englond w^t Hyngware / but he in youth forsoke his parentes & kynne / & receyued Chrystes re∣ligyon / & was a doctour & precher of his fayth / & than bysshop of salysbury / & after archebysshop of caūterbu¦ry / & boldly rebuked y^e kyng & refourmed hym of many errours / specyally of auoutry / & he was of many my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde daye of Iune. In campane the feest of saynt Herasmus a bisshop & martyr / y^t fyrst by y^e empe¦rour Dioclecian was beten with staues & with plum¦mettes of lede / & after rosyne / brymstone / pytche / lede / waxe & oyle were all boyled togyder & cast vpon his bo¦dy / & than was he put to many other varyaūt & horry¦ble turmentes / whiche all in Chryst he vaynquysshed

And after that he was presented vnto the Emperour Maximian / & there put newly vnto vnspekable tyran¦nous turmentes / & at the last by y^e callyng of our lorde Iesu he rendred his spiryte vnto his handes. In are∣cy at tuscia the feest of saynt Pergentyne / and of saynt Laurentyne breder & martyrs / y^t by the emperour De¦cius were in theyr yonge age put to meruaylous tur∣mentes / & at the last slayne by the swerde. At corduba the feest of saynt I sake a monke / y^t in the age of .xxvij. yeres / was for Chryst martyred by y^e swerde. In the terrytory of orlyaūce y^e feest of saynt Lyphard a preest and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At lyons the feest of saynt Fotyne a martyr / that in the age of .lxxxx. yeres by his owne desyre of god / suf∣fred cruell martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Nicolas a confessour / whose syrname was pylgrym / y^t so was called bycause y^t from grekelond where he was borne he came in pylgrymage vnto Rauen a lytell frō rome / berynge by all y^e waye a crosse of wode vpon his backe bare foted & bare heded / w^t symple & bare clothes / & w^t the same crosse he went aboute the cite / & gadered the chylder of y^e cite aboute hym / by the meanes of apples fygges & suche fruyte as was gyuen hym / & euer he sange kyrieleyson / & the chylder euer repeted y^e same / & he neuer ete ne dranke tyll nyght / & than but a lytell brede and water / and so he cōtynued vnto his deth / at whose buryall many were heled of dyuerse infyrmy∣tees by touchynge of y^e sayd crosse / & euer at his tombe ben contynuall myracles. At antioche the feest of saynt ysake a preest of the same chirche / a man of grete ler∣nynge & more holynes. In the partyes of syre the feest of an other saynt Ysake a confessour of holy lyf & grete

myracles / & had the spiryte of prophecy. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Keynyne an abbot / y^t founde two women newly heded by theues & robbers / & he set the heedes vnto y^e bodyes / & they arose all hole / & a man lykewyse that was slayne by many cruell woūdes / with many other myracles / he had also y^e spiryte of prophecy. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The fourth day of Iune. In sythe at ylliricū y^e feest of saynt Quiryne a bysshop / that for y^e fayth (as Pru∣dence wryteth) was tyed vnto a mylstone / & cast in to a flode / where notw^tstandyng he flowed & preched vn∣to the chrystyans y^t stode vpon the londe / & moche cōfor¦ted them vnto martyrdom / & after by his owne prayer he drowned. At niuedune y^e feest of saynt zotyke / saynt Attale & saȳt Eutyke martyrs. The deposicyon also of saynt Patryke a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of .xliiij. martyrs / y^t by saynt Syryke & saynt Iulite were cōuerted / & put to martyrdom by y^e emperour Alexander. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. daye of Iune. the feest of saynt Boniface a martyr / y^t in y^e cite of tharsum was put to martyrdom by y^e emperours Dioclecian & Maximian / but his ho∣ly body was buryed at rome in latyn strete / this holy saynt was in youth drowned many yeres in the styn∣kynge synne of lechery / but after by the inspiracyon of grace / he was contryte & toke grete penaunce / & had y^t synne in abhomynacyon / & for y^e loue of Chryst he wyl fully went to deth and suffred cruell martyrdom. The feest also of an other saynt Boniface a bysshop & mar∣tyr / borne in englond / from whens he went in to fryse

londe to preche y^e fayth of Chryst / where whan he had cōuerted moche people / he was put to martyrdome / & with hym saȳt Eobanke a bysshop / with many other persones.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At coleyn the feest of saynt Seueryne bisshop of the same cite / of whom was had reuelacion after his deth In egypt the feest of saynt Marciane / saynt Nitrand & saynt Appolyne martyrs. At cartage the feest of the thyrde saynt Boniface / bysshop of the same cite & a con¦fessour of grete doctryne & synguler vertue. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Iune. the feest of saynt Philyp / one of y^e fyrst .vij. deacons / a man of notable vertue & grete wonderous myracles / that dyed at cesary capadoce / & there lyeth buryed w^t his two doughters / y^t in y^e newe lawe were {pro}phetes. In the londe of cecile at tharsum the feest of .xx. martyrs / that by y^e emperours Diocle∣cian & Maximian were put to deth by many cruell tur¦mentes. At rome the feest of saynt. Arthemy that was heded / and of his wyfe saynt Candida & his doughter saynt Paulyne / y^t were bothe after hym stoned to deth At niuedune the feest of saynt Amance & saynt Alexan¦der.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Vincent and saynt Benigne martyrs / that in theyr passyon cōuerted many {per}sones of the whiche .vj. c. were put to deth w^t saynt Benigne & many multytudes after cōuerted by saynt Vincent. The feest also of saynt Goodwale a bisshop / borne of y^e noble blode of englonde / that for synguler {per}feccyon re∣sygned his mytre / and dwelled vpon a desolate rocke / where he buylded a monastery / & by miracle had there

a well of quycke water / & there he gadered. C.lxxxviij monkes / & bycause the rome was lytell / he went vnto the see at the lowest ebbe & charged the see in the name of our lorde it shold kepe that place & neuer flowe nerer the monastery / & so had y^t groūde for euer / he heled the seke / reysed y^e deed / with many other myracles / & had reuelaciōs of aūgels. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of Iune. at constantynople the feest of saynt Paule / bysshop of the same cite / that by y^e empe∣rour Constancius was exiled vnto cucusse / where by the treason of the heretykes called arrianes / he was murthered. At corduba the feest of saynt Peter a preest saynt Auens & saynt Ieremy / with other thre {per}sones martyrs. The translacyon also of saynt Wolston bys∣shop of worcester / a man of synguler sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The translacyon also of saynt Seruace / y^t was trās¦lated thre tymes / & in euery trāslacyon grete myracles were shewed. In yrelond the feest of saynt Colman a bysshop / of whome was made reuelacyon vnto saynt Patryke .xxx. yeres before his byrthe / a holy man / he reysed a kynge y^t was slayne by his enemyes / & a kyn∣ges sone y^t was deed / & his owne syster y^t was slayne by robbers & theues / & a virgyn also that was deuou∣red by a water dragon / w^t many other grete myracles In englond the feest of saynt Robert / borne in y^e dioces of yorke / & toke the habyte of y^e religyon in y^e monaste∣ry of wyteby / & after he was abbot of saynt Maryes of yorke / & he buylded a monastery in northumberlond and was of grete sanctite & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of Iune. In fraūce at swesion y^e feest of saynt Medard bysshop of nouiomēs / a man of grete merytes / as well appered at his deth / for y^e heuen ope∣ned in the syght of all y^e people / & celestyall lyghtes ap∣pered & went before hym bryght shynynge vnto blysse The feest also of his naturall broder saynt Gyldarde / bysshop of rone / that (as holy chirche recordeth) were bothe borne of one moder vpon one day / & toke holy or∣ders bothe in one daye / & were deed & buryed bothe in one day. At senon the feest of saynt Eraclius a bysshop & confessour. At sardyne y^e feest of saynt Salustian. Ac¦corduba the feest of saynt Habūde a preest & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Wylliam bysshop of yorke / a noble man of byrthe / but moche more noble of holynes / synguler vertue & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. daye of Iune. At rome in the moūt of Sely the feest of saynt Pryme & saynt Feliciane martyrs / y^t were put to deth by the tyranny of y^e emperours Dio∣clecian & Maximian / wherby after many variaūt tur∣mentes they were slayne by the swerde. In fraūce at agēno the passyon of saynt Vincent a deacon & martyr In scotlond the feest of saynt Colūbane a preest & con∣fessour of meruaylous & singuler vertue. At nice y^e feest of saynt Diomede. In y^e monastery of saynt Germane the dedicacyon of saynt Peters chapell. In englonde the translacyon of saynt Edmūde archebysshop of caū∣terbury.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Onofre an heremyte / that in

egypte serued god in desert .lx. yeres .xxx. wherof he ly¦ued by fruyte / herbes & rotes / & the other .xxx. by the fe¦dyng of aūgels w^tout ony other erthly fode / & euery son¦daye he was cōmuned receyuyng y^e sacrament of chry¦stes body by y^e mynistery of y^e same aūgels / by whome at his deth he was buryed / & his soule conueyed vnto blysse. The feest also of saynt Maximian a bysshop of hygh perfeccyon and many grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. day of Iune. At rome in aurely strete y^e feest of saynt Basilyde / saynt Tripode / & saynt Amandale martyrs / that by the mayre Plato at y^e cōmaūdement of the emperour Aurelian were put to deth / & w^t them xx. other holy martyrs. At Rome also in salary strete y^e feest of saȳt Getuly a noble man / of grete lernyng / that was put to martyrdom w^t his felowes saynt Cereall / saynt Amance & saynt Primytyue / y^t by the emperour Adriane after many turmētes were brent. At nicome∣de the feest of saynt zachary. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Censure a bysshop & confessour. At parys y^e feest of saynt Ytamar a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In aquens the feest of saynt Maximyne / one of the lxxij. disciples / vnto whome saynt Peter cōmytted his doughter Mary magdalene / lyke as Chryst cōmytted his moder vnto saynt Iohn / whiche bothe togyder w^t his felowe saynt Cedony / & her broder saynt Lazare & her syster saynt Martha w^t her mayde saynt Marcill / were by the {per}secucyon of the iewes put all in a shyppe without takelynge / & they aryued at massely / where Mary preched & cōuerted all the people / & Lazar was

theyr bysshop / & this holy saynt Maximyne was bys∣shop of aquence .xl. yeres / & he mynistred y^e sacramen∣tes vnto his sayd doughter Mary at her deth / and ho∣nourably buryed her in his owne chirche / where .v. ye¦res after he was buryed hymselfe besyde her / all full of sanctite and grete myracles. In englond the feest of saynt Yue an archebysshop / that was borne in perse / a kȳges sone & a quenes / & after many labours he came in to englond / & dwelled in a village besyde hūtyngton viij. myle from ramesey / called slepe / now called saynt Yues / where his holy body was foūde by reuelacyon / & there shewed grete myracles. It scotlond the feest of saynt Margarete / quene of the same / & doughter vnto saynt Edmūdes broder called Edward / y^t maryed the emperours doughter / and by her had this doughter / whome he maryed vnto the kynge of scotlond / where she refourmed the fayth of Chryst / & was of hygh {per}fec¦cyon & many myracles. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of Iune. the feest of saynt Barnabe the apostle / that was y^e apostle of cipres / & assigned felowe with saynt Paule to preche vnto the gentyles / whose holy body was founde by his owne reuelacyon in the tyme of y^e emperour zenon. In aquiley y^e feest of saynt Felix & saynt Fortunate breder / that by the {per}secucyon of y^e emperours Dioclecian & Maximian were racked & hote flambynge lampes & cressettes put to theyr bo∣dyes / whiche by y^e myght of god were sodeynly quen∣ched / than hote boylȳg lede was cast vpon theyr wom¦bes / & at the last after many turmentes they were he∣ded / and so ended theyr martyrdom in Chrystes cōfes∣syon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Onophry an heremite of hygh perfeccyon. And y^e feest also of saynt Timothy an here∣myte of egypt / y^t for a grete synne cōmytted / dyd grete penaūce .xxx. yeres / fedde onely w^t dates & water / & he had many conflyctes w^t the deuyll / & euer grete cōforte by y^e reuelacion of aūgels. The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ saynt Andrewe / saynt Tadye & saynt Philyp .iiij. holy faders / that lyued .l. yeres in the wyldernes of egypte by fruyte onely / excepte y^t euery sondaye a lofe of brede was brought vnto euery of them by an aungell / whi∣che holy aūgell brought vnto them the reuerend fader saynt Pannucius / & than for the tyme of his presence they had .v. loues euery sondaye / men all of grete my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Iune. at mylen y^e feest of saȳt Naza∣ry a martyr / that in y^e {per}secucyon of y^e tyraūt Nero was put to many affliccions / at y^e last by the iudge Anolyne he was famysshed in prison / & his seruaūt saynt Celse whome he had brought vp of a chylde was heded / whose holy bodyes (as saynt Paulyn wryteth) were foūde of saynt Ambrose by reuelacyon. At mylen also y^e feest of saynt Basilidis / saynt Ciryne / & saynt Nabour martyrs. In fryselond y^e feest of saynt Adulph a holy cōfessour of many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In y^e moūt of soract y^e feest of saynt Nonos a monke & proctour of y^e same monastery / a man of synguler pa¦cyence / & by his prayer in y^e nyght he remoued a grete rocke that was noyous vnto the monastery / he multi∣plyed oyle by his prayer / w^t many other myracles & si∣gnes of sanctite. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. daye of Iune. At rome in ardiatyne strete the feest of saynt Felicule a virgyn & martyr / y^t bycause she denyed maryage & wolde not do sacrefyce vnto the ydolles / was put in harde pryson & there well nere fa∣mysshed / after hanged vpon a gybet / scourged / & after many other cruell turmentes she was drowned. The translacyon also of saynt Bartholome we y^e apostle. At torduba the feest of saynt Fandil a preest / y^t after many turmētes was heded. At padue y^e feest of saȳt Antony a preest & confessour of saynt Augustynes rule / & after of saynt Fraūcys rule / & euer moche famous in regu∣ler obseruaūce. In affrike y^e feest of saynt Luciane & of saynt Crescenciane cōfessours.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The trāslacyon of the grete saynt Antony the here∣myte / wherof was reuelacyon made vnto y^e emperour Constantyne / wherby he sent out messengers to seke y^t blessed body / and anone in theyr iourney a sterre appe∣rynge went forth cōtynually before them / & with that sterre was also the aūgell Gabriell / by whome y^e sayd reuelacyon was made / & by whome the sayd messen∣gers were brought vnto the place from whens w^t due honour they brought his sayd holy corps / in whiche trāslacyon were done many grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. daye of Iune. the feest of the holy {pro}phete Helisey / that (as saynt Ierom wryteth) lyeth buryed in samary at palestyne / where also lyeth the prophete Abdye. In cesare at capadoce the feest of saynt Basyle a bysshop / y^t in the tyme of the emperour Valent was excellent famous in doctryne / vertue / wysdome & my∣racles. In the terrytory of swessy the feest of saynt Ru¦fyne

and saynt Valery / that by the mayre Rykciouare were put to cruell turmentes / & at the last heded. The feest also of saynt Quinciane a preest and martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ One of the feestes also of saȳt Brandane / that was borne in englond / & an abbot in yrelond of .iij.M. mon∣kes / a holy fader & gretely exercysed & laboured in pyl∣grymages / after the whiche he was made a bysshop in yrelond / & euer of synguler sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of Iune. In sicilie the feest of saȳt Vite saynt Modest & saynt Crescence martyrs / that by the emperour Dioclecian were put in a potte of boylynge lede / but no thynge noyed w^t all / than were they put to wylde beestes / but they wold not touche them. And at the last they were hanged all in a racke vnto deth. At beneuent y^e feest of saynt Mercury a martyr. In messy at dorostore the feest of saynt Esichy a man of warre y^t was accused w^t saynt Iule / & by y^e presydent Maximy put to deth. In englonde the deposicyon of saynt Ead∣burge a holy & blessed virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Honorate bysshop of ambian a holy man of hygh merytes. On a tyme whan he ca∣me in his masse vnto the cōmunyon / our sauyour ap∣pered vnto hym & gaue hym y^e sacrament w^t his owne handes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of Iune. In fraūce at vesuce the feest of saynt Fereole a preest / & of saynt Ferrucion a deacon bothe martyrs / y^t were sent by faynt Hyren y^e bysshop to preche the fayth / for the whiche they were taken / &

by iudge Claudius after many turmentes slayne by y^e swerde. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Cirice & his moder saynt Iulite / that after many cruell turmentes were heded. At lyons the deposicyon of saynt Aureliane bys∣shop of arelatens. At manuete y^e feest of saynt Symy∣lyane a bysshop & cōfessour. At cisceter the translacyon of saynt Rycharde a bysshop and a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Lupe a bysshop & confessour. The feest also of saynt Aury & of his syster a holy vir∣gyn saȳt Iustyne bothe martyrs. At roūcyuale y^e feest of saynt Rowlande a knyght that slewe a gyaūt of the myght & strength of .xl. men / & after he & w^t hym saynt Olyuer / w^t many other knightes & men of warre that in batayle for the fayth of Chryst vnder Charlemayne were slayne by treason / & forthwith his soule & all his company were seen caryed vnto heuen by aūgels. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. daye of Iune. At rome the feest of .cc.lxij. martyrs / that were buryed in olde salary strete / at the hyll fote called the gourde. In the terrytory of bitury the feest of saynt Gūdulf a bysshop & confessour. At or∣lyaūce the feest of saynt Anyte a preest. The feest also of saynt wolmare a man of meruaylous sanctite / and perfyte in religyon. In brytayn the feest of saynt Bo∣tulfe an abbot.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In tusce the feest of saynt Hymere a bysshop of syn∣guler vertue & grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Elizabeth of sconange a holy virgyn and a relygyous woman of the same monastery / of hygh perfeccyon as in her lyfe more largely appereth. In yrelond the feest

of saynt Molyng / a bysshop of synguler sanctite / & had reuelacyon of aūgels / & he reysed a kynges sone to lyfe and cured the blynde & defe / dombe & lame / lepres & dy¦uerse infyrmytees / & many grete myracles. The feest also of the holy matrone saynt Sophie / that is to saye in englysshe Wysdome / & of her thre doughters saynt Fayth / saynt Hope & saynt Charite virgyns / all borne in grece / & came in pylgrymage to rome / where y^e vir∣gyns cōfessed y^e fayth of Chryst / for the whiche by ma∣ny varyaūt turmentes they were put to deth / & y^e mo∣der desyred of god she might dye w^t them / & so in prayer vpō theyr graue she yelded her soule vnto our sauyour The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of Iune. At rome in ardiatyne strete the feest of saynt Marke & saynt Marcell breder & mar¦tyrs / y^t by duke Fabiane were boūde & layd vpryght & pricked in the soles of the fete w^t elsyns / & at y^e last they were slayne w^t speres. In spayne at malact the feest of saynt Cyriake / & of saynt Paule a virgyn / bothe mar∣tyrs / that after many turmentes were murthered in sond & stones. In alexander the passyon of saynt Ma∣ryne a virgyn & martyr. In the terrytory of zenon the feest of saynt Fortunate a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Macra a virgyn & martyr. In the {pro}uynce of valery y^e feest of saynt Martyry a cōfes∣sour / a famous man of sauctite & myracles / y^t amonge other made a sygne of the crosse ouer a cake that was couered w^t asshes & coles / & whan y^e cake was baken y^e crosse apered ther vpon. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of Iune. At mylen y^e feest of saynt Ger¦uase & saynt Prothase breder & martyrs / y^t were after many turmentes put to dethe by duke Astasy / whose holy bodyes saynt Ambrose foūde as hole in y^e graue & vncorrupte / as though they had newly ben slayne the same daye. At rauen the feest of saynt Vrcissyne a mar¦tyr / that by the iudge Paulyne after many turmentes was heded / and so accomplysshed his martyrdome.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Romwald a holy abbot of grete myracles. The feest also saynt Dace bysshop of my∣len / y^t in his iourney toward cōstantynople was wyl∣fully lodged in a hous y^t was occupyed w^t wycked spi∣rytes / whiche aboute mydnyght made a crye lyke vn∣to swyne & other beestes / vnto whome y^e holy bysshop sayd / full well were you serued / that beynge aūgels of beauty wolde not be content excepte by your pryde ye myght be equall with god / & now therfore ye be lyke beestes / auoyd I charge you amōge beestes / & so was the hous safe for euer. The feest also of many other {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Iune. At rome the feest of saynt Sy¦uere pope & martyr. At rome also y^e deposicyon of saynt Nouate broder vnto saynt Tymothe / & bothe disciples vnto y^e apostles / & the holy virgyns saynt Potenciane & saynt Praxede were theyr systers. At thomis y^e feest of saynt Paule & saynt Ciriake. The translacyon also of saynt Edwarde kynge and martyr. And the feest of saynt Iouyne a preest & a confessour of grete holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ and saynt Benet mon∣kes / that were grete prechers / and conuerted a kynge

and his realme / and after were martyred by theues / whose holy bodyes wrought grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Abagare a confessour / and kynge of edysse vnto whome our sauyour wrote an epystle / and therw^t sent hym the very ymage of his owne face / & after his resurreccion he sent the apostle Tade to teche hym the fayth & baptyse hym & all his people. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. daye of Iune. In sicilie at siracusane the feest of saynt Rufyne & saȳt Marce martyrs. In cesare capadoce at palestyne y^e feest of saynt Eusebius a bys∣shop / a grete clerke & a wryter of storyes. At rome the feest of saynt Demetria a virgyn / that in examinacion before Iulian the apostata yelded her spiryte vnto her spouse Iesu. In the fraūchest of madriacens the feest of saynt Lewfryde a cōfessour / y^t amonge other myra∣cles / caused by prayer a well to sprynge out of a baren drye groūde. In affryke the feest of saynt Quiriake & saynt Apollinare. The translacyon also of saynt War∣burge a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Albane a bysshop / & of saynt Vrs & saynt Dominyke / that all togyder suffred mar∣tyrdom for the fayth of Chryst. In englond the feest of saynt Cassiane a {con}fessour. And of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. day of Iune. In brytayne y^e feest of saynt Albane a martyr / that in the tyme of y^e emperour Dio∣clecian after many turmētes / suffred at verolane deth heded by the swerde / & with hym was a soudyour put to deth bycause he refused to do y^e execucyon vpon hym At nole in campane y^e feest of saynt Paulyne a bysshop

& cōfessour / a famous man (as saynt Gregory wryteth in his dialoges) not onely in lernyng & holynes / but al∣so in myracles / specyally in expellyng of euyll spirytes The feest also of saynt Cōsorce a virgyn. And the depo¦sicyon of saynt Nice / bysshop of the cite of romaciane.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In alexander the feest of saynt Acace & saȳt Heliade two noble capytaynes / y^t with theyr host of .x.M. men were by an aūgell cōuerted vnto Chrystes fayth / & af∣ter grete vyctory had ouer theyr enemyes / they were all togyder put to martyrdom by the emperours Adri∣ane & Antony. The feest also of saynt Peter bysshop of tarentase / a holy man of grete myracles. The decolla∣cyon also of saynt wenefrede whan her heed was stry¦ken of & she agayn reysed to lyfe. The feest also of saynt Hyldegard a virgyn / that in the age of .v. yeres entred religyon / & therin cōtynued a strayte & holy lyf / & was abbesse / & had the spiryte of prophecy. And all though she were vnlerned (for more she coude not but her psal∣ter & seruyce) yet was she oftentymes rapte in spiryte and so enfourmed & taught by our lord / that she caused many bokes of hygh diuinite to be wrytē as she spake them / whiche bokes & werkes were all approued by the pope Eugene in a generall coūseyle / & he wrote vn∣to her dyuerse lettres / & so dyd other two popes after hym / with many bysshops / & the holy fader also saynt Barnard wrote vnto her / & she was of hygh {per}feccyon and many myracles bothe in her lyfe & after. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of Iune. The vigyll of saynt Iohn baptist. The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ a preest / y^t by Iu∣lian

the apostata at rome in salary strete was brought before the ydoll of the sonne / & bycause he wolde not do sacrefyce thervnto / he was heded. In tus••e at vtryne the feest of saynt Felix a preest & martyr / y^t by y^e mayre Tracius was beten vpon y^e mouth w^t stones / bycause he confessed Chryst / tyll he was deed. In brytayn the feest of saynt Etheldrede a virgyn & quene / * 1.20 whose holy body .xj. yeres after her buryall was foūde hole & vn∣corrupte.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iulian a martyr / that in the age of .xviij. yeres suffred many turmentes for Chry∣stes fayth / & at the last he was knytte in a sacke full of serpentes & sond / & so cast in to the see / whose holy body was cast vpon the londe & foūde by myracle. The feest also of saynt Marie of cegnies / that in y^e age of .xij. ye∣res was maryed cōtrary her wyll / notw^tstandyng yet she lyued so holy a lyfe / that by her example & mocyon her housbond made a vowe of chastite / & she lyued sole a meruaylous strayte lyfe / & had reuelacyons / & was often visyted with aūgels / & by our blessed lady / saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst / w^c other y^t were seen aboute her at her deth / & after her deth they mette her w^t a multi∣tude of aūgels & cōuayed her soule vnto blysse. In the terrytory of leodicens .vj. myles from y^e cite / nere vnto a monastery of virgyns called erkenrode y^e feest of saȳt Elizabeth a virgyn / of meruaylous holynes and hygh {per}feccyon / she was enrapt .vij. tymes euery day / & y^t in a synguler & meruaylous maner / & had the woūdes of Chryst in her hādes / fete & syde / after y^e same maner & quantite as he had & suffred in maner lyke turmentes in euery parte of her body / & was of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of Iune. the natiuite of saynt Iohn̄ baptist the precursor & fore messenger of our sauyour / of whome he sayd amonge the childer of women goten by the sede of man / none was borne of more sanctite & auctorite than Iohn̄ baptist. In y^e terrytory of parys in cristoyle strete the passyon of saynt Agohard & saynt Gylbert / w^t other chrystyans in maner vnnombrable. At austudune y^e deposycyon of saynt Symplicy a bys∣shop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond the feest of saynt Bartholomewe borne in the north partyes & a monke of duram / that in his chyldhode had reuelacyons / & after he reysed two per∣sones from deth / with many other grete myracles. At rome the feest of saynt Lucey a virgin / & of saynt Aucy a kynge bothe martyrs togyder / whiche sayd kyng in his warres toke the sayd virgyn prysoner / and for her beauty he wolde haue had her vnto paramour / and so mysused her / she coūseyled hym nay / for I haue (sayd she) a spouse & housbond that wyll reuenge y^t vylany & enormite / by whiche wordes he restrayned his appe∣tyte / & was affrayd to touche her / & suffred her to lyue after her owne maner of Chrystes lawe / & so holy her lyfe was / that by her example he was cōuerted / & by her monycyon had by reuelacyon he forsoke his kyng∣dom & went w^t her to rome / where they bothe togyder for y^e cōfessyon of Chryst were put to deth by y^e swerde. Here is also remembred the feest of two holy faders of the olde testament saynt Ezechye & saynt Iosye bothe kynges of Ierusalem. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of Iune. at puricoroea y^e feest of saynt

Sosipater discyple vnto the apostle Paule. In alexan¦der the feest of saynt Gallicane a martyr / y^t was a no∣ble warryour / & for his victoryous dedes of armes he was in grete fauour with the emperour Constancy / & there was he conuerted vnto Chrystes fayth by saynt Constance the emperours doughter / & by y^e coūseyle of the holy martyrs Iohn̄ & Paule / than he left y^e worlde & was of suche {per}feccyon that many {per}sones came from dyuerse coūtrees by the fame y^t spredde of hym / to se & lerne at hym / & moche they meruayled to se hym that was somtyme a cōsull of rome & of so noble blode / now to knele & wasshe poore mennes fete / couer theyr table dresse theyr mete / & gyue them water vnto theyr han∣des / & so mynyster vnto them / specyally vnto y^e seke in all thynges / as though he had ben theyr bond seruaūt but moche more were they edifyed / to se whan he was accused his grete constaūce vnto y^e fayth of Chryst / for the whiche he gladly suffred dethe / vnder Iulian the apostata slayne by y^e swerde. At rome the feest of saynt Luce a virgyn & martyr / and with her .xxij. other vir∣gyns. At glocester in englonde the feest of saynt Kene∣burge a virgyn and a martyr of synguler sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At venys the inuencyon of saynt Marke the euan∣gelyst / whan his holy body was foūde by reuelacyon / in the whiche grete myracles were shewed. The feest also of saynt Prosper a bysshop / & a man of grete ler∣nynge / & wrote many werkes / & cōfoūded many here∣tykes / whose holy body .xxxiiij. yeres after his dethe was translated by reuelacyon. In englond the feest of saynt Amphybale a martyr / y^t conuerted saynt Albane y^e fyrst martyr of englond / & after many yeres he was

put to deth / & with hym .M. chrystyans / whose holy body was foūde after by y^e reuelacyon of saynt Albane In englond also the feest of saynt Milburge a virgyn that was a kynges doughter / & syster vnto saynt Mil¦drede / & she was of hygh {per}feccyon & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of Iune. At rome the feest of saynt Iohn̄ & saȳt Paule martyrs / y^t were grete offycers w^t saynt Constance y^e emperours doughter / & by y^e tyraūt Iulian receyued the palme of martyrdom slayne by y^e swerde. At trientyne the feest of saȳt Vigily a bysshop & martyr / that by the consull Iustilocon was stoned to deth. In the fraunchest of pictauens the feest of saynt Maxence a famous man of many myracles. At valen∣ciane the feest of saynt Saluy a martyr and bysshop of ewgolysme. The feest also of saynt Perseuerande a ho¦ly virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Vigily a bysshop al¦so & a martyr / & a man of grete almes & pyte / & whā he had buylded a chirche & an hospytall / he was by a ty∣raūt put to martyrdom / whose holy body forthw^t after his deth dyd grete myracles. The feest also of y^e thyrde saynt Vigily pope & martyr / that in his begynnynge was ambicyous / but after he was cōtryte / he was a grete post of y^e chirche / & in a generall sene cōdempned many heretikes / & for the fayth suffred deth. The feest also of the fourth saynt Vigily a deacon / & a monke of hygh {per}feccyon. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of Iune. At galace the feest of saynt Crescent discyple vnto saynt Paule / and he preched in fraūce / & after returned agayn to galace where he had

chefe cure / & there by his holy conuersacyon he moche edifyed vnto y^e ende of his lyfe. In ytaly at tyburtyne the feest of saynt Symphorose / w^t her .vij. sones / saynt Crescent / saynt Iulian / saynt Nemele / saynt Primy∣tyue / saynt Iustyne / saynt Stacte & saynt Eugyn / all martyrs / whiche holy moder confortynge her chylder to dye for Chryst by meruaylous wordes & grete con∣stancy / was fyrst put vnto turment / beten / scourged / racked / & after many variaūt affliccyons she was tyed vnto a mylstone & so drowned / and her sones eche after other put to meruaylous paynes & deth / whiche ioy∣fully they toke for Chryst. At corduba the feest of saynt zoyle a martyr / whose holy lyfe after longe tyme was foūde by reuelacyon made vnto saynt Agapy bysshop of the same cite. At glassenbury the translacyon of saȳt Bemonus a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt zoyle a preest of holy lyfe / that by the reuelacyon of saynt Grisogone knewe before the daye of his deth. The feest also of saynt Be∣nygne a confessour. And of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. daye of Iune. the vigyll of the apostles Peter & Paule. And y^e feest of saynt Leo pope & doctour At lyons in fraunce the feest of saynt Hyrene bysshop & martyr / that (as saynt Ierom wryteth) was discyple vnto saȳt Policarpe / & nere vnto the tyme of Chrystes dyscyples / whiche saynt Hyrene was put to martyr∣dom by the emperour Seuere / & with hym nerehand all the people of his cite. At alexander the feest of saynt Plutarke / saynt Serene / saynt Heraclide / saynt He∣roys / saynt Potānan & saynt Marcell / all martyrs / & with them other thre {per}sones. The chefe of these mar∣tyrs

was the holy virgyn saynt Potānan / that for the custody of her virgynite suffred many harde and mer∣uaylous batayles / & after for Chryst innumerable tur¦mentes / suche as neuer before were seen ne herde of / & after all she was brent.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saȳt Leo / that was thyrde pope of that name / at whose entre was herde y^e voyce of an aungell / & yet notw^tstandynge he was after y^t by fals accusacyon taken / & his eyes put out & his tongue kytte / & so nere deed put in to a monastery / where the same nyght he was restored as well vnto {per}fyte helth as vnto his speche & syght / & after contynued pope ma¦ny yeres in holy lyfe / synguler perfeccyon & myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Iune. At rome y^e feest of y^e apostles Peter & Paule / that bothe in one day were put to deth by the tyraunt Nero whan Baske & Tuske were con∣sulles. Saynt Peter lyeth buryed nere vnto the strete triumphall / where he is honoured of all chrystyans / & saynt Paule in lyke honour lyeth in ostiens strete. At y^e castell of argentomate the feest of saynt Marcell a mar¦tyr / & with hȳ was put to deth saynt Anastace a man of warre. In the terrytory of senony the feest of saynt Benedicte a holy blessed virgyn of many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Casse a bysshop of holy lyfe / of whome saȳt Gregory wryteth in his dialoges. And the feest of saȳt Beate a virgyn of grete merytes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of Iune. the cōmemoracyon of saynt

Paule / that w^t saynt Peter was crucifyed / & yet he en∣ded his martyrdom by y^e swerde / so that (as saynt Au∣gustyn wryteth) they dyed bothe in one day & one tyme & not as some heretykes done saye at dyuerse tymes or dyuerse dayes. At rome also the feest of y^e holy woman saynt Lucyne / that was discyple vnto y^e apostles. In lemoniga the feest of saynt Marciall a bysshop & mar∣tyr / y^t was discyple vnto our lorde / & w^t hym saynt Al∣pymany & saȳt Stratocliane two honourable preestes & of holy lyfe / noble fame & grete myracles. In ytaly y^e feest of saynt Corsite a preest / & saynt Leo a deacon. In the terrytory of viuariens the feest of saynt Ostiane a preest & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Lucyne a holy ma∣trone of grete almes & moche charite vnto all chrysty∣ans / for the whiche the emperour Maximian put her vnto exile & vnto many affliccyons / & so vnto y^e palme of martyrdom. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ Iuly.

¶ To morowe.

Iuly. THe fyrst day of Iuly. In the moūt of hor y^e feest & deposicyon of saynt Aaron / the fyrst preest of the olde lawe / that was cōsecrate by Moyses. In the terrytory of lyons the deposicyon of saynt Domiciane an abbot / that fyrst in those partyes exercysed y^e lyfe of heremytes / & he gadered many breder vnto the same {per}feccyon / & so contynued famous in vertue & gloryous in myracles. At engolysme the feest of saynt Eparchy a monke & confessour. In the fraūchest of cenomānyke the feest of saynt Carylef a preest. In y^e terrytory of re∣mens the feest of saynt Theodoryke a cōfessour / & the octaue of saynt Iohn̄ baptist.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Mary the prophetysse / syster vnto Moyses & Aaron / that as Moyses was guyder of the men & amonge y^e childer of israell / so was she of the women. The feest also of saynt Eleazar preest and sone vnto Aaron & his successour / and the feest of saynt Phynees his sone & successour. In englond the feest of saynt Aaron & saynt Iule martyrs / y^t in the passyon of saynt Albane were cōuerted / & this day w^t many other chrystyans put to dethe. The feest also of saynt Theo∣bald a confessour / that was a noble man & of grete ry∣chesse / & all forsoke for Chryst / & lyued an heremyte of singuler sanctite and many myracles. The feest also of saynt Pambo an abbot vnlerned / & he came vnto a cler¦ke purposynge to lerne a psalme to serue god w^t / & the clerke was than in redynge this psalme Dixi custodiā vias meas vt nō delinquā in lingua mea. The holy fa∣der axed hym the sentence of that verse / & he answered thus it is to meane. I haue made sure {pro}messe that I wyll kepe well & take good hede vnto my wayes & pas¦sage of my lyf / so y^t by no meanes I offende or faute in my tongue or speche. And therw^t he departed & wolde lerne no more / halfe a yere after y^e clerke axed why he wold not lerne ferther / & he answered / I haue not yet (sayd he) truly fulfilled that lesson. This holy fader by chaunce sawe a comyn woman apparayle her selfe / wherw^t he bytterly wept / & whan the cause was axed he answered / two thynges (sayd he) done cause me to wepe / one for the soule of this woman / the other / that I was neuer so diligēt to please god / as she is to please the worlde. He was also of grete abstinence / & singuler in sylence. The feest also of saynt Leonore a bysshop & cōfessour. And of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The second day of Iuly. At rome in auriel strete the feest of saynt Processe & saynt Martiniane martyrs / y^t were baptized of saynt Peter / and by the tyraūt Nero they were knocked vpon the mouth w^t stones for y^e con¦fessynge of Chryst / than hāged vpon gybettes / racked scourged / enflambed w^t fyre / cast vnto scorpyons & ve∣nymous serpentes / & after all turmentes slayne by the swerde. The feest also of thre men of warre that were put to deth w^t saynt Paule y^e apostle. The feest also of saynt Aristion / saynt Crescenciane / saynt Ewticiane / saynt Vrbane / saynt Vran / saynt Vitale / saynt Iust / saynt Felicissym / saynt Felix / & the holy women saynt Marcy & saynt Symphorose martyrs / all put to deth togyder in campane. At turon the feest of saynt Mone∣gunde a virgyn. In englonde at wynchester y^e deposi∣cyon of saynt Swythune a preest of hygh perfeccyon / whose holy body was founde by reuelacyon / & therby many people cured / & grete myracles done / not onely there but also in dyuerse partes of englonde. The feest also of our blessed lady saynt Mary called y^e visitacyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At landaf in wales the feest of saynt Ondoce a bys∣shop of grete sanctite & many myracles / amonge whi∣che is notable / that whan he sholde drynke & lacked a cuppe / he fourmed the fashon of a goblet of butter that stode before hȳ / & therin he dranke / & after it so remay∣ned & semed all gold / & so yet it doth / & is there reserued as a holy relyke. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of Iuly. In mesopotamye at edisse the translacyon of the holy apostle saynt Thomas. At

geneocesarepont y^e feest of saynt Gregory bysshop & con¦fessour / of synguler vertue / & gloryous in myracles / y^t amonge other in buyldyng of a chirche / where a grete hyll was noyous thervnto / he by prayer remoued the hyll. At clusyne the feest of saȳt Hyreney a deacon / & of the noble matrone saynt Mustiole / y^t by the prynce Au¦relian were bothe togyder put to martyrdom. In syre at laodice y^e feest of saynt Anathole a bisshop of famous doctryne / & made many werkes / not onely of philoso∣phy / but also of good religyon. At alexander the feest of saynt Triphon / & with hym other .xij. chrystyans all martyrs. At cōstantynople the feest of saynt Euloge a confessour of hygh merytes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Gregory bysshop of lingoniens / y^t fyrst was a maryed man / & after of high {per}feccyon & grete myracles / & had reuelaciōs / at whose deth heuē was seen open / & he therinto receyued. The feest also of saynt Heliodour a bysshop / y^t by the reuela∣cyon of an aūgell cōuerted in his prechyng a grete coū¦tre / he had also the spiryte of prophecy / & was of grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Lanfranke an abbot & confessour / a man of grete lernynge / y^t in the presence of the pope confoūded an heretyke / he had also the spi∣ryte of prophecy / & was of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of Iuly. y^e feest of y^e holy {pro}phete saynt Osee. At turon y^e trāslacion of saynt Martyn bysshop & cōfessour / in the whiche daye also he was electe & cōse∣crate bysshop. In affryke the feest of saynt Iocūdiane a martyr. In smyrme y^e feest of saȳt Innocent & saynt Sebaste / w^t other .xxx. chrystyans all martyrs. In the

terrytory of byture the feest of saynt Laureane a mar∣tyr / whose holy heed was brought in to spayne vnto y^e cite of hyspale. The deposicyon also of saynt Vldaryke called also Odalryke a bysshop & cōfessour. In y^e hygh monastery of villaren / the comynge & solempne recey∣uynge of the relykes of saynt Policarpe / saynt Seba∣stiane / saynt Vrbane / & saynt Quiryne all martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ Here is remembred y^e feest of all the .xij. prophetes / but specially of the holy {pro}phete Aggey. At orlyaūce y^e feest of saynt Argentary a monke / that amonge other signes of sanctite reysed a man frō deth / as saynt Gre∣gory wryteth in his dialoges. The feest also of ma. {etc}* 1.21

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of Iuly. In syre y^e feest of saynt Domi∣cy a martyr of hygh meryte as his dayly myracles do∣ne shewe. At rome y^e feest of y^e reuerend matrone saynt zoe / that bycause she praysed the vertue of saynt Peter was put in harde prison / & after many cruell turmen∣tes she was hanged w^t her owne heere / & a grete styn∣kynge smoke made vnder her / & so put to martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Modwen a holy virgin of hygh perfeccyon & grete myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of the grete clerke saynt Ancelme that was borne in englond / & buryed in london. The feest al¦so of another saynt Ancelme borne in burgoyne / a bys∣shop of grete doctryne / & made many werkes / & was of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Hugh abbot of cluniacence / of whome beyng in his moders wombe reuelacyon was made vnto a preest that sayd masse for her / & he after was a monke & had reuelacyons / & he sawe our blessed lady dryue & chace awaye the deuyll

from his monastery / at whose deth she was seen / and with her saynt Martyn / saynt Benet / w^t other sayntes & aūgels innumerable / that amonge them caryed his soule vnto blysse. The same daye a lytell before a holy abbot sawe in reuelacyon two beddes made in heuē / & whan he axed for whome they were / the aungels an∣swered / the one is for saynt Hugh / & the other for saynt Ancelme archebysshop of caūterbury. The feest also of saynt Hugh de sctō Victore / a confessour / & a synguler man of lernyng / that wrote many werkes of grete edi¦ficacyon / & was of synguler sanctite & many myracles The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Iuly. In y^e iewry the feest of the pro∣phete Esai / that by the iewes was sawed in sonder in two partes / and was buryed vnder rogelles oke. The octaue also of the apostles / & it is noted / y^t saynt Paule came the same daye fyrst to rome / in the seconde yere of the cruell tyraūt Nero the emperour. At rome the feest of saynt Tranquillyne a martyr / y^t bycause he praysed the vertue of saynt Paule / was stoned to deth. In the fraūchest of machiens the feest of saynt Goar a preest & cōfessour. In englond y^e feest of saynt Sexburge a vir∣gyn / that was syster vnto saynt Etheldrede called saȳt Audre.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Kenfrede a deacon & cōfessour In the prouynce of valery the feest of saynt Valence a preest / of grete fame and many myracles / of whome saynt Gregory wryteth in his dialoges.* 1.22 The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of Iuly. at alexander the feest of saynt

Panten / a man of vertue & maner of lyuynge lyke vn∣to the apostles / y^t for the feruent deuocyon of prechyng went in to the vttermest angyles & costes of y^e eest par∣tyes / & cōuerted moche people. At rome y^e feest of saynt Nicostrate / saynt Claudy / saynt Castar / saynt Victo∣ryne / & saynt Symphoriane / all martyrs / that by the iudge Fabiane were sore laboured by the space of thre dayes to forsake Chryst / & whā by no meanes he coude haue his purpose / he cast them all in to y^e see. The feest also of saynt Hedde a cōfessour of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Ethelburge / called saynt Alborowe a holy virgyn / & syster vnto saynt Etheldrede .1. Audre.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Nicostrate a martyr / y^t was housbond vnto saynt zoe. The feest also of saȳt Erken∣gode a virgin / & syster vnto saȳt Sexburge / bothe bor∣ne in englonde in kent / & she in youth went in to fraūce to be religious (as many gentyles dyd in those dayes) where she lyued a holy lyfe / and had reuelacyon of her deth / whose soule was seen openly of many persones cōuayde and caryed in to heuen. The feest also of saynt Grymbald an holy abbot / y^t came out of fraūce to haue the gouernaunce of the monastery of hyde in englond / nere vnto wynchester / where he lyeth full of sanctite & myracles. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of Iuly. In the lesse asie the feest of saynt Aquile & of his wyfe saynt Priscill / of whome is remembraūce in the actes of y^e apostles. In palestyne the feest of saynt Procope a martyr / that was brought prisoner from sanctipole vnto cesare / & there for Chryst by duke Fabian put to deth.* 1.23 The feest also of saynt Ci∣liane

a martyr. In y^e monastery of wentane the deposi¦cyon of saynt Grūbald a preest & monke. The feest also of saynt Kyliane / saynt Colonare & saynt Conace mar∣tyrs / and of saynt Neote a cōfessour. The translacyon also of the holy virgyn saynt Wydburge.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Ciliane a bysshop / saynt Co∣lonace a preest / & saȳt Romane a deacon / y^t by a woman were murthered / whose holy bodyes were foūde by re¦uelacyon / & dyd grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Norbert a bysshop / a noble man borne / & all he forsoke & was a preest / & buylded a monastery & began therin a newe religyon of saynt Augustynes order & was ab∣bot / after he was made an archebysshop / & euer of syn∣guler sanctite & grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Paule a martyr / borne in cōstantynople of noble ligna∣ge / & a duke vnder y^e emperour Cōstantyne y^e heretyke that bycause he rebuked his heresyes put hym to deth by many turmentes / whose holy body many yeres af∣ter was foūde by reuelacyon / and dyd grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Iulian a martyr. And of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of Iuly. at rome in a place where a drop of water cōtynually welleth out / y^e feest of saynt zenon a martyr / & with hym .x.M.cciij. moo holy martyrs. The feest also of saynt Ciryll a bysshop & martyr / that was cast in to a grete fyre / & came out therof after lōge tyme w^tout noyaūce / by whiche myracle the iudge for that tyme delyuered hym / but whan after he herde of his cōtynuall prechynge / he toke hym agayne & heded hym. At tyre the feest of saynt Anathole a virgyn / that

after many turmentes was slayne by the swerde / & w^t her was heded also saynt Audax. At marcull y^e feest of saynt Brythe a bysshop & confessour / that by his holy lyfe & prechynge cōuerted moche people / & suffred ma∣ny affliccions / wherin euer he was cōforted / somtyme by saynt Peter / & somtyme by aūgelles and sayntes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saȳt Ciryl a deacon & mar¦tyr / y^t by y^e emperour Cōstance after many turmentes was put to deth / & the pagans of cruelty ete his herte & lyuer / for whiche some of them lost theyr tethe / & of some theyr tongues rotted / & of some the eyes stert out of theyr hedes. The feest also of saynt zenon an abbot of the desert of thebayde / where he lyued a holy lyf & had reuelacyons of aūgels. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of Iuly. at rome the feest of .vij. breder martyrs / & sones vnto saȳt Felicite / y^t by the emperour Antonyn were put to dethe / the fyrst saynt Ianuary was scourged & racked & beten to deth w^t plūmettes / & saynt Felix & saynt Philip were knocked in the heed w^t clubbes. The fourth saynt Syluane was cast downe hedlonge frō a toure toppe / & so his necke broken. The other thre saynt Alexander / saynt Vitale & saynt Mar∣ciall were heded. In affryke the feest of saȳt Ianuary saynt Maryne / saynt Nabor & saynt Felix martyrs all heded. At rome y^e feest of saynt Rufyne & saynt Secūde virgyns / y^t in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Valeriane were martyred by the swerde.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Amalberge a virgin / & y^e feest of saynt Paterniane a bysshop & cōfessour / y^t fyrst was an abbot in palestyne / from whens he wente w^t all his

monkes by the reuelacyon of the archaūgell Gabryell in to egypte / where he had many reuelacyons & many open conflictes with y^e deuyll / & knowlege of his deth xxx. dayes before. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of Iuly. the translacyon of saynt Benet the abbot. In y^e lesse armeny at nicopole y^e feest of saynt Ianuary & Pelage martyrs / that were torne w^t hokes & cast vpon hote syndres / & so by .iiij. dayes put to ma∣ny turmentes & to deth. At mauritane cesariens y^e feest of saynt Marciane a virgyn & martyr. In the terryto∣ry of senon the feest of saynt Sydron a martyr. In the fraunchest of pictauens the feest of saynt Sabyne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Pituouse pope / y^t by a reuela¦cyon shewed vnto saynt Herme / ordeyned eester day to be kepte alway vpon the sondaye / w^t many other good statutes / & after in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperours Anto¦nyne & Marke he was put to martyrdom. At constan∣tynople y^e feest of saynt Ewloge a martyr / y^t was there put to deth / w^t other thre persones. The feest also of an other saȳt Ewloge / y^t by reuelacyō knewe y^e thoughtes & preuy synnes of many {per}sones / wherby he reuoked & w^tdrewe them from vnworthy cōmunion / & refourmed theyr fautes / & he was of many myracles. At parys y^e feest of saȳt Albyne a cōfessour. And of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Iuly. In cipris y^e feest of saynt Na∣son / one of Chrystes dyscyples. In aquiley the feest of saynt Ermagory a bysshop / y^t was discyple vnto saynt Marke y^e euangelyst a grete precher / & cōuerted many coūtrees by his sanctite & myracles / & at y^e last was by

many turmentes put to deth / & with hym his arche∣deacon saynt Fortunate. In cesary the feest of saynt Clyfe a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Anaclete pope / that ordeyned by decre that preestes shold be had in honour aboue se∣culer {per}sones. The feest also of saynt Nabor & saynt Fe∣lix martyrs / y^t by y^e emperour Maximian / after many turmentes were heded. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of Iuly. the feest of saynt Ioell & saȳt Esdre y^e prophetes. In macedony y^e feest of saynt Syle discyple vnto the apostles / & one of the fyrst y^t by them was assigned to preche / wherin he had grete & syngu∣ler grace / & toke grete labours w^t dylygence / & so rested in our lord. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Eugene bysshop of cartage / a famous man & a martyr. And the feest of saynt Salutary an archedeacon / & saȳt Murite an of∣fycer w^t the sayd bisshop / that w^t hym were put to deth & w^t them other {per}sones vnto the nombre of .v.C. of dy∣uerse degrees & age / as wel childer as men / that were put to many varyaūt turmentes / & thre tymes examy¦ned them in the same turmentes / after exile / for y^e whi¦che they obteyned a synguler laude & prayse of cōstan∣cy & perseueraūce. In the lesse brytayn y^e feest of saynt Thuran / a bysshop & cōfessour of meruaylous playne maners / symple and innocent. In englond the feest of saynt Mildrede a virgyn of grete holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ Here ben remembred the feestes of certayne faders of the olde testament / saynt zorobabell duke & prynce of the trybe of Iude. Saynt Iesus ioiedeke / that in his tyme was y^e hygh preest of the iewes. Saynt Neemie 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

with clubbes to deth.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Leo y^e fourth pope of y^e name that moche edifyed the fayth of Chryst / in whose tyme englond was fyrst vnder one kyng / called kyng Aldulf that went in pylgrymage vnto rome / & he than graū∣ted the Peter pens / that yet in englond ben payd. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of Iuly. In cartage the feest of saynt Sperate / saynt Nartaby / saynt Betury / saynt Felix / saynt Stytyny / saynt Aquilyne / saynt Letace / saynt Ianuary / & of y^e holy women also saynt Generose / saȳt Bessia / saȳt Donate & saynt Secūde all martyrs togy¦der / that by the mayre of stillicitane were after many turmentes all put vpon y^e crosse as Chryst theyr may∣ster / but there coude they not dye / & therfore they were taken downe & heded. In englond the passyon of saynt Kenelme kynge and martyr. At rome the feest of saynt Alexy a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Maryne a virgyn / that was a monke in y^e clothynge of a man / & was accused of for∣nicacyon & getynge of a chylde by a yonge woman / for the whiche she suffred moche affliccyon in moost high pacyence. The feest also of y^e holy woman saynt Theo∣dour / y^t was maryed vnto a vertuous man / & bycause she was yonge & of excellent beauty / she was sore as∣sayled of an other vngracyous man / y^t at the last decey¦ued & brought her vnto auoutry / for y^e whiche one acte she toke suche cōtricyon & repentaūce / y^t she stale away from her housbond in his clothynge vnto a monastery and there was a monke of grete penaūce & hygh {per}fec∣cyon & many myracles / whome the deuyll so enuyed

that he caused a woman goten w^t chylde to accuse her therof / for the whiche .vij. yeres she lay at y^e monastery gate & nourysshed the chylde w^t cowes mylke / & in the meane tyme many open batayles had she w^t the deuyll At the ende of whiche .vij. yeres the abbot for pite toke her agayne & her childe w^t her / where she lyued holyly two yeres / & than enclosed her selfe & the chylde also as an ancre / whome whan she had brought vp & clothed a monke / she blessedly departed / & thā was foūde a wo¦man / vnto whome her owne housbond was brought by reuelacyon / & in y^e same sell a monke / ended his lyfe in hygh {per}feccyon / & the chylde was after abbot of the monastery. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. daye of Iuly. At cartage y^e feest of saynt Gūdene a holy woman & a martyr / y^t by the iudge Ru∣fyne was .iiij. tymes racked / & her flesshe torne w^t ho∣kes / & at y^e last slayne by the swerde. At dorostre y^e feest of saynt Emyliane a confessour. The feest also of saynt Aquilyne a bysshop. At wentane y^e feest of saynt Ead∣burge a virgyn. The feest also of saȳt Arnulph a mar∣tyr. And of saynt Symphorose a matrone w^t her seuen sones all martyrs / of meruayllous pacyence and glo∣ryous triumphe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Rophyle a bysshop of holy lyf and many myracles / & had knowlege by reuelacyon of his deth day. The feest also of saynt Filiaster a preest & a noble precher / that by his holynes & myracles cōuer¦ted moche people / bothe of the iewes & gentyles / & re∣uoked also many from the heresy of the arrianes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of uly. the feest of saynt Epafre / that by saȳt Paule was made bysshop of colose / where for the defence of his flocke he receyued the palme of mar∣tyrdom. At thebaydes the feest of the holy fader saynt Arseny / that (as is wryten in y^e collacyons of y^e olde fa∣ders) had cōtynually a sudary to wype the aboūdaūce of his flowynge teres. In spayne at hyspale y^e passion of saynt Iustyn & saynt Rufyne virgyns / that by the mayre Diogeman were racked & theyr flesshe torne w^t hokes / & so put in to prison / where saynt Iustyne dyed & saynt Rufyne was heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the monastery of saynt Peter at prenestyne the feest of an holy abbot whose name we can not fynde / y^t brought vp a discyple vnto hygh {per}feccyon / that euery daye wrought vpon the makynge of his owne graue / vnto whome the abbot gaue cōmaūdement y^t he sholde bury hym in that graue. The discyple answered that he sholde dye soone after hȳ / & there was not space for bothe. The abbot sayd yes / it shall serue vs bothe. so whan anone after the abbot he was brought deed vn∣to the graue / one of his felowes {per}ceyuynge there was not space / sayd / here is not rome sufficyent. The deed corps answered & sayd yes / & therw^t turned vpon the one syde / & so the other corps was layd therby / where ben done many myracles. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Iuly. y^e feest of saynt Ioseph / whose syrname was iust or ryghtwyse / one of y^e discyples of Chryst / & a grete precher / & had moche persecucyon / he dranke poyson after some auctours as dyd saȳt Iohn̄ without noyaūce. In damaske the feest of saynt Sa∣byne / saynt Maximy / saynt Iulian / saynt Macroby /

saynt Cassy / & of the holy women saynt Paule & saynt Cassye / w^t other .x. {per}sones all martyrs togyder. In the fraūchest of bononye y^e feest of saynt Vlmare a confes∣sour. In antioche the feest of saynt Margarete a vir∣gyn & martyr / y^t suffred passyon vnder y^e iudge Olibry.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At corduba the feest of saynt Paule a deacon & mar∣tyr. In englonde at glocester the feest of saynt Aryld a virgyn and martyr. In the monastery of the same glo¦cester the feest of saynt Modmund a martyr. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of Iuly. the feest of saynt Daniell the prophete. At rome y^e feest of saynt Praxede a virgyn of pure chastite / cōtynuall exercyse / & of grete lernyng / y^t lyeth buryed in salary strete besyde her syster saȳt Po¦tenciane. In fraūce at massyle the feest of saynt Victor a martyr / y^t was a man of warre / & bycause he wolde not fyght agaynst chrystyans / nor yet do sacrefyce vn∣to the ydolles / he was put in a paynful pryson / where he had conforte & visitacyon of aūgels / & after he was put to many varyaūt turmentes / & at the last he was cast bytwene two mylstones / & so crusshed & brused to deth / & with hym saynt Alexander / saynt Feliciane / & saynt Longyne men of warre also / were put to dethe. At trecas the feest of saynt Iule a virgyn & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Daniell an abbot of egypte / of hygh {per}feccion & many myracles / of whome is wryten in vitas patrum. At rome the feest of saynt Acoucy that was keper of saynt Peters chirche a very meke man & of grete grauite / that cured a seke mayde

by the reuelacyon of saynt Peter / w^t many other myra¦cles. The feest also of many other holy saynt. mar. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. day of Iuly. the deposicyon of saynt Ma∣ry magdalene / vnto whome our sauyour after his re∣surreccyon fyrst appered / wherof she brought the fyrst tydynges & knowlege vnto y^e apostles / & after she pre∣ched & cōuerted moche people / dyd many myracles / & lyued alone in desert / & after all she was a whyle con∣uersaūt w^t saynt Maximy bisshop of aquens / in whose chirche after she had receyued the sacramentes / she in prayer yelded her spiryte / where he buryed her in a re¦uerend tombe / & after made a goodly chirche ouer the same / where after he was buryed hymselfe. The feest also of saynt Wandregesyle a cōfessour. In syre at ga∣las y^e feest of saynt Plato a martyr / of holy lyf & myra∣cles. The feest also of saȳt Synticen a virgyn / whome saynt Paule remēbreth in his epystles / & she lyeth bu∣ryed at phylypes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt wandregesyle / that was a maryed man & a duke of noble blode / & for deuo¦cyon he {per}swaded his wyfe to kepe her virgynite / by y^e whiche she was {pro}fessed in to religion / & he a monke / & after abbot of grete holynes. The feest also of saynt Meneley a confessour. And of many other holy sa. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of Iuly. the feest of saynt Apolynare a bysshop / cōsecrate by saynt Peter / & sent vnto rauen to preche / where for Chryst he was put to deth by ma¦ny cruell turmentes. At rome y^e deposicyon of our holy moder saynt Birgit.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of another saynt Apolynare / bysshop

of Ierusalem & a cōfessour / a man of synguler vertue and notable doctryne / that (as saynt Ierom writeth) made many {pro}fytable werkes / specyally agaynst he∣retykes. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of Iuly. At rome in tiburtyne strete the feest of saynt Vincent a martyr. In spayne at eme∣rite y^e feest of saynt Victor a man of warre / that w^t his two breder saynt Sterkace & saynt Antiogene by dy∣uerse grete turmentes were put vnto martyrdom. In ytaly at tyre y^e feest of saȳt Chrystyne a virgyn & mar∣tyr / that by two iudges was put to meruaylous tur∣mentes / & the thyrde iudge kytte her tongue & bounde her vnto a stake & let y^e archers shote her to deth with arowes. The feest also of saynt Nicete & saynt Aquile virgyns & martyrs / y^t were conuerted by saynt Chry∣stofre / and for Chryst heded. At amitermyn the feest of lxxxiij. sowdyours. The vigyll also of saynt Iames y^e apostle.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Vrsysyne / & of saynt Panace bothe bysshops. The feest also of saynt Vince a confes∣sour. And the feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of Iuly. the feest of saynt Iames the apostle / broder vnto saynt Iohn̄ the euāgelyst / y^t was heded by kyng Herode / whose holy bones were trāsla¦ted out of Ierusalem in to spayne / & there ben had in grete reuerēce. In syre at samon y^e feest of saynt Chry∣stofre a martyr / that was beten with roddes / racked / & his flesshe torne & rent w^t hokes / & so cast hedlonge in to a grete fyre / & all by the myght of Chryst he vayn∣quysshed / than was he shotte full of arowes / & at the

last heded. At bartimon the feest of saynt Cucuphate a martyr / that by thre iudges eche after other was put to many varyaūt turmentes / & at the last slayne by y^e swerde. In fraunce at parys the translacyon of saynt German a bysshop & cōfessour. At cenoman y^e transla∣cyon of saynt Iulian a bysshop also & cōfessour / of syn∣guler sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iosye a martyr / that was a scrybe amonge the iewes / & in y^e passyon of saynt Ia∣mes he fyrst put the corde about his necke / but forthw^t he was by hym conuerted & baptized / & w^t hym put to deth. The feest also of saȳt Nemesy a noble man / that herynge y^e fame & myracles of saynt Stephan y^e pope brought vnto hym his blynde doughter saynt Lucill / whome the pope baptized / & therby restored her syght & forthw^t her sayd fader was cōuerted & baptized / & af¦ter they bothe cōuerted many other {per}sones / & at y^e last by y^e emperours Valerian & Galiene they bothe togy∣der were put to deth. The feest also of saynt Iudoke a kynges sone of englond / that for Chryst forsoke all the worlde & went in pilgrimage / & was a holy heremyte and dyed in the fraūchest of pontyne. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. day of Iuly. the feest of saynt Erast that by saȳt Paule was made bysshop of philypes / where he was put to martyrdome. At rome the feest of saynt Iacinct a martyr / y^t was cast in to a grete fyre / & there remayned a longe tyme w^tout noyaunce / & than in to a ryuer / & there lykewyse / at the last by y^e consull Leonce he was slayne by y^e swerde. At rome also in latyn strete the feest of saynt Symphrony / saynt Olympy / saynt

Theodole & saynt Exsuper / that (as is wryten in the gestes of saynt Stephan) were all brent. The feest al∣so of saynt Anne moder vnto our blessed lady / borne in bethleem. The feest also of saynt Pastour a preest and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ This daye is also honoured the feest of saynt Ioa∣chym housbond vnto saȳt Anne / & fader vnto our bles∣sed lady / bycause the very daye of his deposicyon can not be knowen. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of Iuly. at ephesum y^e feest of saynt Maximyan / saynt Malcus / saynt Martynian / saynt Denyse / saynt Iohn̄ / saynt Serapion & saynt Cōstan¦tyne all martyrs / called the .vij. slepers / that fledde the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Decius / & hyd themselfe in a caue in the moūt of cellion / where they rested .ccclxxij. yeres / vnto the tyme of y^e emperour Theodosy / whan there was a grete heresy of the generall resurreccyon / for y^e wytnes & profe wherof to be shewed in themselfe they all arose as though they had slept but one nyght / & whā they had shewed themselfe & the cause of theyr rysynge / they forthw^t rested agayne in our lorde. At ni∣comede y^e feest of saynt Hermolay a preest / saynt Her∣nempy & saynt Hermogiate breder & martyrs / that by the emperour Maximian after many turmētes were heded. In sicilie y^e feest of saynt Symeon a monke. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Ewthery a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Santuly a preest of singuler sanctite / he made oyle of water / & fedde many labou∣rers .x. dayes w^t one lofe of brede / & euer more remay∣ned than was in the begynnynge / he also offred hym

selfe to be heded for an other man / but his arme y^t shold haue stryken hym / stode starke & myght not bowe / tyll he had promysed neuer after to hurt ony chrystyan / by the whiche myracle many were cōuerted / & many chry¦styans delyuered frō deth. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of Iuly. at nicomede y^e feest of saȳt Pantaleon a martyr / that by y^e emperour Maximian was racked & hote oyle cast vpō his naked body / with other many cruell turmentes / in y^e whiche he had con∣solacyon by y^e presence & syght of our sauyour Iesu / & at the last he was slayne by the swerde. In y^e lesse bry∣tayne at the monastery of dole the feest of saynt Sam∣pson a bysshop & cōfessour. In fraūce at lyons the feest of saynt Peregryne a preest / a famous man of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Victor & of saynt In∣nocent bothe popes and martyrs. At mylen the feest of saynt Nazary / & of saȳt Celse a childe / bothe martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Vrse a cōfessour / & the feest of saynt Redempte bysshop of serentyne / a man of mer∣uaylous sanctite / & had the spiryte of {pro}phecy / & was moche famylyer w^t saynt Gregory the pope & doctour / of whome he wryteth in his dialoges.* 1.24 The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Iuly. At rome in aurele strete the feest of saynt Felix pope / that by the emperour Cōstan¦tyne was deposed / & after slayne by y^e swerde. At rome also in portunens strete the feest of saynt Symplicy & saynt Faustyne breder & martyrs / y^t by the emperour Dioclecian after many turmētes were heded / & theyr

syster sāynt Betrice was murthered in prison. At tre∣cas y^e feest of saynt Lupe a cōfessour / that w^t saynt Ger¦man came in to brytayne / where he lyued .lij. yeres in holy cōuersacyon. The feest also of saȳt Martha syster vnto Mary magdalene / borne at bethany / & buryed in taraston in a forest of her owne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Marcill / seruaūt & bondmayd vnto saynt Martha / that contynued w^t her may stresse durynge her lyfe / & after wrote her legende / & than she went in to sclauony / where she cōuerted moche people and .x. yeres after her maystres she departed vnto our lorde / whose holy body lyeth besyde the body of Mary magdalene. The feest also of saynt Flore & saynt Lucil virgyns / borne in rome & there religyous nūnes / that in the {per}secucyon of the darbaries were taken by kyng Eugene / y^t for theyr beauty wold haue mysused them / but at y^e last they cōuerted hym / & by suche reuelacyon as was made vnto them by an aūgell of theyr martyr¦dom / he was also so enflambed / y^t he forsoke his kyng∣dom & went w^t them to rome / where he was baptized and with them put to martyrdom / by whose example all these {per}sones folowynge / y^t is to saye / saynt Antony saynt Theodour / saynt Denyse / saȳt Appollony / saȳt Campany / saynt Pioly / saynt Corsy / saȳt Corygenes saynt Pake / saynt Saturne / saynt Victor / and .ix. mo persones vnnamed / were all cōuerted / & there w^t them heded. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of Iuly. At rome y^e feest of saynt Ab∣don & saynt Sēnen martyrs / that by y^e emperour De∣cius were brought in cheynes frō corduba vnto rome where after many cruell turmentes they were slayne

by the swerde. In affryke at lucernary y^e feest of saynt Maxima / saynt Donatill / & saynt Secūde virgyns & martyrs / that in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Galiene were cōstrayned after y^e example of theyr spouse Iesu to drynke eysell & gall / than were they scourged naked racked / & theyr lȳmes strayned w^t cordes / cast vpon a gredyren & broyled / put vnto wode wyld beestes / & yet at the last slayne by the swerde / & so receyued y^e palme of martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Vrsy a bisshop & cōfessour. At caūterbury the feest of saynt Tadwyne a bysshop & cōfessour. The feest also of saynt Speciouse a monke & disciple vnto saȳt Benet / a noble man borne & of grete possessyons / whiche all he distrybuted vnto the poore / & w^t his broder saynt Gregory went vnto re¦ligyon / whiche sayd broder sawe his soule cōueyed by aūgels in to heuē. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. day of Iuly. In cesare y^e passyon of saynt Fabiane a martyr / that bycause he refused to bere the baner of honour before the mayre vnto the sacrefyce of ydolles / was .iij. tymes examined by dyuerse turmen¦tes / & at the last heded. At rauen y^e deposicyon of saynt German / bysshop of antisiodour / a noble man borne / & more noble in vertue & myracles. At synade the feest of saynt Demotrice / saynt Secūde & saynt Denyse. And the feest also of saynt Neoche a preest & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

The feest also of saynt Fantyne a cōfessour / of whome before he was conceyued / reuelacyon was made vnto his parentes than beynge gentyles / & after at .xij. ye∣res of age / accordynge vnto y^e same reuelacyon / he con¦uerted his sayd fader & moder / & conforted them vnto

martyrdom / whervnto he ordered hymselfe w^t them / but an aūgell delyuered hym / for the more edificacyon of the fayth. For by his holy lyfe & grete myracles / he cōuerted many coūtrees / & in y^e age of .xxxiij. yeres he departed / vpon whose holy body descended a lyght frō heuen / so that he lay vnburyed .xxx. dayes / & his body w^tout ony sygne of corrupcyon of a meruaylous swete odour / & after out of his sepulcre oyle stylled of excellēt vertue. In englond the feest of saynt Wolfade & saynt Rufyne breder & martyrs / & sones vnto kyng Wolfere kynge of the marches by his quene saynt Ermenyld / whiche kyng was a christyan / & after by wycked coū¦seyle he was a renegate & apostata / whose two sayd childer in huntyng of a hart were brought vnto saynt Chadde bisshop of lychefelde / & by hym instructed in y^e fayth & baptized. For euer they were gyuen to vertue / whiche thyng whā theyr fader knewe / he slewe them with his owne handes / but after by the counseyle of his holy quene / he toke repentaūce & went vnto saynt Chadde / & there forsoke his apostasy / & was confessed and dyd penaūce / & made a blessed ende. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ August.

¶ To morowe.

August. THe fyrst day of August. the feest of the holy ma¦chabies. At rome y^e feest of saynt Peter ad vin∣cula. In ytaly the feest of saynt Eusebius bysshop of vercell / a man of excellent doctryne / that by the empe∣rour Cōstantyne was exyled fyrst in to sythopole / and after vnto capadoce / and yet euer he returned vnto his owne chirche / & at the last by the {per}secucyon of y^e here∣tykes called arrianes he was put to martyrdome. At

rome also the passyon of saynt Fayth / saynt Hope / and saynt Charite virgyns & martyrs / and of theyr blessed moder saynt Sapience / that by the prince Adriane all togyder receyued the crowne of martyrdom. At rome also in latyn strete y^e feest of saynt Bone a preest / saynt Faust & saynt Maure all martyrs togyder / and (as is wryten in the actes of saynt Stephan the pope) seuen other persones suffred deth with them. In spayne at gerūd the feest of saynt Felix a martyr / y^t by the iudge Daciane after many turmentes was racked / and his flesshe torne & rent frō the bones tyll he was deed. In araby at philadelphe y^e feest of saȳt Cirill / saynt Aquil saynt Peter / saynt Domician / saynt Rufy & saynt Me¦dard / all martyrs in one daye. In y^e terrytory of parys the feest of saynt Iustyne a martyr. In y^e fraūchest of lysyn y^e feest of saynt Nemesy a cōfessour. In englond at wynchester the deposicyon of saynt Adelwold a bys¦shop & confessour / & a founder of many monasteryes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Salomon / sone vnto kynge Dauid / y^t after his grete synnes & ydolatry came vnto grete repentaūce / and for a notable penaūce / he caused hymselfe to be drawen as a thefe or traytour thrugh y^e stretes of Ierusalem vnto y^e solempne temple that he hȳselfe had made / & there he brought forth .vij. roddes & charged .iiij. offycers of y^e lawe to bete hym w^t those roddes as longe as they might last / whiche to do they refused / sayenge they wold not lay violent hādes vpon the oynted man of our lord. Than he hymselfe syttyng as kyng in iudgemēt / fyrst deposed & put downe hym selfe from his kyngdom / & than he bette hymselfe na∣ked w^t the sayd roddes tyll they were spent / & after w^t

lowde voyce he sayd. Christus purgauit pctā illius et exaltauit ineternū cornu eius: & dedit illi thronū regni et sedē glorie israel. That is to saye. Chryst hath pur∣ged & clensed his synnes / & hath exalted his power for euer / & he hath gyuen vnto hym the trone of his kyng¦dom / & the sete or restynge place of the glory of israell. The feest also of saynt Iesus syrake a {pro}phete of grete sanctite & wysdom / & a doctour of the lawe & ruler of y^e people / borne in Ierusalem / & he made the boke called in scripture ecclesiasticus. The feest also of saynt Ma∣ry a virgyn / whose syrname was consolatryce or con∣forter / a mayde of hygh perfeccyon & many myracles / & lyeth at verona where she was borne. The feest also of saynt Iust a martyr / y^t was sone vnto saȳt Iustyne and had many reuelacions / & after he was heded / his tongue spake / w^t many other myracles. In englond as lyncolne y^e feest of saynt Hugh a chylde / y^t by the iewes that tyme there dwellyng / was stolen & put vnto all y^e paynes of Chryst & crucyfyed / whose holy body wolde not abyde in the erth / ne in the water / ne ony where be hydde vnto y^e tyme it was foūde & knowen / & they ex∣pelled. In englonde also the feest of saynt Kenede that was lame borne / & therfore he was cast in to a ryuer / whiche ryuer caryed hym in to y^e see / & y^e see cast hym vpon a roche in to an ylelonde / where he was fedde & brought vp by an aūgel / & he was of singuler holynes & many wonderous myracles / & in y^e tyme of saynt Da¦uid. The feest also of saynt Exsu{per} a bisshop & cōfessour that cured y^e blynde & lame / expelled euyll spirytes / w^t many other grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Io¦saphat the kynges sone of ynde / whose legende is of a grete length / & full of notable myracles. The feest also

of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde day of August. at rome in the cimitery of saynt Calixt y^e feest of saynt Stephan y^e pope & mar¦tyr / that in the {per}secucion of y^e emperour Valeriane / for the desyre of martyrdom / sayd masse openly / in y^e whi¦che masse as he sate in his trone / he was heded. In y^e prouynce of biryne at nice the feest of saynt Theodour a matrone / & of her sone saynt Euody / that after many cruell turmentes / was w^t her sone & other two of his breder & her sones also / cast al togyder in to a grete fyre & brent. In englond the inuencyon of the holy body of saynt Albane the fyrst martyr of the same realme.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of an other saynt Stephan the se∣conde pope of that name / a confessour / y^t valyaūtly dyd defende the right of the chirche / & was a man of hygh {per}feccyon. The feest also of the thyrde saynt Stephan the thyrd pope of that name / a grete lerned man / that by vertue & good example moche edyfyed y^e chirche of Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of August. at Ierusalem the inuen¦cyon of saynt Stephan y^e fyrst martyr / & of saynt Ga∣maliel / saynt Nicodeme / & saynt Abibon / whose holy bodyes in y^e tyme of prynce Honory were foūde by a re¦uelacyon / shewed vnto saynt Luciane a preest / y^t wrote & publysshed the story therof vnto many nacyons for y^e edifycacyon of Chrystes chirche. At cōstantynople the feest of saynt Hermell a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond at yorke y^e feest of saynt wallene / called also saynt Walthef / sone vnto the erle of huntyngton /

that forsoke all his enherytaūce & was a monke of ho∣ly cōuersacyon & grete myracles. The feest also of saȳt Eufrony a confessour / & of saynt Stephan an holy he∣remyte / that amonge other had in synguler maner the spiryte of coūseyle & cōsolacyon / so y^t no {per}sone went frō hym in heuynes or discōforte / & he was euer seke and full of sores / & yet of meruaylous pacyence. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of August. the feest of saynt Aristarke discyple vnto saynt Paule. At rome in latyn strete the passyon of saynt Tranquilyne a martyr / y^t by the em∣perour Aureliane was scourged / beten w^t staues / put in harde pryson / and there well nere famysshed / brent vpon y^e rybbes with hote plates & lampes / racked / the flesshe torne w^t hokes / the senous of al his lȳmes kytte insonder / & after all heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iustyne a preest / that with saynt Syxt & saynt Laurence diuyded the goodes of y^e chirche vnto the poore / & the next yere after theyr deth he was accused vnto the emperour Decius / & put to martyrdom by many cruell turmentes. The feest also of saynt Tertulyne a martyr / & of saynt Lugyde an ho¦ly abbot. And y^e feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of August. In the {pro}uynce of rece at au∣gustane y^e feest of saynt Affra a martyr / that fyrst was an vnclene & comyn woman / & after by saynt Narcisse the bysshop / she & all her housholde were cōuerted and baptized / & w^t feruent desyre went vnto martyrdom / & was brent in a grete fyre. In englonde y^e feest of saynt Oswald kynge & martyr / whose actes & holy lyfe saȳt

Bede the reuerend clerke doth wryte in y^e cronycles of englonde. In augustudune the feest of saynt Cassiane a bisshop & cōfessour. At cathalamnis the feest of saynt Neminyne a bysshop. At lornon y^e deposicyon of saynt Dominyke a cōfessour / that by the auctorite of y^e pope for the zele & loue y^t he had vnto Chrystes fayth / & for y^e destruccyon of certayne heresyes y^t were in his tyme / began fyrst y^e order of freres prechers / called comynly the blacke freres.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde at douer the feest of saynt Thomas a monke / that for the ryght of the chirche was there put to deth by frensshemen that came to inuade the realme or kyngdom / at whose sepulcre ben shewed many my∣racles. At rome y^e feest of our lady / called y^e feest of saȳt Mary at the snowe / bycause the fyrst chirche of our la¦dy in rome was buylded by a reuelacyon / & a myracle of snowe y^e fell there in grete quantite the .v. day of Au¦gust. The feest also of saynt Emygdy a bysshop & mar¦tyr / & a grete precher / that cōuerted coūtrees / cytees / & moche people vnto Chryst / & was of many myracles. The feest also of saynt Meny a cōfessour & bysshop / cō∣secrate by saȳt Peter the apostle / that cōuerted moche people & dyd grete myracles. The feest also of saȳt You a martyr / that after he was deed / bare his owne heed a myle. The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ a holy heremyte. At augustane y^e feest of saynt Quiryake / saynt Large saynt Crescenciane / saynt Diomade / saynt Caryke / saynt Philadelphe / saynt Agapa / saynt Peter / with other .xvij. persones all martyrs / heded for the fayth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of August. the transfyguracyon of our

lorde & sauyour Iesu. At rome in appia strete y^e feest of saynt Syxt a bysshop & martyr. At rome also in y^e cimi∣tery of saynt Pretexate the feest of saynt Felicissimy & saynt Agapite martyrs / y^t were deacons vnto the sayd saynt Sixt / & by y^e emperour Decius heded w^t hym / & the feest of saynt Ianuary / saynt Magn{us} / saynt Vin∣cent & saynt Stephan subdeacons / that (as is wryten in the boke of y^e gestes of popes & bysshops) were that tyme also w^t them heded. And (as saynt Cipriane wry¦teth) saynt Quarte was put to deth w^t the same com∣pany. In spayne at complute the feest of saynt Iust & saynt Pastor breder / that beynge childer in the scole / & herynge of the rewarde of martyrdome / sodeynly cast downe theyr bokes & ran w^t gladnes vnto y^e emperour Daciane & there cōfessed Chryst / whome y^e emperour put vnto many turmētes / wherin they as yf they had ben men of grauite / eche conforted other / & after all by the cōmune hangman they were put to deth.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of an other saynt Sixt the thyrde pope of y^t name / that was a grete clerke & cōdempned many heretykes / he buylded many chirches & well or∣dered them / & he was a grete almesman / and of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of August. In arece at tusce y^e feest of saynt Donate a martyr & bysshop / that by y^e emperour Iulian (as saynt Gregory wryteth) suffred grete {per}se∣cucyon / & vpon a tyme whan he was at masse the pa∣ganes brake the chalys in peces / whiche by prayer he restored hole agayne w^tout ony effusyon of y^e sacramēt. At rome the feest of saynt Peter & saynt Iulian / with

other .xviij. martyrs. At mylen the feest of saynt Fau∣styne / that by the emperour Aurelius comodus was put to deth.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Donate a bysshop & cōfessour / that w^t his walkynge staffe slewe a dragon / whose body .viij. yoke of oxen coude scant drawe vnto the fyre / w^t many other grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of August. At rome in ostience strete the feest of saynt Ciriake a deacon / saynt Large & saȳt Smaragde / w^t other .xx. {per}sones put to martyrdom by the emperour Dioclecian. In fraūce at nyenna y^e feest of saynt Seuere / that after many labours & grete dy∣lygence of prechynge came vnto y^e same cite / where he cōuerted the multytude therof / & so rested in our lorde.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Hormysoy pope / that fyrst ordeyned psalmes to be songe in dyuyne seruyce / & he cōdempned the heresy of cuticiane / and was a man of grete pyte / & moost lyberall in almes. The feest also of an other saynt Hormysdy a martyr / y^t by the kynge of perse was put to dethe. The translacyon also of saynt Quiryke a bysshop & martyr. And y^e feest of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of August. the vigyll of saynt Laurēce. In tuscia at colen the feest of saynt Secūdiane / saynt Marcelliane & saynt Veriane martyrs / y^t by the iudge Promote vnder the emperour Decius were scourged / racked / theyr flesshe torne w^t hokes / & hote flambes of fyre put vnto y^e woūdes / & at y^e last slayne by y^e swerde. At rome y^e feest of saynt Romane a martyr / that was a

man of warre vnder the emperour Decius / & conuer∣ted by saynt Laurence / & desyred of him to be baptized for the whiche he was put to many turmentes / and at the last heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Fyrmy & saynt Rustyke mar¦tyrs / that by meruaylous many turmentes were put to deth / whose holy bodyes were buryed by aūgels / & after foūde by reuelacyon / & than lost agayne in y^e per∣secucyon of Chrystes people / & yet after by y^e prayer of saynt Mary cōsolatrice the virgyn / they were founde agayne vnto the grete cōforte of chrystyans. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of August. At rome in tyburtyne strete the feest of saynt Laurence a martyr / that by y^e empe∣rour Decius was put in hard prison / scourged / racked his flesshe torne & enflambed w^t fyry plates / & at y^e last sprad vpon a gredyren w^t coles & so broyled vnto deth. At rome also the feest of .clxv. soudyours all martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hope / y^t buylded y^e monastery of caple / & there was abbot / but by y^e space of .xl. yeres he was blynde / than appered an aūgell vnto hym & re¦stored his syght / & cōmaunded hym to preche vnto the monasteryes aboute hym / and so he dyd as the aūgell taught hym / and after .xv. dayes he returned vnto his owne monastery / & there called all his breder togyder & before them he receyued the sacramentes of y^e chirche & whan they were syngyng he departed vnto our lord and all they sawe euydently his soule in symilytude of a doue departe and go streyght in to heuen. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of August. At rome bytwene two lau∣reres the passyon of saynt Tyburce a martyr / y^t by the iudge Fabiane was cōpelled to walke vpon hote coles & synders / & so after many affliccyons he was heded. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Susan a virgin & martyr of noble blode / nece vnto saynt Gay the pope / & by the emperour Dioclecian she was put to deth / heded by y^e swerde. At camberake the feest of saynt Gangeryke a bysshop and cōfessour. At the castell of cbroas the feest of saynt Tawryne a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of the crowne of our sauyour / the one halfe wherof Charlemayne brought frō cōstantinople vnto parys / at y^e departure & diuisyon wherof y^e same crowne flourysshed & brought forthe grene leues and fresshe floures / of the wuiche leues & floures the sayd kyng Charles fylled both his gloues / & reserued them for relykes. And of the people y^t were present .ccc. & moo were heled of dyuerse sekenes by y^e odour & smell that came therfrō / w^t many other grete miracles. The feest also of saynt Cromacy / fader vnto saynt Tyburce the martyr / y^t by the emperours Dioclecian & Maximian were put to deth / & w^t hym a.M. & .cccc. other {per}sones. The feest also of an other saynt Cromacy / a bysshop of grete lernyng / vnto whome saynt Ierom dedicate ma¦ny werkes / & sent hym pystles / & receyued many of hȳ The feest also of the .vij. slepers / that is to saye / whan they arose / & forthwith after dyed. For y^e other feest in Iuly was whā they slept. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of August. In cicilie at cathyne y^e feest

of saynt Ewple a deacon / that by the emperours Dio∣clecian & Maximian after many turmētes was slayne by the swerde. At augustane the feest of saynt Hyllary moder vnto saynt Affra / that as she was in prayer at the graue of her sayd doughter / was taken / & w^t her y^e holy women saynt Digne / saynt Ewmeny / and saynt Ewprepy / and all brought vnto the iudge / whiche cast them all in to a grete fyre & brent them. At rome y^e feest of saynt Quiriake / saynt Large / & saynt Crescenciane & of the holy women saynt Menye & saynt Iulian / w^t many other chrystyans / that by the mayre Pertinace were all put to deth togyder. At salary y^e feest of saynt Graciane / & of saynt Felicissima a virgyn / bothe mar∣tyrs / y^t for the confessyon of Chryst were knocked vpon the mouth w^t stones / & after many other turmētes put to deth by y^e swerde. In syre y^e feest of saynt Machare & saynt Iuliane cōfessours. At assyse the feest of saynt Clare a holy virgyn. The feest also of saynt Ethelwold a cōfessour of many merytes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At reatyne y^e feest of saynt Probe / bysshop of y^e same cite / a man of singuler vertue / that in the houre of deth was brought vnto blysse by saynt Ewlethery & saynt Iuuenall martyrs / with other aūgels & sayntes. At rome y^e feest of saynt Romula a virgyn of synguler pa∣cyence / moost hygh obedience / & of strayte sylence / mo∣che & in maner cōtynually occupyed in prayer / y^t was taken w^t the palsey / & so lay many yeres lame / but ne∣uer impacyent / ne neuer lefte therfore prayer / whose soule was caryed vnto blysse w^t a quere celestyal moost swetely syngyng. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. daye of August. At rome the feest of saynt

Ypolity a martyr / that by the mayre Valeriane was tyed by y^e fete vnto wylde horses / & so drawen thrugh busshes & breres tyll he was deed / with whome .xviij persones of his houshold were put to deth / besyde his nurse saynt Concorde / y^t before hym was beten to deth with plūmettes. At forcill the feest of saynt Cassiane a martyr / that bycause he wolde not do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / was iudged to dye / & for his more payne / he was delyuered vnto certayn of his owne scolers / who me before he had corrected for theyr defautes / & they by many & greuous turmentes put hym to martyrdom. At pictauy the feest of saynt Radegūd a quene / whose lyfe by many myracles was in grete fame.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Ypolity bysshop of aphricane / a man of noble doctryne / & made many pro¦fytable werkes / & was of notable vertue & many my∣racles. The feest also of an other saynt Cassiane / called also saynt Iohn̄ cassiane the heremyte / that wrote the collacyons of the olde faders in egypte / & theyr rules & maners / w^t many other noble werkes / vnto the grete edificacion of y^e chirche. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of August. the vigyl of y^e assumpcyon of our lady. At rome in appia strete y^e feest of saynt Eu∣seby a preest & cōfessour / that by y^e emperour Cōstancy was put to many affliccyons / & at the last he was clo∣sed in a cabon within his owne hous / & there dyed.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hely the holy prophete / y^t as this daye was rapte & taken lyuynge in to paradyse / where he so remayneth w^t Enoke / vnto a lytel before y^e

general iudgement / at whiche tyme they shall come in to the erth / & here haue cōflicte w^t Antechryst / whome he shall put to deth / but after notw^tstandyng they shall by y^e power of god be reysed agayne vnto lyfe / & vayn∣quysshe & confoūde hȳ. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. daye of August. the deposicyon of y^e moder of god our lady saynt Mary / whome our moder y^e chir¦che byleueth without ony doubte to be deed / accordyng vnto the cōdicyon of our nature / but where y^t honoura¦ble temple of her sayd body / by the diuyne counseyle & ordynaūce of god was layde / or where now it resteth or remayneth / the olde chirche wolde no thynge deter∣myne / but rather let the mater hange in doubte & sus∣pence / than ony thynge to wryte or teche w^tout aucto∣rite / vnto suche tyme it my myght please our lord god fer∣ther to shewe therin / whervpon it pleased his goodnes syth y^t tyme to shewe by reuelacyon vnto dyuerse {per}so∣nes / whiche our sayd moder y^e chirche hath approued & so now doth hold & teche / that her holy body is with her blessed soule in blysse gloryfyed / & therfore is this feest now called y^e assumpcyon. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Tarsycy a colet in order / that bycause he wolde not shewe the sacrament of Chrystes body vnto the paganes that they myght haue had it in de∣rysyon / was beten with staues & stones vnto deth.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Euseby a bysshop / a man of notable doctryne / y^t wrote many storyes & other profy∣table werkes. The feest also of an other saynt Euseby an abbot / and discyple vnto saynt Ierom / a noble man borne / & went in pilgrymage vnto y^e holy lond / where

he foūde saȳt Ierom at bethleem / & than he forsoke all the worlde & was w^t hym a mōke / & after abbot / & euer of synguler sanctite / & had reuelacyons / & was of ma∣ny myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of August. In bytyny at nice the feest of saynt Vrsacy a confessour / that fyrst was a man of warre vnder y^e tyraūt Luciane / & after he lyued as an heremyte solytary / & amonge other many grete myra∣cles he slewe a grete horryble dragon. At metēs y^e feest of saȳt Arnuf a bysshop / that lyued as an heremyte in synguler sanctite & many myracles. At rome y^e feest of saynt Serene a noble matrone / wyfe vnto the empe∣rour Dioclecian.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Artemye a virgyn & martyr that was doughter vnto y^e sayd emperour Dioclecian by his wyfe the same matrone saynt Serene / whiche sayd virgyn after y^e deth of her fader was put to deth by her owne broder. The feest also of saynt Franbold a bysshop & cōfessour. And the feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of August. In affrike y^e feest of saynt Liberate an abbot / saynt Boniface a deacon / saȳt Se∣uy & saynt Rustyke bothe subdeacons / saynt Rogate & saynt Septimy monkes / & saynt Maximy a childe all martyrs / that in the {per}secucyon of the wandales were by kynge Huneryke put to martyrdome. In capadoce at cesary the feest of saynt Māmete a martyr / that by the cōmaūdement of Valeriane the emperour was by the mayre Alexander put to dethe. The octaue also of saynt Laurence.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Tharcill / aunt vnto saȳt Gre¦gory

the pope / a holy woman / that by saynt Felix had reuelacyon of her deth / at the whiche our sauyour Ie∣su came visybly vnto her / vnto whome she yelded her spiryte / & whan her body was wasshen they foūde her knees and elbowes as harde as the camelles knees by longe vse of knelynge & prostracyons. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of August. At preuestyn .xxxiij. myle from rome y^e feest of saynt Agapite a martyr / y^t moche desyred martyrdom / & in the age of .xv. yeres he was brought vnto the emperour Valeriane / & by y^e mayre Antiocus he was scourged w^t senous / racked / & after many cruell turmentes / slayne by the swerde. At rome the feest of saynt Crispe & saynt Iohn̄ bothe preestes / that in the {per}secucion of the emperour Dioclecian were very dilygent in buryenge y^e bodyes of holy martyrs / wherby they ben taken as of lyke merites w^t them. At rome also in lauicane strete y^e feest of saȳt Elene moder vnto the emperour Cōstantyne. The feest also of saynt Pontyne a holy cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Fyacre a cōfessour / borne of y^e noble blode of yrelonde / y^t forsoke all the worlde & went in to fraūce / & there was an heremyte of hygh perfec∣cyon & many myracles. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Daygens a cōfessour / that in his childhode dyd many myracles / & after he reysed .xiij. {per}sones vnto lyf / w^t ma¦ny other notable actes / & dyed in the age of .cxl. yeres full of sanctite & {per}feccyon. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. dye of August. the feest of saynt Magnus & saynt Andrewe martyrs / y^t with .MM.v.C.xcviij.

other persones of theyr company were put to deth for the cōfessyon of Chryst. In the fraūchest of sigesteryke the feest of saynt Donate a preest that frō youth was endowed with many grete graces / & euer he lyued y^e strayte lyf of heremytes. At rome y^e feest of saynt Iule a martyr / that was a senatour / & by the emperour Co¦modus beten to deth w^t battes. In y^e terrytory of bitu∣riens the feest of saynt Mariane a holy confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Lewys a bysshop / that was sone & heyre vnto kyng Charles of fraūce / & forsoke all worldly pompe / & was a frere of saynt Fraūeys order & after an heremite / & whan he was preest he was by reuelacyon made a bysshop / & euer of hygh {per}feccyon & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of August. the feest of saynt Samuell the prophete / whose holy bones (as saynt Ierom wry¦teth) were translate by the emperour Archady from y^e iury vnto tracy. The feest also of saȳt Porphiry / may∣ster & techer vnto saynt Agapite. In the yle of nere the feest of saynt Phylibert an abbot / y^t was fyrst a tempo¦rall knyght / & after gaue hymselfe hooly vnto Chryst / & was a grete foūder of monasteryes / & of hygh {per}fec∣cyon. At corduba the feest of saynt Leouigylde & saynt Crystouer mōkes & martyrs / y^t were heded / & theyr bo¦dyes brent. The feest also of saynt Bernard a cōfessour and abbot of clareuale.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Oswyne a kynge of englond that for y^e welth of his people / wylfully put hymselfe in the handes of his enemyes / & with hym was put to deth a noble knyght y^t wolde in no wyse byde behynde

his mayster. The feest also of saynt Credane an abbot & of saynt Samuell a preest / that was a grete clerke / & made many werkes / specyally agaynst heretykes. The feest also of saynt Leoncy & saynt Carpofore mar¦tyrs / that by the iudge Lisye were put to deth by ma∣ny greuous turmētes. The feest also of saynt Hely the hygh preest & iudge of israell / & mayster vnto the sayd prophete Samuell. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of August. In the terrytory of gauali∣tan the passion of saynt Priuate a bysshop & martyr / y^t in the {per}secucyon of the emperours Valerian & Galien was put to martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Bono∣sy & saynt Maximian martyrs / whose actes ben wry∣ten at length in the legende. At salon the feest of saynt Anastace a martyr / that by the emperour Aurely was put to deth. The feest also of saynt Quadrate a bisshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde the feest of saynt Moghtewe an abbot that in youth beyng a pagan dyd myracles / & after by reuelacion he went to rome / where he was instructed in the fayth & baptized / & than returned in to yrelonde where he cōuerted moche people / & he reysed thre per∣sones vnto lyfe / of the whiche {per}sones one had ben deed vij. dayes / & an other thre dayes. The feest also of saȳt Tymothe bysshop of Alexander / & of saynt Protery a preest both martyrs / y^t by the heretyke Dioscour were put to martyrdome. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of August. At rome in ostience strete the feest of saynt Tymothe a martyr / that bycause he wold not do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / was thre tymes

scourged / & after many other turmentes heded. At au∣gustudune the feest of saynt Symphoriane a martyr / that by y^e emperour Aurely was put to many turmen¦tes / & at y^e last heded. In a gate of rome y^e feest of saynt Marcial / saynt Epute / saynt Saturnyne / saȳt Aprile & saynt Felix martyrs & pylgrymes / w^t many other of theyr company / all put to deth. At rome also in auriell strete the feest of saynt Antonyne a martyr / that by the iudge Vitelly was heded. The octaue also of our lady.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome also the feest of saynt Muse a virgyn / vnto whome in yonge age appered our blessed lady w^t many virgyns of her age / & axed her wheder she wold go w^t them / & the virgyn answered / she wolde gladly / vnto whome our lady sayd / & this daye .xxx. dayes y^u shalte be with them / at whiche daye our lady came vnto her agayn / than beynge sore seke & sayd / come your waye doughter / & she w^t lowde voyce & grete gladnes answe¦red / I come / & therw^t expyred / & so a virgyn was ioy∣ned vnto y^e celestyall virgyns. The feest also of ma. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of August. At antioche y^e feest of saȳt Donate / saynt Restitute / saynt Valeriane / saynt Fru∣ctuous / w^t other .xij. all martyrs. In lice at egea y^e feest of saynt Claude / saynt Austere / saynt Neon / & of y^e ho∣ly women saynt Dominyne & saynt Theonyll all mar¦tyrs / that by the mayre Lisy were put to deth by ma∣ny grete & varyaūt turmentes. In a gate of rome the feest of saynt Ypolite / saynt Quiriake & saynt Akchyl. The feest also of saynt zache / that was the fourth bys∣shop of Ierusalem after saynt Iames. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Theon a bysshop. At remens the feest of

saynt Timothe & saȳt Appollinare martyrs. At lyons in fraūce the feest of saynt Minerue & saynt Eleazare / with .viij. of theyr chylder / all martyrs. The vigyl al∣so of saynt Bartholomewe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt zache / that was the fyrst bysshop of antioche after saynt Peter / whome he hymselfe consecrate whan he went to rome after Sy∣mon magus y^e heretyke. The feest also of an other saȳt Theon an abbot in sythe of .iij.M. monkes / a grete ler¦ned man in dyuerse languages / & of y^e {per}feccyon / that in xxx. yeres he neuer sware othe / ne made ony lye / nor yet spake ony voyd or ydle worde / nor at ony tyme was wroth or impacyent / & his sayenge was oftentymes / that no thyng is more peryllous vnto a religyous per¦sone / than to kepe preuy from his souerayne his dedes or thoughtes. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Eugene / fyrst an abbot / & after made a bisshop by reuelacyon / & euer of hygh {per}feccyon / he had reuelacyon of aūgels / & was of many myracles. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of August. the feest of saynt Bartho¦lomewe the apostle / that in ynde for prechynge Chryst was heded / whose holy body was buryed in the yle of lyppary / & after translated vnto beneuent / where it is had in grete honour & reuerence. The feest also of .ccc. martyrs / that by the emperours Valeriane & Galiene after many cruel turmētes were cast into a lyme kylne & therof were they named the whyte lumpe or whyte kepe of martyrs. In normandy at rone y^e feest of saynt Andoene a cōfessour / that despysed moche y^e pompe of the worlde / and yet by force he was made bisshop. In Yrelonde at nyuerne y^e feest of saynt Patryke an abbot 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

Laurence. In ytaly at the castel of victymyle y^e feest of saynt Secūde a noble man / & one of the capytaynes of the legyon of thebeys. At pergamy the feest of saynt Alexander / a capytayne also of the same legyon / y^t for his meruaylous cōstancy was heded. In the territory of lemonicens the feest of saynt Arecly a preest & cōfes∣sour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond the feest of saynt Brigwyne bysshop of caūterbury / a man of synguler sanctite & many grete myracles / & of noble byrth / s••••e vnto the kyng of kent. The feest also of saynt Elewthery a bisshop of notable vertue & many myracles. And y^e feest of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvii. day of August. At capua y^e feest of saynt Rufe a martyr / a noble man borne / & discyple vnto saȳt Appollinare / that was discyple vnto y^e apostle Peter. At thomys the feest of saynt Marcellyne a noble capy∣tayne / & of his wyfe saynt Mānea / saynt Iohn̄ / saynt Serapion and saynt Peter all martyrs togyder. The feest also of saynt Aurely / saȳt Felix / & of the holy wo∣men saynt Nataly & saȳt Liliose all martyrs. And the feest of saynt George a deacon & amōke of meruaylous abstynence / that went in pylgrymage frō Ierusalem vnto corduba / w^t certayn {per}sones of noble lignage borne in the same cite / where accordynge vnto a reuelacyon shewed vnto hym / he receyued that before he had lōge desyred / the crowne of martyrdom / slayne by y^e swerde At arelatens y^e feest of saynt Cefary a bysshop / of mer∣uaylous vertue & synguler pyte. At augustudune the feest of saynt Fiagry a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Pelagy a martyr / borne of no∣ble

lignage / that after the desece of his parentes / solde his londes & gaue all vnto the poore / & whan the perse∣rucyon of the emperour Numeriane was in moost fu∣ry & violent / he wylfully offred hymselfe vnto y^e iudge & cōfessed the name of Chryst / for the whiche after ma¦ny meruaylous turmētes he was heded. At rome the feest of an other saynt Pelagy the fyrst pope of y^e name a noble man / & a grete correcter of heretikes. The feest also of y^e thyrde saynt Pelagy the seconde pope of that name / a pyteous man & moche deuoute / that ordeyned all the prefaces y^t ben sayd in the masse / except the pre∣face of our lady / whiche saynt Gregory his nexte suc∣cessour added. In denmarke the feest of saȳt Anastasy a martyr. And the feest of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of August. At rome y^e feest of saynt Ermete a martyr / that was a nobleman borne / & (as is wryten in y^e lyfe of saynt Alexander y^e pope) he was longe kept in harde prison / & after slayne by y^e swerde. The feest also of saynt Iulian a martyr / that in a grete {per}secucyon of chrystyans / fledde frō rome / more by coū∣seyle of saȳt Ferreole than of his owne mynde / & came vnto auerne / where by treason for Chrystes fayth his throte was kytte / & he so a martyr. At cōstantynople y^e feest of saynt Alexander pope & cōfessour / of grete fame & glory / by whose vertue & holy prayer the grete here∣tyke Arrius was condempned. In affryke the feest of saynt Augustyne bysshop & confessour / that fyrst was translated vnto sardyne / & after by y^e kyng of longobar¦dynes vnto ticyne / where he was honourably shryned At sanctonas the feest of saynt Iulian a bysshop & con¦fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Daniell the holy prophete / & of saynt Susan / whome he delyuered from the deedly accusacyon of y^e false iudges. The feest also of ma. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. daye of August. The decollacion of saynt Iohn̄ baptist / not that he as this day was heded (for as the gospell recordeth / he was heded aboute eester) but that the chirche doth now worshyp his sayd decol¦lacyon / bycause his heed was foūde the seconde tyme as this day / & in edyssa shryned with grete honour / by reason wherof it sholde be called rather the feest of the inuencyon therof. At rome the feest of saynt Sabyne a matrone of noble estate / that by the emperour Adriane was put to martyrdom by y^e swerde. In the fraūchest of trecassyne y^e feest of saȳt Sabyn a virgyn / that toke grete labours in pilgrymage / & was moche holy & fa∣mous in myracles. At parys y^e feest of saynt Meryke a preest & mōke. The feest also of saynt Cādida a virgyn

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Sauynyane a martyr / that was a pagan & cōuerted by an aūgell / and after many grete myracles / he was for Chryst heded / & forthw^t he toke vp his owne heed & bare it a certayn space / where he was buryed / after whose departyng his sister saȳt Sauyne than also a pagan & a virgyn / made instaunt prayer vnto y^e ydolles for her sayd broder / vnto whome appered an aūgel / & shewed her where he was / wher¦by she was also cōuerted & went vnto rome / where she was baptized / & after many myracles & holy lyfe / she dyed at the sepulcre of her broder / the same day of his deposicyon / & her mayde w^t her a virgyn also / & bothe buryed by hȳ. The feest also of an other saynt Sabyne

a virgyn & martyr / that bycause she gadered y^e relykes of saynt Serapy / notw^tstandyng that she was of noble byrth / yet was she put to deth by many cruell turmen¦tes. The feest also of saynt Edwold / broder vnto saynt Edmūde kyng & martyr / y^t after the deth of his broder was required to reigne kyng as his heyre / whiche for Chryst he forsoke / & by an aūgell he was brought vnto desert & there was an heremite of hygh {per}feccyon & ma¦ny myracles / but many mo myracles were done at his sepulcre after his deth. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of August. At rome in ostience strete the feest of saynt Felix a preest & martyr / y^t by the empe¦rours Dioclecian & Maximian was hanged & racked / & at the last heded / & with hym also cōfessynge Chryst was heded saynt Adauct / that is to saye added / eched or ioyned / so called bycause his owne name was vn∣knowen. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Gaudence a vir∣gyn. In the fraūchest of meldence y^e feest of saynt Agi∣ly a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Terēciane & saynt Flacke mar¦tyrs / whiche saynt Flacke was bysshop of y^e ydolles / & brought vnto saȳt Terenciane an ydoll / whervpon he blewe & brake it / & the same blast ouercast y^e bysshop / & stroke him blynde / than the iudge Leciane after many turmētes kytte his tongue / wherby y^e iudge hymselfe was dombe / & the saynt spake / & at y^e last y^e iudge was so vexed with his turmentes y^t he dyed / after whiche saynt Flacke was cōuerted & baptized / & so they bothe togyder heded. At ambience y^e feest of saynt Fyrmyne bysshop of y^e same / a noble man borne / but moche more noble in vertue & myracles. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. day of August. At treuere y^e feest of saynt Paulyne a bysshop & cōfessour / that by the emperour Constantyne was exiled & dryuen w^t moche affliccyon from place to place / tyl at the last he dyed in fryselond. At atens the feest of saynt Arestidy a grete clerke / that made many werkes / & in open desputacyon before the emperour Adriane he proued by good lernyng / reason and auctorite / that our sauyour Iesus was very god. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Optate a bysshop & cō¦fessour. The feest also of saȳt Eilady a bysshop. In bry¦tayne at the monastery of glastingens y^e feest of saynt Aidane a bysshop & cōfessour / whose soule saynt Curt∣bert sawe caryed and cōueyed by aungels vnto blysse. The feest also of saynt Cutburge a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At nole the feest of saynt Felix a preest & cōfessour / of many myracles. In englond y^e feest of saȳt Eantwyde a virgyn / y^t was y^e kynges doughter of kent / whome the kynge of northumberlond desyred vnto wyfe / but she for y^e loue of Chryst forsoke all the worlde / & caused her fader to buylde a monastery / wherin she was pro∣fessed and lyued a holy lyfe full of myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart / confes. & virg.

¶ September.

¶ To morowe.

Septem¦ber. THe fyrst day of September. The feest of saynt Iesu naue / called also Iosue / that nexte after Moyses was capytayne & duke of y^e chylder of israel / & the feest of saynt Gedeon the prophete. The feest also of saynt Anne the prophetisse / of whose sanctite y^e holy gospell maketh mencyon. In atens the feest of saynt

Gyles an abbot / moche honourable & famous of holy lyf & many myracles / at whose deth dyuerse persones herde a melody of aūgelles that caryed his soule vnto blysse. At capua in aquary strete y^e feest of saynt Priske a martyr / y^t was an olde discyple of Chryst. At remys the feest of saynt Syxt a bysshop & cōfessour. At senon the feest of saynt Lupe a bysshop & cōfessour / that for a specyall token of our lord / had a precyous stone sent in to the chalys as he was at masse. At cenoman y^e feest of saynt Victor a bysshop & cōfessour of grete holynes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Calef / one of y^e .xij. that were sent by Moyses to serche the lond of {pro}myssyon / & ther∣fore he onely & an other of all that came out of egypte entred thervnto. the feest also of saynt Raabe y^e comyn woman / that lodged & saued the same serchers. The feest also of saynt Othoniel the fyrst iudge of israell af∣ter Iosue / & of saynt Haiot the second iudge / & of saynt Delbora y^e prophetisse / that w^t her housbond Baracke was the thyrde iudge / & of saȳt Gedeon the .iiij. iudge & of saynt Thola the .v. iudge / & of saynt Iabyr the .vj iudge / & of saynt Iepte the .vij. iudge / & of saynt Abe∣san the .viij. iudge / & of saynt Hailon the .ix. iudge / & of saynt Abdon the .x. iudge / & of saynt Sampson the .xj. iudge / & Iosue before named was the .xij. and fyrst in order & honour. The feest also of saynt Rutte the holy wydowe. The feest also of .xij. martyrs all naturall bre¦der / whiche ben put in the kalender of rome & there so∣lemply serued. The feest also of saȳt Viuard a bysshop & of his dyscyple saynt Berkar a martyr & an abbot / y^t by one of his owne mōkes for doyng of due correccyon was murthered / out of whose tombe floweth oyle that

cureth many {per}sones. The feest also of saynt Agyly an abbot / borne of noble lignage / a grete precher / & cōuer∣ted moche people / & had reuelacyon of his deth / & was of many myracles. At ambianens the feest of saynt Ho¦norate a bysshop & confessour. And of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The second day of September. In fraūce at lyons the feest of saynt Iust a bysshop & cōfessour / that lyued in desert in suche {per}feccyon / that his lyfe was accoūted next vnto aūgels / whose holy relykes with y^e relykes also of his seruaūt saynt Viatour were foūde by reue∣lacyon. At lyons also y^e feest of saynt Helpedy a bysshop & cōfessour. At apamya y^e feest of saynt Antonyn a mar¦tyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Mederike an abbot / that was of noble byrth / & forsoke the worlde & went vnto rely∣gyon / wherin he lyued in hygh {per}feccyon / & was of ma¦ny myracles. The feest also of another saynt Helpedy an abbot / of notable abstynence / for of .xxv. yeres he ne∣uer toke bodyly fode but twyse in the weke / and was contynuall in prayer. The feest also of saynt Cosman a confessour / of hygh perfeccyon / lyuynge euer in desert. The feest also of saynt Mansuete a bysshop and cōfes∣sour. And the feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of September. the eleccyon & ordy¦nacion of saynt Gregory pope / & one of y^e .iiij. doctours. The feest also of y^e holy womā saȳt Pheben / of whome the apostle Paule wryteth vnto y^e romaynes. At rome the passion of saynt Seraphy a virgyn & martyr / that by y^e prȳce Adriane was delyuered vnto certayn yonge men to be corrupted: but whā they neyther coude moue

her mynde / ne yet defoule her body / she was than en∣flambed w^t brennynge oyle & pytche / & after scourged & racked / & after many other turmentes heded / & so accō¦plysshed her martyrdom the .xxix. day of Iuly / notw^t∣standynge / bycause her holy body was not foūde vnto this daye / therfore her sayd passyon is here festyuate. At capua the feest of saynt Antonyn a martyr / y^t in the age of .xx. yeres was put to deth / & y^e feest also of saynt Aristey a bisshop & martyr / that w^t hȳ was put to deth & bothe theyr gestes wryten in one boke. At tull y^e feest of saynt Mansuete a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Effam & saynt Dorothy / na∣turall systers / & of saynt Tecla & saynt Erasma / natu∣rall systers also / and vnto them cosyn germaynes / bre∣ders childer / all .iiij. virgyns & martyrs / y^t by the accu¦sacyon of theyr owne kyn were put vnto meruaylous cruell turmentes / & after all the fader of two the fyrst & vncle vnto y^e other / slewe them all w^t his owne han∣des. The feest also of saynt Antidy a bysshop & martyr that was put to deth by y^e wandales / & lyeth at turon / it is specyally noted in his lyf / that he had power ouer wycked spirytes / & so had the deuyll subiecte / that he caused hym to cary hym where he wolde lyke a beest / as a horse or a mule / with many other myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart / cōfes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of September. the feest of saynt Moy¦ses y^e {pro}phete / & leder of y^e childer of israell out of egipt. In galace at auchyre the feest of saynt Rufyne / saynt Syluane / & saynt Vytalicy / all chylder & martyrs. At cabilon y^e feest of saynt Marcell a martyr / y^t by the pre∣sident Priske was desyred vnto a solempne feest of the

ydolles / wheder whan he came / he defyed bothe the mete & y^e ydolles / & with grete boldnes reproued theyr foly / for y^e whiche the sayd president deuysed for hym a newe turment of cruell vengeaūce / & caused hym to be set fast in y^e erth ouer y^e gyrdell / so y^t he myght bowe no waye / where he cōtynued in y^e lande of Chryst thre dayes / & so departed. The feest also of saynt Magnus saynt Chaste & saynt Maximy. And the translacyon of saynt Cutbert / and of saynt Byryne / bothe bysshops of synguler sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Priske / a man of synguler de¦uocyon & grete lernynge / y^t ordered many lessons & re∣spondes for y^e feestfull dayes / & made many good wer∣kes. The feest also of saynt Maryne / y^t fyrst was a ma¦son / & laboured moche for poore {per}sones / & after he gaue hymselfe to lernyng & was a grete precher / & cōuerted many gentyles / & so was made a deacon in order / and than he buylded many monasteryes & chirches / & well ordered them / & was of many myracles. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of September. At rome y^e feest of saynt Victoryn a martyr / y^t was a famous man of vertue & myracles / so y^t by the hole assent of the people / he was electe bysshop of amyterne / & soone after he was accu∣sed for a christyan vnto y^e emperour Nerue / & after ma¦ny turmētes he was hāged by y^e heles his heed down∣warde ouer a stynkynge dyche full of carayne & brym∣stone / & there henge thre dayes in y^e cōfession of Chryst & so departed. In a gate of rome the feest of saynt Her∣culiane. At capua the feest of saynt Quynt / saynt Ar∣concy & saynt Donate martyrs. In y^e fraūchest of ter∣••ernens

y^e feest of saynt Bertyne an abbot & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saȳt Victoryne a cōfessour ••hat was a gentyle & a grete lerned man / scolemayster ••nto saynt Ierom / & in his age he was cōuerted vnto Chryst / & made many {pro}ytable werkes / & moche edy∣••yed the chirche. The feest also of saynt Gondegrand a martyr. And the feest of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Septēber. the feest of saynt zachary the {pro}phete / that in his age came from caldey vnto his owne coūtree / & there was buryed nere vnto y^e {pro}phete Agge. In affryke the feest of saynt Donaciane / saynt Presydy / saynt Mansuete / saynt Germane and saynt Fuscole / all cōfessours & bisshops / that notw^tstandyng were put to many turmētes / racked / scourged & beten with staues / & after put vnto exyle / from whiche com¦pany was taken saynt Lety / a noble man of excellent doctryne / y^t after longe & harde prison & many turmen∣tes was brent / & so a martyr. In capadoce at reatyne the feest of saynt Cokcydy a deacon. At rome y^e feest of saynt Eluthery a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt zachary a preest of y^e olde lawe that was slayne by kynge Ioas / of y^e whiche zachary our sauyour maketh mencyon in the gospel.* 1.25 The feest also of saynt Onesyphour discyple vnto saynt Paule y^e apostle. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Maculyne a kȳges sone / by whose sanctite a chylde spake in his moders wombe / a man also of many other myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of September. At nicomede the feest of saynt Iohn̄ a martyr / y^t by zele of Chryst tare & rent a boke of the emperours lawe / wherin were wryten certayne decrees agaynst chrystyans. For the whiche dede the emperours Dioclecian & Maximian than by∣dynge in y^e same cite / put hym in a fury vnto many va¦ryaūt & moost cruell turmentes / whiche he suffred vn¦to deth with moost mylde and pacyent behauyour. At orlyaūce the deposicyon of saȳt Eurcy a cōfessour / that (as is wryten in his legend) was the fyrst subdeacon of the chirche of rome / & after by a myracle in a sygne of a doue / he was electe bisshop of the same cite. In the terrytory of augustudune y^e feest of saynt Regyne a vir¦gyn & martyr / that by the consull Olybry was racked & enflambed with lampes / & after many greuous tur¦mentes heded. In the fraūchest of parys y^e feest of saȳt Clodoald a preest / borne of noble blode / but more noble in vertue & good maners.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ One of y^e feestes also of saynt Dūstane archebysshop of caūterbury. In englond at durham y^e feest of saynt Alkūde a cōfessour & bisshop / that longe after his deth was trāslated by reuelacyon / & in his trāslacyon were many myracles shewed. The feest also of many ot. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of September. The feest of our lady called the natiuite / or of her byrth / whiche before was shewed & prophecyed / & how of her virgynall wombe (she euer immaculate) sholde procede the sauyour of y^e worlde / & how she also sholde be y^e {per}petuall patronysse of all mankynde. At nicomede y^e feest of saynt Adriane a martyr / w^t other .xxiij. persones / that by y^e emperour Dioclecian after many turmentes / had theyr thyes &

lȳmes broken / & so put to deth. In alexander y^e feest of saynt Ammon / saynt Theophily & saynt Neothery / w^t xxij. moo / all martyrs. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Ty∣mothe & saynt Faustyne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Adriane y^e fyrst pope of that name / a grete buylder & reparer of chirches & monasteryes / & he kepte a generall coūseyle or sene at cōstantynople / with many other noble actes / & was of hygh perfeccyon. The feest also of saynt Corbiniane a bysshop of holy lyfe & many myracles. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of September. At nicomede the passion of saynt Dorothy & saynt Gorgony / that rebuked the emperour Dioclecian vnto his owne face / for y^e tyrāny he vsed vnto chrystyans / for y^e whiche they were rac∣ked / scourged / & theyr flesshe rent w^t hokes / than were theyr wombes or belyes flayne the skynne of / & salt / vy¦negre & gall put thervpon / & so were they sprad vpon a gredyren w^t hote coles & broyled / & after many moo turmentes / they were hāged by the neckes as theues & so accomplysshed theyr martyrdom. And in a whyle after y^e body of saynt Gorgony was trāslate vnto rome & there lyeth in latyn strete. At sabyn .xxx. myles from rome y^e feest of saynt Iacinct / saynt Alexander & saynt Tyburce. In y^e fraūchest of taruernens y^e feest of saynt Audomare a bysshop & cōfessour. In scotlond y^e feest of saynt Querany an abbot. The feest also of saynt Mod∣wen a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond the feest of saynt Osman a virgyn / that was a kȳges doughter / borne of pagans / & yet heryng of Chryst / she forsoke her parentes / & with one mayde

she fledde in to wyldernes / where she cōtynued a holy lyfe all full of myracles. The feest also of an other saȳt Dorothy an abbot in egypte / a man of meruayllous strayte lyf & grete holynes. The feest also of saȳt Ser∣gy the pope / y^t amonge other of his noble actes / ordey∣ned agnus dei .iij. synnes to be s••gcor s••yd in y^e masse. he foūde also at rome by reuelacion a porcyon of y^e holy crosse / & had many other reuelacyons / & was of syngu¦ler sanctite. In englonde at barkyng the feest of saynt wolsyld a virgyn / y^t was ab••esse bothe of barkynge & horton / whome kyng Edgare wolde haue maryed by force / but she escaped by myracle / & was of many my∣racles / & had also the spiryte of prophecy. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of September. At rome the feest of saȳt Hyllary the pope. In affryke the feest of saynt Neme∣siane / saynt Felix & saynt Lucy all bysshops. The feest also of saynt Felix / saynt Luthy / saynt Poliane / saynt Victor / saynt Iadecy / & saynt Daryue / y^t in the perse∣cucyon of Decius & Valeriane y^e emperours / after ma¦ny affliccyons were kepte in fettres as prysoners / & so caused to dygge & myne stones / & therin contynued as bondmen all theyr lyues / vnto whome saynt Cipriane wrote a pystle / y^t remayneth yet amonge his werkes. In calcidony the feest of saynt Sosteny & saynt Victor that by the consull Pris••e were hardly prisoned / & cast vnto wylde beestes / with many other affliccyons / & at the last a voyce frō heuen called them as they were in prayer / & therw^t they gladly yelded theyr spiryte. The feest also of saȳt Bryd hestane a bysshop & cōfessour / & of saynt Denyse & saynt Ammon cōfessours. At wynche∣ster

the translacyon of saynt Adelwold a bysshop. And the translacyon also of saynt Augustyne the apostle of englond with certayne of his felowes and company.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde y^e feest of saynt Fynan / called also saynt wynyn a bisshop & cōfessour / of whome saynt Patrike dyd prophecy / accordynge vnto the whiche he was of synguler sanctite & many myracles / amōge whiche is notable y^t he resyed thre {per}sones vnto lyfe / one of y^e whi¦che persones had ben deed thre dayes. The feest also of saynt Hereodarde / bysshop of tungrens and a martyr. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. daye of September. At rome in olde salary strete the feest of saynt Prothe & saynt Iacinct / enukes vnto y^e emperour Galiene / y^t whan they were knowen for christyans / were now compelled / now entreated to do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / but in no wyse wolde they consent therto / for the whiche after many turmentes they were heded. At tarente y^e feest of saȳt Peter arche bisshop of y^e same. At lyons the deposicyon of saynt Pa¦cience a bysshop & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Hely an abbot in the desert of egypt / that by his holy coūseyle gadered in to one mo∣nastery .ccc. virgyns / of y^e whiche he was fader & go∣uernour in grete holynes & hygh perfeccion. The feest also of an other saynt Hely an abbot also nere the same partyes / that was discyple vnto saynt Antony / and a man of singuler sanctite. The feest also of saynt Vene∣ry an abbot in the yle of palmary / that was also discy∣ple vnto saynt Antony / a man of strayte lyfe and many myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Venery a

monke of the monastery of saynt Benet / that for {per}fec∣cyon went from thens in to wyldernes w^t onely thre lo¦ues of brede / wherby he lyued there foure yeres / and after many yeres by herbes / fruytes / and rotes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of September. At ticyne y^e feest of saȳt Syre & saynt Euence / discyples vnto saȳt Hermagory & by hym sent thyder to preche / where by theyr vertue & myracles they fyrst conuerted that cite / & also moche edifyed the other citees y^t before were cōuerted / & there they were bothe bysshops / of holy lyfe & hygh perfec∣cyon. At lyons the deposycyon of saynt Sacerdos / in englysshe saynt preest.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The translacyon also of the foresayd saynt Herma∣gory. And the feest of another saynt Euence / borne of y^e noble blode of spayne / & a man of grete lernynge & holy cōuersacyon. At nicomede y^e feest of saynt Nicete a mar¦tyr / y^t by his owne fader kynge of the same lond / was put to many cruell turmētes / wherin he dyd grete my¦racles / & cōuerted many {per}sones. The feest also of saynt Bone / called also saynt Cordimūde / a virgyn of y^e noble blode of egypte / y^t beynge a gentyle whan she herde of our sauyour / forsoke many noble maryages / & wylful¦ly chase & elected hym vnto her spouse / for whose loue she stale pryuely vnto a monastery of virgyns / where she was baptized & toke y^e holy habyte / & so contynued a holy lyfe full of myracles. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Albey a bysshop & cōfessour / of synguler {per}feccyon & ma¦ny myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of September. In egipt at alexander

the feest of saȳt Phylyp / that was fader vnto the holy virgyn saynt Eugene / a noble man & a capytayne of y^e cite / whiche rome & all y^e worlde he forsoke for Chryst / & was after a bysshop / whiche thynge knowen y^e em∣perours Volusian & Galiene caused y^e mayre Perhēny to put hym vnto dethe by the swerde. The feest also of saynt Amaty a preest & abbot of y^e monastery of roma∣ryke / a man of meruaylous abstynence / & lyued as an heremyte in hygh {per}feccyon w^t many myracles. At an∣degaue y^e feest of saynt Mauryly a bysshop & cōfessour. At turon the feest of saynt Lidor a bysshop also & con∣fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In grece y^e feest of saynt Ligour a martyr / the daye of whose deth & passyon was shewed by reuelacyon / & proued by myracle. The feest also of saynt Maximy a bisshop & cōfessour. And y^e feest of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of September. the exaltacyon of the crosse / whan the emperour Eracly brought it frō perse vnto Ierusalem. A porcyon of the whiche crosse foūde in y^e sextry at rome by pope Sergius / is brought forth as this daye yerely & honoured of the people. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Cornelius pope & mar¦tyr / that by the emperour Decius was put to exyle / & yet reuoked / & after many turmentes heded / & w^t hym xx. other {per}sones / amonge whome was also heded saȳt Cereall a man of warre / and his wyfe saynt Salust / whome saȳt Cornely had baptized. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Cipriane a bisshop / y^t by the prynce Valeriane was fyrst exyled / & after reuoked / and .vj. myles from cartage at the see syde / he was heded / w^t whome were put also to deth saynt Victor and saynt Crescenciane /

and the holy women saynt Rosula and saynt General all martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of the holy fader of the olde testament saynt Toby. And of y^e famous wydowe saynt Iudith that for the delyueraūce of y^e people of god / put herselfe in grete daūger / & yet by the helpe of our lord she slewe Oliferne & spedde her holy purpose. The feest also of y^e holy wydowe & quene saynt Ruth. And of saynt Hester a quene also. The feest also of many other holy saī. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of September. At rome in numentane strete y^e feest of saynt Nicomede a preest & martyr / that by y^e emperour Domiciane required to do sacrefyce vn¦to y^e ydolles / sayd he wolde do sacrefyce onely vnto our lorde god / for the whiche he was beten to deth w^t plū∣mettes of lede. In the fraūchest of cabilonens the feest of saynt Valerian a martyr / that by the mayre Priske was racked / & his flesshe rent w^t hokes / & after many other greuous turmentes wherin he was constaunt / he was slayne by the swerde. At tull the feest of saynt Apry a bysshop & cōfessour. At carneto y^e feest of saynt Leopite a bysshop and cōfessour. And the octaue of our blessed lady.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Aycard an holy abbot. In the prouynce of Valery the feest of two holy monkes mar¦tyrs / whose names ben vnknowen / y^t by the longobar¦des were hanged / after whose deth theyr soules sange swete psalmody / soo that the sayd longobardes were affrayde / & all the other chrystyans prysoners moche conforted therby. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of September. At calcidony the feest

of saynt Eufemia / called comynly saynt Effam a vir∣gyn & martyr / that by the proconsull Priske was after longe & hard prison / scourged / racked in an instrument full of wheles / cast boūden in to a grete fyre / pressed w^t grete knotty rough stones / cast to wylde beestes / scour¦ged agayn w^t thorny busshes tyll the skyn was rent & the flesshe / & put in to a fryenge potte of boylynge oyle / & yet agayne cast vnto wylde rauenous beestes / whi∣che turmētes all she bare & suffred as no thinge noyed by them / and at the last in the cōfessyon of Chryst / she myldly rendred her spirite. At rome the feest of y^e noble matrone saynt Lucy / & of saȳt Geminiane / bothe mar¦tyrs togyder / that by y^e emperour Dioclecian after ma¦ny varyaūt turmentes were put to deth by y^e swerde. At wynchester y^e feest of saynt Edythe a holy virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Mynyane a bysshop / y^t was a kynges sone of the north partyes of englond / and for Chryst he forsoke y^e worlde & went to rome / where he was in grete fauour w^t the pope / & whan he was suf∣fycyently lerned in Chrystes doctryne / he was made bysshop / & so returned in to englonde / where he cōuer∣ted moche people / buylded many chirches & monaste∣ryes / and was of synguler sanctite & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of September. At rome in tyburtyne strete y^e feest of saynt Iustyne a preest & cōfessour / that bydynge constaūtly in the confession of Chryst escaped the {per}secucyon of thre emperours / Decius / Gally / and Volusiane. At rome also the feest of saynt Narcisse and saynt Crescenciane martyrs. At leodike y^e feest of saynt

Lambert bysshop of tungren / an innocent man of pro∣foūde mekenes / & put to martyrdom by the treason of wycked {per}sones. In brytayn y^e feest of saynt Socrates & saynt Stephan. At niuedune the feest of saynt Vale∣riane / saynt Macryne / & saynt Gordiane martyrs. At corduba y^e feest of saynt Emiliane a deacon / & of saynt Ieremy bothe martyrs heded. The feest also of saynt Flocell / a holy man & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Cerbony a bysshop & confes∣sour / & of saynt Gengulfy a cōfessour. The translacyon also of saynt Tharrasy a confessour. And the feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of September. the feest of saynt Me∣tody bysshop of olympyle / & after bysshop of tyre / that in grece (as saynt Ierom wryteth) in the cite of calcy∣dy was by y^e emperour Dioclecian put to martyrdom. At vien y^e feest of saynt Ferreoly a noble capitayn / that after hard imprisonment & many turmentes was he∣ded / & so the martyr of Chryst.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Victor a martyr / y^t was thre dayes in a hote fourneys / & other thre dayes he hāged by the heles / & there flayne quycke / & at y^e last after ma¦ny cruell turmentes he was heded / in whose passyon were done many myracles. And y^e holy woman saynt Stephane was there cōuerted / & w^t hym put to deth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cō. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of September. In naples at campane the feest of saȳt Ianuary bysshop of beneuentane. And of saynt Festy & saynt Proculy deacons / saynt Desyre saynt Ewtyke & saynt Acute / y^t by the emperour Dio∣clecian

were in the cite of pluteolane after many tur∣mentes heded. In palestyne y^e feest of saynt Peley and saynt Nyle bysshops / that in a grete {per}secucyon w^t ma∣ny chrystyans were brent. At nuceria the feest of saynt Felix / & of the holy woman saynt Cōtance / y^t by Nero the emperour were put to martyrdom. In y^e terrytory of lyngonyke y^e feest of saynt Signy a preest / & of saynt Genony a martyr. At turon y^e feest of saynt Eustache a bysshop of synguler vertue.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Goeryke / that was a noble knyght / & sodeynly stryken blynde / & yet after restored to syght by the reuelacyon of an aūgell / & made a bys∣shop. The feest also of saynt Theodour archebisshop of caūterbury / that by the pope was sent in to englonde to instructe y^e people / where he ordeyned many scoles / bothe of the greke & latyn tongue / & by his holy lyfe & grete myracles / moche edyfyed the chirche of Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Septēber. In cizyke y^e feest of saynt Fawste a virgyn / that vnder y^e emperour Maximian by the iudge Eiulasy was put to the bordell hous to be defouled / but she was preserued by an aūgell / than he hanged her & racked her / & at the last kytte her thrugh the myddle w^t a sawe / in y^e whiche passyon beholdyng her cōstancy / the same iudge was cōuerted & baptized & with her put to deth. At corduba y^e feest of saynt Eu∣logy a preest & martyr. In fryselonde the feest of saynt Denyse and saynt Priuate martyrs. The vigil also of saynt Mathewe the apostle.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome y^e feest of saynt Agapite pope & martyr. At the monastery of cassyne the feest of saynt Speciouse a 〈1 page missing〉〈1 page missing〉

by the whiche token he prophecyed y^t his sayd deacon sholde be a martyr / & so he was heded in y^e age of .xxx. yeres w^t the same bysshop. The feest also of saȳt Tecla a virgyn / that was cast dyuers tymes in to grete flam¦byng fyres / put vnto wylde beestes / with many other cruell turmentes / whiche she by y^e myght of god vayn¦quysshed / and came vnto the cite of selewce / where she gretely edifyed Chrystes chirche / & there rested in the peace of Chryst. In the terrytory of abrynce the feest of saynt Patryne a bysshop & cōfessour. At rome y^e feest of saynt Lybery a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Lyne pope & martyr. And the feest of saynt Constancy a cōfessour / a man of grete no∣table mekenes / so that whan a rude {per}sone in dysplea∣sure called hym wretche / he lowly thanked hym / that he w^tout flatery shewed hym y^t he perceyued for trouth The feest also of an other saynt Constancy bysshop of aquine / a holy man / of many myracles / & had the spi∣ryte of prophecy. The feest also of saynt Salaberge an abbesse / of noble kynne / borne blynde / y^t by the prayers of saȳt Eustace was rendred vnto syght / & after by her frendes compelled to mary an erle / by whome she had fyue chylder / & at the last by grete labour she obteyned of her housbonde y^e consent of chastite / & than she buyl∣ded a large monastery / wherin she was abbesse of .ccc. systers professed / & was of hygh {per}feccyon & many my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of Septēber. the cōcepcyon of saynt Iohn baptist. At augustudune y^e feest of saȳt Andoche a preest / saynt Tyrcy a deacon / & saynt Felix / that by the holy bysshop saȳt Policarpe were sent in to fraūce

to preche / where by the tyraūt Aureliane they were ta¦ken / prysoned / hanged an hole day by the handes / cast in to a grete fyre / and at the last after many other tur∣mentes / theyr neckes were broken with leuers / and so martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of .xlix. martyrs / that were taken w^t saynt Effam & kepte in pryson vnto this daye / & so put to martyrdom. The feest also of saȳt Geremare an ab∣bot of hygh {per}feccyon / that by aūgels had many reue∣lacions. The feest also of saynt Solempny a bysshop & cōfessour. And y^e feest of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. daye of Septēber. the feest of saynt Cleo∣phas / one of the discyples of Chryst / that (as is sayd) was put to deth in the castell of emaus / and there ho∣nourably buryed / where after the resurreccyon he had knowlege of Chryst in y^e brekynge of brede. At ambia∣nens the feest of saynt Firmyne a bysshop & martyr / y^t by the mayre Rictiouare after many turmentes was heded. At lyons y^e deposicyon of saynt Lupe a bysshop & an ancre. The feest also of saynt Herculan / that is re∣membred in the passyon of saynt Alexander. At anti∣siodour the feest of saynt Annary a bysshop and cōfes∣sour. At blese the feest of saynt Solempny a bysshop.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond at y^e monastery of iarewe vpon the wa¦ter of tyne y^e feest of saynt Golfryde abbot of the same / that in age resygned his rome & went to rome / in the whiche iourney he dyed / at whose sepulcre ben many grete myracles. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Barry a bysshop / that spake in his moders wombe / & after had many reuelacyons of aūgelles / & dyd grete myracles.

The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. cō. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of September. the feest of saynt Ci∣prian a bysshop / & of saȳt Iustyne a virgyn bothe mar¦tyrs / whiche saynt Ciprian beynge a pagan / put the sayd virgyn to moche trouble / & wold by wytchecrafte haue made her madde / but she at y^e last couerted hym / & he was a bysshop / & bycause he was a man of nota∣ble doctryne / he moche edifyed y^e chirche of Chryst / for the whiche they bothe after in one day suffred martyr¦dom / whose holy bodyes were brought vnto rome. At albane the feest of saynt Senatour. At rome the feest of saynt Euseby.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond the feest of saynt Colmauell an abbot / y^t whan his moder trauayled of hym / dyd myracles / & euer so contynued in werkynge myracles / tyll he was abbot / and than of moo myracles & synguler sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of September. At ege y^e feest of saȳt Cosmas & of saynt Damiane martyrs / that in the per¦secucyon of Dioclecian were fettred & put in pryson / & after cast in to y^e see / & than in to a hote fyre / after that crucyfyed / stoned / set as a butte to shote therat / w^t ma∣ny other turmentes / whiche all vaynquysshed / they were at the last heded. It is also supposed & wryten / y^e other .iij. of theyr naturall breder / saynt Antymy / saȳt Leoncy / & saynt Ewprepy suffred passyon and deth w^t them. At corduba the feest of saynt Adulphe & of saynt Iohn martyrs and breder. At the castell of persewdon the feest of saynt Florentyne / that in company w^t saynt Hyllary was taken & his tongue kytte / & slayne after

by the swerde / & so wanne the palme of martyrdom.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Surane an abbot & martyr / that by y^e longoberdes was put to deth / in whose mar¦tyrdom the erth quaked & shoke. The feest also of saynt Iust a deacon & martyr / a man of synguler sanctite / y^t by the longoberdes also was heded / & the that stroke of his heed / was before his company stryken to deth by a wycked spiryte. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of September. At tolose the feest of saynt Exsupery a bysshop & cōfessour / of whome saynt Ierom sheweth / y^t he was vnto hymselfe very hard & scarce / & vnto nedy {per}sones very liberall. At rome y^e feest of saynt Stakty. At iāne the feest of saynt Salomon a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Olaty a martyr / y^t was kyng of norwey / and beynge a pagan he dyd moche hurt in englond & in fraūce vnto the chrysten people / & yet at y^e last beynge in normandy he was cōuerted / and in rone baptized / & so returned in to his owne londe / where by his prechynge & holy lyfe he cōuerted moche people / & at y^e last he was by treason put to martyrdom. In yre∣lond y^e feest of saynt Fors a bysshop of grete holynes / & had reuelacyon of aungels / and (as Bede wryteth) he after longe sekenes departed this lyfe / & than he sawe & perceyued a grete disputacyon & cōtencyon bytwene the aūgels & dampned spirites for his soule / but at the last the good aungels brought his soule vnto the body agayne / & so reysed hym frō deth / & after he lyued ma∣ny yeres in grete perfeccyon / & cōuerted moche people & dyd many myracles. The feest also of saynt wyncesse

a martyr / y^t was duke of beame & forsoke all worldly honour for the seruice of Chryst / & at y^e last he was put to dethe by the emperour Harry / at the translacyon of whose blessed body were shewed many grete myra∣cles. The feest also of saynt Maximy a martyr. And of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of September. In the moūt of gar∣gane the reuerend memory of saynt Mychaell the ar∣chaūgell / where a chirche of hym is cōsecrate / that is but of poore buyldyng / yet notw^tstandyng it is adour∣ned w^t many grete vertues. In trace the feest of saynt Ewtyke / saynt Plant / & of the holy woman saynt Er∣cley. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Fraterny a bys∣shop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Theophany a cōfessour / that was erle of centuncellēs / a man of grete pyte & a grete almes man / in token of whose sanctite whan he sholde departe this lyfe / he {pro}phecyed that fayre weder shold immedyatly after his deth folowe the tempest y^t was than vehement / & where many yeres his fete & legges were sore & stynkyng by sekenes / anone after his deth they were all hole & of swete small / and whan a stone sholde be layde vpon his graue / & the erth styrred for y^e same / there came out an odour & smell of meruaylous swetenes. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of September. In fraūce at y^e castell of salodour the passion of saynt Victor / & of saynt Vrsy martyrs / of the legyon of the beyes / that were put vn∣to meruaylous cruell turmentes / in y^t whiche a heuen¦ly lyght descendynge shone vpon them so bryghtly / y^t

all the mynistres fell therby flatte vnto y^e groūde / & the martyrs were therby delyuered of theyr turmentes & set on fote. After they were cast in to a grete fyre / but no thynge noyed therby / & at the last they were slayne by y^e swerde. At bethleem iude the deposicyon of saynt Ierom a preest & one of the .iiij. doctours / that transla¦ted out of ebrewe & other tongues in to latyn / all holy scripture / & made many noble werkes / & dyed in y^e age of .xcviij. yeres & .vj. monethes. At placence the feest of saynt Antonyne a cōfessour. The dedicacion also of the chirche of salisbury.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Honory archebysshop of caū∣terbury / that was discyple vnto saȳt Gregory / a man of grete lernynge / synguler sanctite & grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Ceran a bysshop. And of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours & virgyns.

¶ October.

¶ To morowe.

October THe fyrst daye of October. the feest of saynt Ar∣thy a martyr / w^t whom were put to deth .v.C. and .iiij. martyrs. At thomys the feest of saynt Priske saynt Crescence & saynt Euagry. In the {pro}uynce of lu∣sitame at olisepon the feest of saynt Verissimy / & of his two systers saynt Maxima & saynt Iulia. At tourney the passion of saynt Plato a preest & martyr / that was put to deth in fraūce / w^t the company that were sent w^t saynt Denyse. The feest also of saynt Germayn a cōfes¦sour & bysshop of antisiodour. And of saynt Remygy a cōfessour / & bysshop of remens. And of saynt Vedasty a confessour also & bysshop / bothe of atrebacens & of ca∣meracens. In the graūd port y^e feest of saynt Bauon a cōfessour. And the feest also of saynt Melour a martyr /

that was sone vnto y^e duke of cornwell. The dedicacion also of saȳt Paules at london.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ Here ben remembred certayne of the sayntes of the olde testamēt. The feest of saynt Mathathy duke & ca∣pytayne of the iewes / whose noble actes ben remem∣bred in scripture. The feest also of his sone & successour Iudās machabeus hygh preest & duke also of y^e iewes And of saynt Ionathas his broder & successour / preest & duke in lyke maner. And of saynt Symon machaby theyr broder & lyke successour also. And of his sone and successour saynt Iohn machaby. The feest also of saȳt Symon hygh preest / that was sone vnto saynt Ony / a noble man / as appereth in scripture. And of his sone & successour saynt Onyas / a noble man also / as appe∣reth in the seconde boke of the machabeys.* 1.26 And y^e feest of saynt Eleazary a martyr of the old testament in the tyme of the machabeys / as appereth in y^e second boke.* 1.27 The feest also of saynt Piatour a preest / y^t with saynt Denyse came in to fraūce / where he was put to mar∣tyrdom. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde day of October. At nycomede the feest of saynt Elewthery a martyr / that by the emperour Dioclecian / after many varyaūt and cruell turmentes was brent / w^t whome were put to deth martyrs innu¦merable / some drowned in the see / some heded & slayne by the swerde / some brent & by other turmentes mar∣tyred. In y^e terrytory of atrebatens y^e passyon of saynt Leodegare bysshop of augustudune / that by Ebrony stewarde of y^e kynges hous was by many turmentes put to deth. The feest also of saynt Seueryne a confes∣sour. And the deposicyon of saynt Thomas bysshop of

herford.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Geryne a martyr / that with saynt Leodegar was put to deth. The feest also of saȳt Antony a mōke of saynt Gregories monastery in rome a man of notable vertue and grete compunccyon / vnto whose spirytuall cōforte a voyce spake frō heuen two tymes a lytell before his dethe / at whose sepulcre ben many grete myracles. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde day of October. the feest of saȳt Denyse a bysshop & martyr / a grete lerned man & a noble pre∣cher / y^t (as saynt Aristidy wryteth in his boke of Chry∣stes religyon) was by grete cruelty put to deth. Amon¦ge the olde saxons y^e feest of saynt Ewald / & of an other saynt Ewald bothe of one name & bothe preestes / that for prechynge y^e fayth amonge them / were put to deth vpon whose holy bodyes a grete lyght from heuen ap¦pered & shone in y^e nyght a longe tyme / declaryng vnto the faythfull people what they were / & of how grete merytes. At rome at the capped bere the feest of saynt Candydy a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Meroly a monke of saynt Gregoryes monastery / a man of grete compunccyon & contynuall in prayer / vnto whome a lytell before his deth appered in visyon a crowne or garlond descēdyng from heuen & closynge his heed / & forthw^t after he fell seke & departed. And .xiij. yeres after whan a deuoute abbot wolde haue made his sepulcre where he laye / a meruaylous swete smell came out of his graue decla∣rynge his sanctite. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of October. At corynth y^e feest of saynt

Cryspy and saynt Gay / of whome saynt Paule wrote vnto the corynthes. In egipt y^e feest of saynt Marke & saynt Marciane breder & martyrs / with whome were put to deth martyrs innumerable / bothe men & womē of grete glory & holynes / of y^e whiche some were scour∣ged and beten to deth / some racked / some brent / some drowned in the see / some heded / some famysshed / & ma¦ny were hanged / partly by y^e neckes & parte by y^e heles & so by varyaūt turmentes all obteyned the crowne of martyrdom. In fraūce at partys y^e feest of saynt Aurey a virgyn. The feest also of saynt Fraūcys a confessour that next vnto the apostles was the moost precyse and strayte folower of the lyfe of the gospell. And he wrote a rule of moost hygh perfeccion / whiche of very meke∣nes he called the rule of freres mynours / he toke vpon hym for Chryst many grete bodyly labours / & many spirytuall troubles / & before his deth he was notably marked with the ymage & woundes of our sauyour / in whose peace he departed full of myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Aniane a bysshop & dyscyple vnto saynt Marke / a noble man borne & of large posses∣syons / whiche by chaūce he lost hooly / & came vnto su∣che pouerty / y^t he was fayne for his lyuynge to do ser∣uyce vnto a poore cobler in alexander / wheder whan saynt Marke came his shoo rent / in y^e mendyng wher∣of saynt Aniane hurt his fynger / whiche by saȳt Mar¦ke was cured / & he cōuerted & ordered there bysshop / & contynued in hygh perfeccyon & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Petrony bysshop of bonony / electe by reuelacyon / a noble man of the emperours blode / a cha¦rytable man and a grete buylder & reparer of chirches.

The feest also of saynt Amelie & of saynt Amyke / that of dyuerse parentes of noble blode were borne bothe in one nyght / & bothe from theyr countrees sent by theyr frendes vnto rome to be baptized / in y^e whiche iourney they mette by chaūce at lucane / & so lyke were they of face / stature & all other membres / that no {per}sone coude discerne & knowe the one from the other / wherby they fell in amyte & loued as breder / & after many troubles taken for Chryst / they were bothe togyder slayne in ba¦tayle for his fayth / & they were buryed in dyuers chir¦ches / but that notw^tstandynge theyr bodyes on y^e mo∣rowe after were foūde bothe togyder. These .ij. knygh¦tes & martyrs ben called in englysshe syr Amyas & syr Amylyon / and theyr story wryten at length. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. daye of October. In sicilie the feest of saynt Placydy & saynt Ewtyke martyrs / & with them .xxx. other holy martyrs. In ewmeny y^e feest of saynt Thar¦sy a bysshop / y^t in smyrme was put to deth. In fraun∣ce at valence the feest of saynt Appollinare a bysshop / whose lyfe by synguler sanctite was famous / and his deth by many myracles laudable. At antisiodour y^e de∣posicyon of saynt Firmate a deacon / & of his syster saȳt Flauiane a holy virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Gale a wydowe / borne of noble blode / and of grete rychesse / that after the deth of her housbond / notw^tstandyng her state / youth / beauty & possessyons / enclosed her selfe {pro}fessed in y^e monastery of saynt Peter / where she lyued in hygh perfeccyon / & had by saynt Peter reuelacyon of her deth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of October. At capua the feest of saynt Marcell / saynt Casty / saynt Emyly / & saynt Saturne all martyrs. The feest also of saynt Sagary a bysshop & martyr / that was one of the olde discyples of saynt Paule. At agen y^e feest of saynt Fayth a virgyn & mar¦tyr / by whose holy example saynt Caprase was cōfor∣ted to martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Rogate a con¦fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome y^e feest of saynt Euseby pope. In burgoyne the feest of saynt Gungulf a holy martyr. And the feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of October. At rome in appia strete the deposicyon of saȳt Marke the fyrst pope of that name. The feest also of saynt Marcell & saȳt Apuley / that by the doctryne of saynt Peter were cōuerted from y^e he∣resy of Symon magus / and after for Chrystes fayth they bothe togyder by Aureliane the consull were put to deth & buryed not ferre from rome. In the prouince of auguste at eufratesi the feest of saynt Bachy & saynt Sergy / that in the tyme of the emperour Maximian were put to many turmentes / racked / scourged / and so saȳt Bachy was beten to deth / & saynt Sergy heded. In the same prouince the feest of saynt Iulia a virgyn & martyr / that by y^e mayre Marcian was put to deth. The feest also of saynt Osythe a virgyn & martyr / that by y^e danes was heded / & she forthw^t toke vp her owne heed & bare it vnto y^e place where she wolde be buryed. The canonizacyon also of our holy moder saȳt Birgit.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iustyne a virgyn & martyr /

that was a kynges doughter / & by her faders succes∣sour put to martyrdom. The feest also of an other saȳt Marke the second pope of that name / that ordeyned y^e crede to be songe or sayd euery sonday / & in y^e feestes al∣so of the apostles. The feest also of y^e thyrde saynt Mar¦ke a cōfessour & an heremyte / that bycause he wrote y^e lyues of many heremites he had for his syrname wry¦ter / & so was called Marke wryter / he was of syngu∣ler {per}feccyon / for whan his moder wold nedely se hym than beynge in religyon / he by the cōmaūdemēt of his souerayne went vnto her clothed in a sacke / & his face all soyled w^t dust & sote / and yet he wynked bycause he wolde not se her / all though he were seen of her. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of October. the feest of saȳt Symeon that in Chrystes presentacyon toke hym in his armes & sayd Nūc dimittis seruū tuū dn̄e. {etc} At thessoloniey the feest of saynt Demetry a martyr. In the terrytory of lyons y^e feest of saynt Benedicte a virgyn & martyr. At hyspale the feest of saynt Peter a martyr. At Ieru∣salem the feest of the holy woman saynt Pelage / that was called a grete synner & wretche. In brytayne the feest of saynt Yue a confessour of synguler sanctite

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Margarete a virgyn / y^e was of so notable beauty / y^t her frendes wold suffre no man but by synguler fauour to loke vpon her. And she after was called broder Pellagy / for y^e same nyght that she by compulsyon of her frendes was maryed / she stale away in a mānes clothynge / & was a mōke of so hygh {per}feccyon / that his abbot dyd cōmytte vnto his gouer∣naūce

a monastery of virgyns / in the whiche one dyd fornicacyon / & imputed the chylde vnto Pellagy / for y^e whiche she was put to prison / & shamefull rebuke ma¦ny yeres / tyll she sawe she must depart this lyf / & than she shewed the trouth what she was / & frō whens she came / & so w^t grete mournyng & lamentacyon she was buryed in the monastery of virgyns. The feest also of saynt Thays / that many yeres was a comyn woman of suche beauty y^t many men solde theyr londes & spent theyr goodes vpon her / & many were sore wounded / & grete blodeshed done for her sake / wherof herynge the holy abbot saynt Pānucy / toke seculer aray & went vn¦to her / & by grace conuerted her / & after thre yeres pe∣naūce / she lyued in a monastery of virgyns a whyle / & so made a holy ende. The feest also of saynt Reparate a virgyn & martyr / that by Decius the emperour was racked / her flesshe rent w^t hokes / & her body sprynkeled w^t boylynge lede / than was she broyled lyke vnto saȳt Laurence / her brestes & rybbes brent w^t fyry plates / & than scourged w^t thorny busshes / her woūdes rubbed with vynegre / salt & aqua vite / & at y^e last after all tur∣mentes she was heded / whose soule was openly seen flye in to heuen lyke a doue. The feest also of saynt Key¦na / called also saynt Keynwir a virgyn / & doughter vn¦to saynt Breghan kynge of breknoke in wales / whi∣che had .xij. sones and .xij. doughters all holy sayntes one of y^e whiche doughter was moder vnto saynt Da¦uid / & this virgyn an other / that was shewed by reue¦lacyon before her byrth / & after forsoke her kynne and coūtree / & dwelled in a desert full of venymous serpen¦tes / whiche by her prayers were turned al in to stones that yet vnto this daye done kepe the fourme & fashion

of y^e same serpentes / where she cōtynued in hygh {per}fec∣cyon & many myracles. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of October. the feest of y^e holy patriarke saynt Abraham. At parys the feest of saynt Denyse a bysshop / saynt Rustyke a preest / & saynt Elewthery a deacon / that by the pope were sent to cōuerte fraūce / & whan in the sayd cite they had done theyr offyce with dilygence / at the last they were taken / & by the mayre Fescēny put to deth all by the swerde. At iule the feest of saynt Dompnyne a martyr / that in the {per}secucion of the emperour Maximian wolde haue fled / but whan he was pursued & taken / he boldly confessed Chryst / & gladly toke his deth by y^e swerde. The feest also of saȳt Gysleny a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond at caūterbury the feest of saynt Aymon archedeacon of the same / a man of grete abstynence / a notable clerke & a noble precher / y^t in a certayne nyght whan he studyed to preche on the morowe after of the incarnacyon of our sauyour / y^e deuyll appered vnto hȳ in a terryble lykenes / & he lyfte vp his ryght hande to blesse hym / whiche the deuyll helde fast / than he lyfte vp the other hande / & that also y^e deuyl helde fast / than he spytte in his face & sayd / the crosse is in my herte / I defye the / wherw^t y^e deuyll departed / but he called hym agayne & charged hym to shewe vnto hym why he so dyd / & he sayd / to haue letted the of thy sermon / for no thynge so greueth vs as y^e incarnacyon of Chryst. And after he lyued in hygh perfeccyon & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. daye of October. At crete the feest of saynt

Pyncty a bysshop of grete lernynge / so that in his ler∣nynge we may se his ymage as though it were in a glasse. At agryppyny the feest of saynt Gereon a mar∣tyr / that by syrname was called mallose / with whome in the persecucyon of y^e emperour Maximian .cccxviij. martyrs wylfully layde downe theyr hedes w^t all pa∣cyence to receyue the palme of martyrdom. In the ter∣rytory of the same cite the feest of saynt Victor a mar∣tyr / & with hym were put to deth .xviij. persones. The feest also of saynt Cassy & saȳt Florence martyrs / with whome were put to dethe many other martyrs. In englond the feest of saynt Paulyne a cōfessour & arche∣bysshop of yorke. The feest also of saynt Ewbrache a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Cerbony a bysshop of many myracles / & had the spiryte of prophecy. The feest also of saȳt Gerald a cōfessour of hygh {per}feccyon / of whome his parētes had reuelacyon before he was goten / & he spake in his moders wombe / & after dyd many grete miracles. The feest also of saynt Piery a preest / a grete lerned man of notable eloquence and synguler sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of October. At tharsum the chefe cite of cicilye the feest of saynt Tharake / saynt Proby / & saȳt Andronyke martyrs / that in the persecucyon of y^e em∣perour Dioclecian were kepte longe in hard pryson / & thre tymes put vnto moost cruell turmētes / & so obtey∣ned the palme of martyrdom. In the fraūchest of vul∣casyne the passyon of saynt Nigasy a preest / with his felowes saynt Quiryne / saynt Skumculy / & the holy virgyn saynt Pience / all martyrs / that were of y^e com∣pany

sent with saynt Denyse in to fraūce. In scotlond the feest of saynt Canuke an abbot. At vrs the feest of saynt Firmyne a bysshop & cōfessour. The feest also of saynt Ethelburge a virgyn. At redon the feest of saynt Melan a cōfessour. The translacyon also of our holy fa¦der saynt Augustyne / y^t is to saye / whan Lynthbrand the kynge of longoberdynes brought his holy body w^t moche honour from sardyne vnto his owne cite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Ewstache an abbot / and of an other saynt Ewstache bysshop of antioche / a noble ler∣ned man / & made many werkes / specially agaynst the heresyes of Arrius / for y^e whiche he suffred grete {per}se∣cucyon / & was put to exyle. The feest also of many. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. daye of October. At rauen in lawrentyne strete the feest of saynt Edisty a martyr. In affrike the feest of saynt Cipriane & saȳt Felix preestes & martyrs of whose company were .iiij.M.ix.C.lxxvj. holy sayn¦tes / some cōfessours / some martyrs / & all by kyng Hu∣neryke put to exyle in a waste wyldernes / where ma∣ny dyed / many were put to deth by cruell turmentes / the chefe of whome were bisshops / preestes & deacons with other {per}sones of the clergy / & suche faythfull per∣sones as vnto them resorted. In syre the feest of saynt Ewstace a preest. In brytayn the deposicyon of saynt wylfryde a bysshop & cōfessour. At byturyke y^e feest of saynt Epion a preest & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond the feest of saynt Edwyne kyng of nor∣thumberlond / & housbond vnto saynt Ethelburge the virgyn / by whome he was conuerted vnto Chrystes fayth / & after a holy man / & of many myracles / and by

treason put to martyrdom. The feest also of saȳt Mar∣cell a bysshop & martyr. And y^e feest of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of October. At troades y^e feest of saynt Carpe / discyple vnto saynt Paule. In spayne at cordu¦ba the passyon of saynt Fausty / saynt Ianuary & saȳt Marciall martyrs / that fyrst were racked / & than the browes ouer theyr eyes were flayne / theyr eares and noses kytte / theyr ouer tethe knocked out / & at the last after many cruell turmentes they were brent. At an∣tioche the feest of saynt Theophily / the syxth bysshop there after saynt Peter. At turon the feest of saynt wy∣nance an abbot. In the more brytayne the translacyon of saynt Edwarde kynge & cōfessour. The feest also of saynt Marcell / saynt Adriane / saynt Marke / & saynt Gyrald all confessours.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Theophily a confes∣sour / that forsakynge his baptym / made thervpon an obligacyon vnto the deuyll / but by the helpe & myracle of our blessed lady he was reconsyled / & made vnto her this sequens Aue maria. wherin is mencyon made of hymselfe by name. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. daye of October. At rome in aurell strete the feest of saynt Calixt pope & martyr / y^t by the empe∣rour Alexander was kepte longe in hard pryson & nere famysshed / & euery day scourged •• beten w^t staues / & at the last after many turmentes he was cast downe hed longe from the hyghest toure of y^e same pryson / & so en∣ded his martyrdom. At tubertyn y^e feest of saynt Fortu¦nate a bysshop of many synguler vertues / specyally in chasynge awaye of wycked spirytes. The feest also of

saynt Saturnyne and of saynt Lupe confessours.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Gawdrysyue a virgyn / of no¦ble byrth & synguler beauty / for y^e whiche vnto y^e cōser∣uacyon of her virgynite / she prayed vnto our sauyour that she myght lose all y^e beauty of body & be defourme & so she was / vnto the tyme she was professed in rely∣gyon / & than forthw^t her beauty was rendred agayne more goodly than before. And after she was abbesse / & euer of hygh {per}feccyon & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Gaudency a bysshop & martyr / a man of nota∣ble doctryne / wherby he conuerted moche people / but many moo by his holy lyf & myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Fortunate / an eloquent man of grete ler¦nynge / y^t wrote the lyfe of saynt Martyne / & made ma¦ny werkes / specyally many of y^e ympnes y^t ben songe & sayd in the chirche / & was also of hygh {per}feccyon & ma∣ny myracles. In fraūce at lyons the feest of saynt Iust bysshop of y^e same cite / a man of synguler vertue / & had the spirite of {pro}phecy. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of October. At colen agryppyne y^e feest of .ccc. martyrs of y^e legyon of thebeys. At rome in au∣rel strete y^e feest of saynt Fortunate. In fraūce at lyons the feest of saynt Antioche a bysshop. In the terrytory of remens y^e feest of saynt Basoly a cōfessour / & of saynt Vlfran an archebysshop & cōfessour. At capua y^e feest of saynt Lufyle & saȳt Fortunate.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Placidia a virgyn / doughter vnto y^e emperour Valentiniane by his wyfe saynt Eu∣dox / doughter vnto the emperour Theodosy / whiche holy virgyn by reuelacyons had in youth / forsoke her

frendes & pompe of the worlde / & serued god in pouerty and penaunce / & was of notable vertue & many myra∣cles. One of the feestes also of saynt Leonard. And the feest of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. daye of October. In y^e moūt of tumbe the reuerend memory of saynt Michaell the archaungell. In affryke the feest of .cc.lxx. martyrs. And the feest of saynt Marciane & saynt Satirian breder / with other two also of theyr breder / all martyrs / that were scour∣ged / racked / theyr flesshe rent w^t hokes vnto the bones & so were they turntented euery day by day / of a longe tyme / & euer on y^e morowe they were foūde hole agayn & without hurt or blemysshe / tyll at the last they were tyed vnto the tayles of eartes / & so drawen thrugh bus∣shes / breres & thornes vnto deth. The feest also of saȳt Maxima a virgyn / that with them was put to deth. In the fraūchest of bituricens y^e feest of saynt Ambrose bysshop of caturicence / & the feest of saynt Saturnyne & saynt Nery / with other {per}sones .ccclxxv. all martyrs. In suenuy the feest of saynt Gall a preest & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Magnobone a bysshop / of gre∣te {per}feccion & many myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Ambrose a confessour / & discyple vnto saynt Dy∣dymy / a grete lerned man / and made many werkes / whome saynt Ierom putteth by name amonge y^e no∣ble lerned men. The feest also of saȳt Bercare an abbot that was slayne by one of his owne monkes / bycause he rebuked his synne / whiche mōke forth w^t fell madde in furye posseded of a spiryte / & whan the abbot was buryed / oyle stylled out of his graue / wherby seke per∣sones

were cured. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of October. At antioche y^e feest of saȳt Heron / discyple vnto saynt Ignacy the martyr / & his successour / as well in his bysshopryche as in holy lyfe and good edifycacyon of his flocke / for the whiche lyke vnto his mayster he was put to martyrdom. At aura∣syke the feest of saynt Florentyne a bysshop & cōfessour of synguler vertue. In the terrytory of nyuernens the feest of saynt Vincent a cōfessour. And the trāslacyon of saynt Awdre a virgyn & a quene. The feest also of saȳt Victor / saynt Alexander / and saynt Mariane confes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Priuate a martyr / y^t was a man of warre & conuerted by saynt Calixt the pope / with whome by the emperour Alexander he was put to deth. In englond at ramsey the feest of saynt Ethel∣drede & saynt Ethelbryght martyrs & breder / borne of noble blode / neuewes vnto kynge Ercombert / whiche were murthered by a wycked tyraūt / & after by y^e my∣racle of a bright piller of fire they were foūde / & at theyr tombe many myracles. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. day of October. The feest of saynt Luke the euangelyst / that in the age of .lxxiij. yeres dyed in bythynye / whose holy bones in the .xx. yere of y^e empe∣rour Cōstantyne were translate into the cite of cōstan∣tynople. The feest also of saynt Esclepiady / bysshop of antiochene & a martyr / that by the emperour Decius with many other chrystyans was put to martyrdom. At rome y^e feest of saynt Triphoma / wyfe vnto y^e empe¦rour Decius. In the terrytory of beluacens the feest of

saynt Iust & saynt Iustyniane martyrs / and of saynt Alexander and saynt Victor confessours.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At andegaue the feest of saynt Erblandy an abbot. At tarentasiens the feest of saynt Peter bysshop of the same cite / a man of notable vertue / the fame wherof spryngynge vnto lausemy / thre certayne men wrong∣fully imprysoned / made theyr prayers vnto hym for theyr delyueraūce / vnto whome forthw^t he appered & losed them / & brought them thrugh the myddle of the kepers vnperceyued / and so delyuered them. After he was called in to englond by kynge Henry / in y^e whiche iourney he delyuered a mayde from daūger that was bewytched / with many other grete myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of October. At senon the feest of saynt Sauinian a bysshop / & of saynt Potencian his felowe bothe martyrs / y^t were sent vnto y^e same cite to preche y^e fayth / where for the same they suffred deth. In egypt at alexander the feest of saynt Tholony a martyr / that by y^e emperour Antonyne pyteously by many turmen∣tes was put to deth / w^t whome saȳt Lucy also suffred martyrdom. In syre at antioche y^e feest of saynt Bero∣nyke / & of y^e holy woman saynt Pelage bothe martyrs togyder / & with them .xlix. other chrystyans. The feest also of saynt Frediswyde a virgyn. At puteole the feest of saȳt Proculy / & of his moder saynt Nice bothe mar∣tyrs togyder.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Ethebyne / y^t was borne in englond & nourysshed / where he had reuelacyons & sawe our sauyour in lykenes of a lepre / & after he went

in to yrelonde / where he lyued a holy lyfe / full of my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of October. In the prouynce of auiens the feest of saynt Maximy a deacon & a martyr / y^t wyl∣fully shewed hymselfe vnto his pursewers / of whome he was racked / scourged & beten w^t battes / & after ma∣ny turmentes he was murthered in sond & stones. In fraūce at agen y^e feest of saynt Caprasy a martyr / y^t for drede fledde the {per}secucyons of chrystyans / & hyd hym¦selfe a certayne tyme / but after he wylfully shewed hȳ selfe / & boldly for Chryst suffred deth. The feest also of saynt Astrobert a virgyn. At colen y^e feest of saynt Mar¦tha & saynt Saule virgyns & martyrs / w^t whome ma¦ny other {per}sones were put to deth. The receyuynge al∣so of y^e relykes of saynt George a deacon & of saynt Au∣rely martyrs. The dedicacyon of the chirche of syon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Akke a bysshop / that was discyple vnto saynt Wylfryde & his successour / a holy man / & had many reuelacyons & the spiryte of {pro}∣phecy / & dyd many myracles in his lyfe / and yet many moo after his deth. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of October. At nicomede y^e feest of saȳt Dacy / saynt zoticy & saȳt Gay / w^t other .xij. soudyours all martyrs togyder. At colen the passyon of the .xj.M. virgyns. The feest also of saynt Hyllarion a monke / whose holy lyfe saynt Ierom wryteth. At hoste y^e feest of saynt Austere a preest / y^t is remembred in the legend and passyon of saynt Calixt the pope. The feest also of saȳt Viatour / seruaūt vnto saȳt Iust bysshop of lyons

At burdegale the feest of saȳt Seueryne a bysshop. At the monastery of fontanell the feest of saynt Condeby a confessour of many merytes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond y^e ordynacyon of saynt Dunstane / arche¦bysshop of caūterbury. The feest also of saynt Recticy bysshop of augustudunens / a man of notable doctryne as saynt Ierom wryteth / and made many profytable werkes / and was of synguler sanctite. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. day of October. At adrianopole in trace y^e feest of saynt Philyp a bysshop / saynt Euseby & saynt Erinete all martyrs. The feest also of saynt Marke / a noble man borne & of grete lernynge / y^t of the gentyles was the fyrst bysshop of Ierusalem / & in a whyle after put to martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Salomee / that (as is redde in the gospell) was dylygent aboute the sepulture of our sauyoure. The feest also of saynt Mellon archebysshop of rone. At oska the feest of saynt Mimilon and saynt Ewlodie virgyns & martyrs / that after longe pryson & many turmentes were heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Melanc a matrone / borne in rome of noble lignage / & for deuocyon went vnto Ieru¦salem / in the whiche iourney she vysyted in desert the holy faders saȳt Pambo / saynt Serapion / saynt ysy∣dour & other / & for them suffred grete persecucyon / & w^t saynt Rufyne & saynt Aquila she came vnto Ierusalē / where she buylded a monastery of virgyns / and ruled there in nombre fyfty / & dyd there many noble dedes / & so rested in our lorde. The feest also of an other saynt Melane a matrone also / vnto whome she was graūd∣moder

/ for she was her sones doughter / and her god∣doughter / & was maryed vnto a noble man by whome she had two sones / whiche departed bothe vnto god / & she than w^t grete instaūce cōuerted her housbonde vnto relygyon / & so she buylded a monastery of .xl. virgyns / & he an other of .xxx. mōkes / where they lyued in hygh perfeccyon. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of October. In syre at antioche the feest of saynt Theodour a preest / that in y^e {per}secucyon of the emperour Iulian y^e apostata was racked & enflam¦bed with hote lampes / & after many other turmentes slayne by the swerde. In spayne the feest of saynt Ser¦uand & saynt German / that after grete labours / hard imprysonment / rackynge & other turmentes were he∣ded / & saynt German was buryed at emerite / & saynt Seruand at hyspale. In normandy at rone the deposi∣cyon of saynt Romayn archebysshop & cōfessour. In y^e fraūchest of pictauens the feest of saynt Benet a cōfes∣sour. The feest also of saynt Elflede a virgyn. At colen the feest of saynt Seueryne a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In the fraūchest of ambianēs the feest of saynt Gra¦ciane a martyr / that in goynge to deth prycked downe his staffe in the grounde / whiche forthw^t flourysshed & bare grene leues & nuttes / & euery yere the same day & houre it bereth rype nuttes. The feest also of an other saynt Seueryne a martyr / called also saȳt Boece / a no∣ble man borne / & a grete clerke of notable eloquence / & made many werkes / & was of synguler vertue / & for Chryst suffred grete persecucyon and dethe. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. daye of October. In napules at venyse the feest of saynt Felix a bysshop / saynt Audacty & saȳt Ianuary preestes / saynt Fortunate & saynt Septimy lectours in order all martyrs / y^t by the emperour Dio∣clecian after many turmentes were put to deth by the swerde / amonge whome saynt Felix the sayd bysshop was moost notable / a fader of .lvj. yeres & a clene vir∣gyn. In the monastery of vertane y^e feest of saynt Mar¦tyne an abbot. The feest also of saynt Vitale a holy con¦fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Maglour / called also saynt Maiour a bysshop / y^t resigned his dignite & was a monke in desert & a fader of religyon / of hygh perfec∣cyon & many myracles / and had also reuelacyon of his deth by an aūgell. The feest also of an other saynt Ma∣iour a martyr / that by the wandales after many cruell turmentes was put to deth by the swerde. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of October. At rome the feest of .xlvij. martyrs men of warre / that all togyder were baptized by saynt Denyse the pope / & forthw^t by the emperour Claudy they were heded / and buryed in salary strete / where also were buryed other martyrs .cxxj. of y^e whi∣che saynt Theodosi / saynt Lucy / saynt Marke & saynt Peter were chefe capitaynes. At petragoryke the feest of saynt Frontony a bisshop / cōsecrate in rome by saynt Peter / with saynt George a preest / that by the staffe of saynt Peter was before reysed from deth / & by hym as∣signed as felowe w^t saynt Frontony to cōuerte the sayd cite / where whan they had truly accomplysshed theyr

offyce by holy lyfe & many myracles / the sayd bysshop rested in Chryst. At swesyon the feest of saynt Crispyn & saynt Crispinian / that in the persecucyon of the em∣perour Dioclecian after many cruell turmentes were slayne by y^e swerde. At florence y^e passyon of saynt Mi∣neate / that by the prynce Decius was put to deth. At gauale the feest of saynt Hyllary a bysshop & cōfessour. At rome in salary strete the feest of saynt Crisant / & of the holy virgyn saynt Daria bothe martyrs togyder. In englond y^e feest of saynt Iohn̄ beuerlake a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Demetry a martyr / borne of noble lignage / & beynge a seculer knyght he conuerted many {per}sones vnto Chryst / for y^e whiche he was taken & by the emperour Maximian put to many turmētes in the whiche he dyd many myracles & conuerted mo∣che people / & at y^e last was slayne by the swerde. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. day of October. In affrike y^e feest of saȳt Rogacian a preest / & of saȳt Felicissimy bothe martyrs that in the {per}secucyon of the emperours Decius & Va∣lerian were put to deth / of whome saȳt Cipriane wry∣teth in his epystles vnto the confessours. At narbone the feest of saynt Rustyke a bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Florēce a bysshop & cōfessour. At rome y^e feest of saynt Euarysty pope & martyr / that was a iewe borne / & cōuerted in youth / & made many profytable ordynaūces in the chirche / & at y^e last in the persecucion of the emperour Traianus he was put to martyrdom. The feest also of many other holy saī. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of October. In spayne at habull the passion of saynt Vincent / & of y^e holy women saynt Sa¦byne & saynt Aristea all martyrs / y^t by the mayre Da∣cian were racked and so strayned & stretched / that all the ioyntes of theyr bodyes were losed from theyr pla∣ces / & at the last theyr braynes knocked out w^t battes. At tylecastell the feest of saynt Florence a martyr. The vigyll also of the apostles Symon and Iude.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Frumence a bysshop / y^t in his chyldhode lefte y^e cite of rome / & went in to y^e moost de∣solate desert of ynde / whereby his holy lyf he cōuerted moche people / & was theyr bysshop perseueraūt in the same & prechyng vnto his deth. The feest also of saynt Abbany a kynges sone of yrelond / y^t forsakynge all the pompe of the worlde / entred religyon / wherein he lyued so perfytly / that he heled y^e lepre & lame / blynde & defe∣reysed the deed / with many other myracles / & had vi∣sytacyon of aūgels & reuelacyon of his deth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of October. the feest of the apostles saynt Symon / called by syrname canany / y^t fyrst pre∣ched in egipt / & of saynt Tadey / called also saynt Iude that fyrst preched in mesopotamy / & after they bothe mette in perse / where they conuerted a multytude of people nerehand innumerable vnto the fayth / & at the last were put to deth for the same. At rome the feest of saynt Ciryll / doughter vnto y^e emperour Decius / y^t by the prȳce Claudy was slayne by the swerde. At melde the feest of saynt Pharao / bysshop of ambianens and a

cōfessour. At parys the translacyon of saynt Geneuefe a virgyn / and the feest of saynt Felix a martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At babylon the feest of saȳt Abdy / discyple vnto the apostles Symon & Iude / and by them made bysshop of babilon / where he well ruled and moche edifyed the chirche of Chryst / and dyed a confessour. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of October. At Ierusalem the feest of saynt Narcisse / that (as y^e story ecclesiastyke recordeth) was notably perfyte in fayth & pacyence. At sydon the feest of saȳt zenoby a preest / y^t in the fury of y^e grete {per}se∣cucyon was put to martyrdom. In y^e {pro}uince of lucane the feest of saȳt Iacynct / saynt Quintyn / saȳt Felician & saynt Lucy martyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond the feest of saynt Elflede a virgyn / of no¦ble byrth / at whose byrth were shewen heuēly tokens And she was after abbesse of rumsey / & of holy lyf and many myracles. The feest also of saynt Iohn̄ bysshop of augustudunēs / a man of many myracles / specyally in curȳg of seke {per}sones. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. day of October. In affryke the feest of .cc. and .xxx. martyrs. At tyngentyne the passyon of saynt Marcell a capytayne of .C. soudyours / y^t by the iudge Agricolane was heded. In antioche the feest of saynt Serapion a bysshop / a man of notable doctryne. The feest also of saȳt Germayn bysshop of capuane / whose blessed soule the reuerend fader saynt Benet sawe con¦uayed by aungels in to heuen. The ordynacyon also of saynt Swythune a bysshop. At tolose the feest of saynt

Saturnyne a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Leoncy a cōfessour / that was cōuerted by saynt Cesary the martyr. The feest also of saynt Lucane a martyr / that after he was heded / bare his owne heed a myle vnto the place where he wolde be buryed. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. day of October. the vigyl of all halowes. At rome the feest of saynt Nemesy a deacon / and of his doughter saynt Lucyll / that by the emperours Vale∣riane & Galiene after many turmētes were heded / the day of whose passyon & deth / is the .xxv. day of August but bycause that pope Sixt dyd as this day translate theyr holy bodyes into appia strete / therfore he ordey∣ned theyr feest this day. In fraūce at vermendens the feest of saynt Quintyne a martyr / that by y^e emperour Maximian was put to deth / whose holy body .lv. ye∣res after was foūde by the reuelacyon of an aungell.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome y^e feest of saynt Nataly a cōfessour / that for ambycyon & couetyse was a renegate & made bysshop of certayn heretykes / but after he was cōuerted & recō¦syled by reuelacyon / & forsoke y^e fals errours & vaynglo¦ryous honour / & dyd grete penaūce / & was of hygh per¦feccyon & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Foyl∣lane / borne of the noble blode of yrelond / that forsoke all honour to serue god / & was a bysshop / & than called af∣ter y^e maner of Abraham in to fraūce / where he recey∣ued the crowne of martyrdom / whose holy body was founde by the reuelacyon of an aūgell at the prayer of saynt Gertrude / w^t whome he was before in company. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

Nouember.

¶ To morowe.

Nouēber THe fyrst day of Nouember. the feest of all sayn∣tes / that fyrst was ordeyned by pope Boniface in the honour of our lady & of all martyrs onely. But after pope Gregory decreed and determyned that the same feest the same daye sholde solempnly be kepte for euer in the honour of all halowes & sayntes. At the ca∣stell of diuyon the feest of saynt Benigne a preest & mar¦tyr / y^t by saynt Policarpe was sent in to fraūce to pre∣che / where by y^e erle Terenciane after many turmētes his necke was broken with an yren barre / & his body woūded w^t a spere. In campane at terracyne y^e feest of saynt Cesary a deacon & martyr / y^t after longe pryson & many turmētes was by y^e emperour Claudy put in to a sacke w^t saynt Iulian a preest & cast in to the see / & so they bothe togyder martyrs. At parys y^e feest of saynt Marcell a bysshop / chosen for his singuler sanctite and grete myracles / for somtyme he chaunged water in to wyne / somtyme in to baume / with many other signes of holynes. At tyburtyne the feest of saynt Seueryne a monke. At baiocas y^e feest of saynt Vigour a bysshop. In the fraūchest of wastinens the feest of saynt Matu¦ryne a cōfessour. The feest also of saynt Mary a virgin & martyr / that was scourged / racked / & her flesshe rent w^t hokes / & so ended her martyrdom. At pictauy y^e feest of saynt Hyllary a cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In spayne the feest of saynt Iuuency a preest / and a man of notable doctryne / y^t made the .iiij. euangelystes in verses / with many other {pro}fytable werkes. In syre at laodyce the feest of saynt Apollynare / bysshop of the same cite / a man also of grete lernynge & synguler san∣cite / that made many werkes / specyally agaynst here∣tykes.

The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde daye of Nouember. The feest of saynt Victoryne bysshop of pitabion / that (as saynt Ierom wryteth) after grete labours in prechynge and moche edificacyon was crowned w^t martyrdom. At rome the feest of saynt Eustace a martyr / & of saȳt Theospis his wyfe / with theyr sone saynt Agapy / & theyr doughter saynt Theospita all martyrs togyder / put to deth by y^e emperour Adriane / whose very daye of passyon was yesterdaye all halowen daye / but bycause of y^t solēnite they ben here remēbred / & theyr actes moche notable & meruaylous. At laudice the feest of saynt Theodour a bysshop / of notable vertue / & moche eloquēt in {pre}chynge The feest also of saȳt Ambrose / abbot of agunens / a fa∣mous man of holy lyfe & many myracles. The cōme∣moracyon also and remembraunce of all soules.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Iust a martyr / that was cast in to the see / but after y^e holy body was cast vnto londe & foūde by reuelacyon. The feest also of saynt Eustoche a virgyn & martyr / put to deth by y^e emperour Iulian. And y^e feest of an other saynt Eustoche a virgyn / discy∣ple vnto saȳt Ierom / vnder whose obedience she lyued with her moder saynt Paule / y^t buylded at bethleem a monastery / where after the deth of her moder she was abbesse of .l. virgyns / vnto whome saȳt Ierom wrote a rule. The feest also of saynt Alcyndyne / saynt Pyga∣sy & saynt Anepothyst martyrs / y^t by the kyng of perse were scourged / soden & broyled / in whose passyon saȳt Antonyne was cōuerted / & forthw^t before them put to deth / & they all were cast in to the see / where the same

saynt Antonyne with an aungell came vnto them and brought them safe to lond / where they cōuerted .xxviij persones / that forthw^t with them were put to deth. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Malachy a bysshop of grete holynes & many myracles / whose legende saynt Bar∣nard wryteth. In yrelond also the feest of saynt Herke a bysshop / y^t was a gentyle of grete iustyce & good ly∣uyng / & was cōuerted by reuelacyon / & sacred bysshop by saynt Patrike / & after of hygh {per}feccyon / & had y^e spi¦ryte of prophecy / & reysed a persone vnto lyfe / w^t other many grete myracles. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde daye of Nouember. The feest of saynt Quarte / discyple vnto y^e apostles. In capadoce at cesa∣ry the feest of saynt Germane / saynt Theopholy / saynt Sesary & saȳt Vitale / martyrs all togyder put to deth in the persecucyon of the emperour Daciane. At cesar august the feest of martyrs vnnombrable / that by Da¦cian y^e presydent of spayne were put to deth. The trās∣lacyon also of saynt Edythe a virgyn. And the deposy∣cyon of saynt Parmyn a bysshop / & of saynt Hukbert a confessour. At carboyle the feest of saynt Gwenady an abbot and cōfessour. And of saynt Wenefrede a virgyn and martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Kenelme / & of saynt Alpayde a virgyn / of poore byrth / & a keper of beestes in y^e felde / yet obteyned she of our lorde y^e clere vnderstandynge of holy scripture / & the spirite of coūseyle / w^t meruaylous prudence / yet was she euer seke in body & neuer hole / & lyued many yeres w^tout ony fode / but onely the sacra∣ment of Chrystes body / & many tymes was she rapte in to heuen / hell & purgatory / as by syght in her soule

and vnderstandynge of the ioye & payne / she had also y^e spiryte of prophecy / & was of many myracles. In eng∣lond y^e feest of saynt Clitanke a martyr / a kynges sone of strayte iustyce / a louer of peace / & of pure chastite / & of strayte & perfyte lyfe / y^t was cruelly slayne by a fals traytour / at whose deth were shewed many myracles and at his tombe after many moo. In englond also the feest of saynt Rūwold the kynges sone of northumber∣lond / that forthw^t whan he was borne / cryed w^t lowde voyce sayeng thre tymes togyder these wordes. I am a chrystyan / & than required the sacrament of baptym & after to haue masse & was cōmuned / & than he made a noble sermon w^t meruaylous good eloquence / & lyued thre dayes / & so departed & lyeth in buckyngham ful of myracles. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of Nouēber. In alexander the feest of saynt Hyery a preest / a noble lerned doctour / of holy lyf and many myracles. In normandy at rone the feest of saynt Amance a bysshop of grete fame in lyfe & myra∣cles. In y^e fraunchest of vilcasyne y^e feest of saynt Clare a preest & cōfessour. At augustudune the feest of saynt Proculy a bysshop. In englonde at wynchester y^e feest of saynt Brinstane a bysshop of holy lyfe & many my∣racles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saȳt Clare a martyr / borne in englond at orchester / of noble parētes / whome w^t all worldly pompe he forsoke and wente in to normandy / where he lyued a solytary lyfe in desert / & cured y^e seke reysed the deed / & dyd many myracles. At the last y^e de∣uyll enflambed a grete lady in concupy scence of hym / whome (as Ioseph) he fledde and auoyded in to a ferre

countree / wherwith she was kendled in a fury / & sent after hym & heded hym / & he forthw^t toke vp his owne heed & bare it vnto a monastery y^t he before had buylded hȳselfe / where he lyeth full of myracles. The feest also of saynt Vitale & saynt Agricola martyrs / whose holy bodyes saynt Ambrose dyd translate / & wrote also y^e le∣gend of theyr passion. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. daye of Nouember. the feest of saynt zacary the {pro}phete / fader vnder saynt Iohn baptist. In cam∣pane at teracyne the feest of saynt Felix a preest / and of saynt Euseby a monke bothe martyrs / that conuerted moche people / for the whiche they were bothe togyder heded. In the terrytory of orlyaūce y^e feest of saynt Le∣ty a preest. In the fraūchest of lyngon at the monaste∣ry of clareuale the feest of saynt Malachy a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Elyzabeth / wyfe vnto saynt zacary and moder vnto saynt Iohn̄ baptist. The feest also of an other saynt zacary the pope / a man of syngu¦ler vertue & notable doctryne / bothe in y^e greke & latyn tongue / that ordeyned that gossyppes sholde not mary togyder / ne the chylder by them baptized vnto theyr owne chylder / w^t many other good statutes & decrees. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. day of Nouember. In affryke at tonyse the feest of saynt Felix / at whose buryall saynt Augustyn preched & expowned a psalme vnto y^e people. The feest also of saynt Leonard a cōfessour & an abbot. In y^e eest countree at theopole the feest of .x. martyrs / that were slayne by the sarasyns. In fryselonde the feest of saynt

Actike. At redon the feest of saynt Melane a cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englond y^e feest of saynt Yltute / cosyn vnto kyng Arthur & a seculer knyght / that forsoke all y^e worldly pompe & was a religyous man / of hygh perfeccyon & many myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Felix a monke / that cōmaūded a serpent to kepe his gardyn wherby a thefe was taken and refourmed. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. day of Nouember. In alexander the feest saynt Achyl a bysshop / a noble man of notable doctryne & holy lyfe. In ytaly at perusyne the feest of saynt Her∣culane a bysshop / a martyr slayne by y^e swerde / whose holy body (as saynt Gregory wryteth) was foūde .xl. dayes after his dethe as hole w^tout wēme / as though no swerde ne wepen had touched hym. At abbiens the feest of saȳt Amarance a martyr / that lyeth buryed in the same cite. In fryselond y^e deposicyon of saynt wyli∣brorde a bysshop & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Prosdocymy a bysshop / that was a noble man borne of the grekes / & came w^t saynt Marke the euangelyst & with saynt Appolinare vnto saynt Peter / of whome he was cōsecrate / and after he preched & cōuerted many kynges & realmes / and dyd grete myracles / & he lyued vnto the age of .cxiiij. yeres of the whiche he was bysshop .xciij. yeres / a moneth & xv. dayes / and lyeth full of dayly myracles at patauie where he was bysshop. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. daye of Nouember. At rome in lauycane strete the passyon of saynt Clawdy / saynt Nicostrate &

of other thre persones all martyrs / y^t by the emperour Dioclecian were scourged w^t scorpyons / & after many other turmentes cast in to y^e see. At rome also in y^e same strete y^e feest of saynt Seuere / saynt Seueriane / saynt Capafore & saynt Victoryne martyrs / that by y^e empe∣rour Dioclecian were beten to deth with plūmettes of lede / & bycause theyr names that tyme were vnknowē they were called the .iiij. crowned martyrs / tyll after theyr names were shewed by reuelacyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In cornwell the feest of saynt Keby a bysshop / borne of the blode royall / & for that he was elected to be kyng of that coūtree / but he forsoke all the worlde for y^e loue of Chryst / & toke the holy habyte of relygyon / wherin he cōtynued in hygh perfeccyon and many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. day of Nouember. At amase a cite of y^e mar¦maritanes the feest of saynt Theodour a martyr / that by the emperours Maximy & Maximian was scour∣ged & so put in hard pryson / where our sauyour appe∣red vnto hym & cōforted hym / than was he hanged & racked / & his flesshe so rent & torne with hokes / y^t his bowelles myght be seen / & at the last he was brent. At byturyke the feest of saynt Vrsycyne a cōfessour & bys∣shop of y^e same cite / consecrate at rome by y^e successours of the apostles. At verdune the feest of saynt Vycony a cōfessour. The deposicyon also of saynt Theodour bys∣shop / bysshop of lyons.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Theodour a martyr that was a knyght / & slewe a dragon after suche ma∣ner as is sayd of saȳt George / & whan he was knowen

for a christyan / he was by the emperour Lycyne after many turmentes put vpon y^e crosse lyke vnto his may∣ster Chryst / where he henge thre dayes / and whan he was taken downe / he was quycke lyuyng & without ony wounde or hurte / where he conuerted .xxviij. sou∣dyours / that before hym were put to deth / & he at the last heded. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. day of Nouēber. the feest of saynt Martyne pope / that by the emperour Constantyne the heretyke was iudged vnto exile in to the {pro}uynce of lyce / where in the cite of cerson he lyeth full of myracles. In the ter¦rytory of agathen the feest of saynt Tybery / saynt Mo¦dest & saynt Florence / that by the emperour Dioclecian were all togyder by dyuerse turmentes put to martyr∣dom. At antioche the feest of saynt Demetry a bysshop saynt Aniane a deacon & saynt Eustoche all martyrs / with whome were put to dethe .xx. other {per}sones. The deposicyon also of saȳt Iust archebysshop of yorke. At orlyaūce the feest of saynt Monytour a bysshop & con∣fessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Tryphon a martyr that by the emperour Decius was put to many turmētes / in whose passyon / saynt Respicy & the holy virgyn saynt Nympha were conuerted / & bothe w^t hym put to deth all heded. The feest also of saynt Theodour a martyr / that by the emperour Iulian the apostata was put to deth. And y^e feest of an other saynt Theodour a bysshop & cōfessour / of hygh {per}feccyon. At rauen y^e feest of saynt Proby bysshop of y^e same cite / a goodly man of fauour & persone / an eloquent precher / & of many grete graces specyally in the curynge of all maner dyseases / he also

expelled wycked spirytes / & had reuelacyon of aūgels and lyeth in the same cite full of dayly myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of Nouēber. At turon the feest of saynt Martyn / bysshop of y^e same / a man of notable vertues that reysed thre {per}sones vnto lyfe / with many other fa∣mous myracles. In fryselonde at sythe the passyon of saynt Men a martyr / that in the {per}secucyon of y^e empe∣rour Dioclecian fled in to wyldernes / but after he bold¦ly came forth & cōfessed the name of Chryst / for y^e whi∣che after many turmentes he was slayne by y^e swerde At lyons y^e feest of saynt Seueriane a bisshop / famous in vertue & myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Men a confessour / y^e lyued in desert / vnto whome beres and wylde beestes were subiecte & obedient / & he knewe the thoughtes & preuy synnes of many {per}sones and refourmed them / of whome also saynt Gregory wryteth in his dialoges.* 1.28 In fraunce at gaualytane the feest of saynt Verany a bysshop / borne of noble blode / & forsoke the worlde and went in pylgrymage in to many coūtrees / where euer he dyd many myracles / at whose buryall y^e pall wher¦with his holy corps was couered / sodeynly arose as quycke & went before y^e people ouer a grete ryuer / whi¦che they passed all drye foted vnto a chirche of our lady that he hȳselfe had buylded / where he lyeth gloryous in myracles. The feest also of many other holy saī. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. day of Nouember. In the prouynce of ter∣raconens at tyrason y^e feest of saynt Emiliane a preest & cōfessour / whose meruaylous lyfe saynt Brawly bys∣shop

of cesaraugust doth wryte at length. At agryppe the deposicyon of saynt Cūbert a bisshop & martyr. In the fraūchest of senonyke y^e feest of saȳt Patryne a mar¦tyr. At y^e castell of melidune y^e feest of saynt Leo a cōfes∣sour / of many grete merytes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Achie the {pro}phete / that was in the tyme of Salomon / & of his sone Ieroboam. At rome the feest of saynt Martyne the fyrst pope of that name & a martyr / y^t in a generall coūseyle condempned the patriarke of constantinople for an heretyke / for the whiche he was by the emperour Cōstantyne fyrst put vnto exile / and after to deth. The feest also of saynt Hor an abbot of the desert of egipt / a man of notable perfec∣cyon / for he neuer made lye / ne neuersware othe / ne ne∣uer cursed or spake euyll worde / & he was precyse in sy¦lence / for he neuer spake w^tout grete necessite / he lyued thre yeres fedde onely by aungels / & was lerned w^tout study by myracle / & he cōuerted moche people / and dyd many myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. daye of Nouēber. At rauen y^e feest of saynt Valentyne / saynt Solutour / & saynt Victor martyrs. At aquis the feest of saynt Demetry a martyr. In af∣fryke the feest of saynt Archady / saynt Paskasy / saynt Proby & saynt Ewticiane all martyrs / that for the re∣prouynge of the heresy of Arrius / were after exile and many turmentes put to deth. At turon the deposicyon of saynt Brice bysshop & confessour / that was discyple vnto saynt Martyn & his successour. At tholete y^e feest of saynt Eugene a bysshop and confessour. In the mo∣nastery of malbody the feest of saynt Aldegunde a vir∣gyn. At parys the feest of saynt Gundulfe a bysshop &

confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Homobone a cōfessour / & the feest of the fyfty wyse maysters y^t disputed w^t saynt Ka¦theryne / & by her cōuerted / were by y^e tyraūt Maxence put to martyrdome. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. day of Nouember. In trace at eracle the feest of saynt Clementyne / saynt Theodoce / and saynt Philomon. In alexander the feest of saynt Serapion / that in the {per}secucyon of y^e emperour Decius was put vnto suche turmentes / that all his ioyntes were losed eche from other / & he cast downe an hyll hedlonge / & so the martyr of Chryst. The trāssacyon also of saynt Er∣kenwald a bysshop & cōfessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At trecasyne the feest of saynt Ʋenerand a martyr / a pagan borne of noble lignage / & cōuerted in youth by an aūgell / & baptized by our sauyour Chryst hymselfe & euer of holy lyfe & many myracles / that by the empe¦rour Aurelian after many turmētes wherin he cōuer∣ted moche people / was heded / whose deed body toke vp the heed & bare it a grete space / where he lyeth full of myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Venerand a virgyn & martyr / & one of the .xiiij. peticioners / that in the age of .xxx. yeres preched the worde of god & con¦uerted moche people / & whan she came to rome / there she was scourged & racked / & than nayled hādes & fete vnto a stocke layeng vpryght & a grete stone layd vpon her / & than she was losed & cast in to a panne full of oyle pytche / water & brymstone / & fyre made ther vnder / se∣thynge by .vij. dayes contynually / in the whiche pas∣syon she conuerted moche people / & was delyuered w^t∣out hurt / & than she cōuerted a kyng & all his subiectes

and at the last after many other turmētes wherin she conuerted .ix.C.xc. persones / she was heded. In south wales the feest of saynt Dubrice bysshop of landaf / & after archebysshop of all englonde & wales / that was in the tyme of kynge Arthur / whose moder whan he was in her wombe / was by her owne fader a kyng of wales put in to a narowe vessell / & cast dyuerse tymes in to a flode / & euer the vessell came to lond agayn / than was she bounde & cast in to a grete fyre / wherin she re∣mayned all nyght / & therin was delyuered of this chil¦de / & gaue hym sowke in the myddle of the fyre w^tout noyaūce / whiche chylde forthw^t dyd myracles / & after in his holy lyfe many moo. In yrelond y^e feest of saynt Constant an abbot / & the feest of saynt Laurence a kyn¦ges sone of yrelond and a bysshop / of many myracles / whiche he dyd not onely in yrelond / but also in englond & wales / & moost of all in normandy / specyally at his translacyon / for there he lyeth full of dayly myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. day of Nouember. In campane at nole the feest of saynt Felix a bysshop & martyr / that from y^e age of .xv. yeres was euer full of myracles / & was put to deth by the presydent Marcian / with other .xxx. mar∣tyrs. In the fraūchest of parys the feest of saynt Euge¦ny a martyr. The feest also of saynt Macute a bysshop and cōfessour. In the lesse brytayn the feest of an other saynt Macute a bysshop also and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Eugeny / bysshop of cesarience / discyple vnto the grete clerke Origene. And (as saynt Ierom wryteth) he was also of synguler &

notable doctryne. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. day of Nouember. At lyons y^e feest of saynt Ewthere a bysshop & cōfessour / that fyrst was a sena∣tour & forsoke y^e worlde & entred religyon / & after he clo¦sed hymselfe in a strayte narowe caue / from whens he was called by reuelacion to be bysshop of the sayd cite. At pontinyake the deposicyon of saynt Edmund arche bysshop of caūterbury.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At altyne the feest of saynt Fidence a bysshop & mar¦tyr / that by y^e emperour Maximian after many cruell turmentes was put to martyrdome. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. and virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of Nouember. In alexander y^e feest of saynt Denyse a bysshop & martyr / y^t by the emperours Valerian and Galien was by many turmentes put to deth. At corduba the passyon of saynt Acyldy / & of the holy woman saȳt Victoria bothe martyrs togyder / in the cōmendacyon of whose precyous deth / euery yere on the daye of theyr passyon / swete & fresshe roses done sprynge by myracle. At orlyaūce y^e feest of saynt Aniane a bysshop and confessour / of many gloryous myracles. The feest also off saynt Gergery bysshop of turon. In englonde the feest of saynt Hugh bysshop of lyncolne / whose holy lyfe & godly behauyour is shewed by my∣racle.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond the feest of saynt Hylde a virgyn and an abbesse of hygh {per}feccyon & many myracles. In spayne the feest of an other saynt Gergery bysshop of librens / a grete lerned man / & made many profytable werkes for the edificacyon of Chrystes chirche / and was of no∣table

vertue and many myracles. The feest also of ma¦ny other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfessours & virgyns

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. daye of Nouēber. At antioche the feest of saynt Roman a martyr / that by the emperour Diocle∣cian bycause he resysted a tyraūt that wold haue brent a chirche / was after many turmentes put to dethe / w^t whome saȳt Barala a chylde was also put to martyr∣dom. In the same cite the feest of saynt Esychy a man of warre / that herynge a crye that euery man shold do sacrefyce vnto the ydolles / cast away his armure & cō∣fessed the name of Chryst / for the whiche a grete stone was tyed at his ryght arme / & he so cast in a ryuer. At turon the feest of saynt Odo an abbot. The octaue also of saynt Martyne. And y^e feest after some bokes of saȳt Hyld the abbesse / of whome was redde yesterdaye.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelond the feest of saynt Roman a bysshop / that dyd myracles in his moders wombe / & after in his lyf many moo / & was of hygh {per}feccyon. The feest also of saynt Aude a virgyn. And of saynt Gelagy y^e fyrst pope of that name / a grete lerned man / that condempned & destroyed the werkes & bokes of y^e heretykes called ma¦niches / & made many good werkes hymselfe / & many prayers & ympnes / & also the cotidiane preface y^t dayly is songe & sayd in the masse / with many other notable actes. At lucane y^e feest of saynt Phridiane bysshop of the same cite / that amonge other grete myracles (as saynt Gregory wryteth)* 1.29 cōmaūded the flode that was lyke to haue drowned the cite / to folowe hym two my∣les from y^e cite / & there to kepe that course for euer / & so it doth vnto this day. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. day of Nouember. At rome in appia strete the feest of saynt Maximy a bysshop & martyr / that in the {per}secucyon of the emperour Maximian was put to deth / & lyeth buryed by saȳt Sixt. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Pociane pope & martyr. At agens the feest of saynt Crispyne a bysshop & martyr heded. At vien the feest of saynt Seueryne / saynt Exsuper and saynt Fe∣liciane martyrs / whose holy bodyes many yeres after theyr deth were foūde by theyr owne reuelacyon / and translated by y^e bysshop of the same cite w^t due honour. The feest also of saynt Faust a deacon & martyr heded. The feest also of saynt Symplicy a holy bysshop / and of saynt Elizabeth a gloryous matrone.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Elizabeth of vngary / called comynly hongry / notw^tstandyng some bokes haue her feest as yesterday the .xviij. daye of this moneth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. {con}fes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of Nouēber. At rome the feest of saynt Ponciane pope & martyr / that in the {per}secucyon of the emperour Maximian was brought vnto sardyny / & w^t hym saynt Ypolite a preest / where they bothe togyder were put to dethe / beten w^t clubbes / but his holy body was after foūde by the reuelacyon of saynt Fabiane y^e pope / & buryed in the cimitery of saynt Calixt. At cabi∣lon the feest of saynt Syluere a bysshop of grete vertue & many myracles. In cicyll at messane y^e feest of saynt Ampely & saynt Gay. At tauryn y^e feest of saynt Octa∣uy / saynt Solutary & saynt Aduentour. In englonde the feest of saynt Edmund kyng & martyr / that by the

kyng & tyraūt Hyngware & certayne danes that with hym inuaded the realme / was taken & boūden vnto a tree / scourged naked / & than shotte full of arowes / & at the last heded.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Maxence a virgyn & martyr that was a kynges doughter / & forsoke y^e worlde / & af∣ter by a tyraunt that wolde by force haue maryed her / she was heded / & forthw^t she toke vp her owne heed & bare it a grete space where she lyeth full of myracles. The feest also of saynt Barbens an old man that was her seruaunt / & of saynt Rosebe a virgyn her mayde / y^t bothe were put to deth w^t theyr maystres. The feest al¦so of saynt Stephan a preest of hygh {per}feccyon & many myracles / & the feest of saynt Antipa a preest & martyr. At edysse the feest of saynt Samon & saynt Gury mar¦tyrs / that by y^e emperour Dioclecian were put to deth for prechyng the fayth. The feest also of many oth. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. day of Nouember. the feest of saynt Rufy / of whome y^e apostle Paule wryteth vnto y^e romaynes. At neoconens the feest of saynt Mary a virgyn & mar∣tyr / that by the emperour Adrian was after many tur¦mentes put to deth. In the prouynce of hystrie the pas¦syon of saynt Mawre a martyr. At hoste y^e feest of saȳt Demetry & saynt Honory. The feest also of saynt Colū¦bane an abbot / & the presentacyon of our blessed lady.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Colūbane / that was kynsman & discyple vnto the sayd abbot. The feest also of saynt Paciane a bysshop of synguler puryte & hygh vertue / & a grete lerned man / that wrote many profy∣table werkes / specyally agaynst the heretykes called

nouacianes / of whome saynt Ierome wryteth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mar. {con}fes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of Nouēber. At rome y^e feest of saynt Cicily a virgyn & martyr / y^t cōuerted her owne spouse saynt Valerian & his broder saynt Tiburce / & hertned them vnto martyrdom / & after was herselfe vnder the emperours Marke and Cōmody put to cruell & mer∣uaylous turmentes / & at the last slayne by the swerde. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Mawre a martyr / that by the mayre Celeryne was put to martyrdom. At augu¦studune the feest of saynt Pragmas a bysshop & cōfes∣sour of notable sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Medrysyne a virgyn / moche gloryous in myracles. At altynens the feest of saynt Theonyst a bysshop / saynt Tabra & saȳt Tabrate dea∣cons & all martyrs togyder / y^t by y^e emperour Theodo∣sy were put to deth. The feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. day of Nouember. the feest of saynt Cle∣ment the fourth pope after saynt Peter / that in y^e per∣secucion of the emperour Traianus was cast in to the see / & so ended his martyrdome. The feest also of saynt Felicite / that by the emperour Antonyne after y^e mar∣tyrdom of her .vij. sones was heded. In ytaly the feest of saynt Colūbane / a foūder of many monasteryes. In the fraūchest of hyspane the feest of saynt Trudony a preest & confessour. At parys the feest of saynt Seue∣ryne a solytary monke. At emeryte the feest of saynt Lucrecye a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of saynt Faustyne quene and empresse / a martyr / cōuerted by saȳt Katheryne / & put

to deth by her owne housbond y^e emperour Maxcens. The feest also of an other saynt Clement / a senatour of rome & vncle vnto the sayd pope / & conuerted by saynt Peter / & after a bysshop in fraunce / where by his holy lyfe / prechyng & myracles he cōuerted a hole cite / with many other notable artes. The feest also of saȳt Traia¦nus / that by the prayers of saynt Gregory was saued. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of Nouember. At rome the feest of saynt Grysogon a martyr / that by the emperour Dio∣clecian after many turmentes was heded / & his holy body cast in to y^e see. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Cres∣cenciane a martyr / of whome is wryten in y^e passyon of saynt Marcell the pope. In the castel of blaue the feest of saynt Romane a preest & cōfessour / whose sanctite is declared by dayly myracles. At corduba y^e feest of saynt Floure a virgyn / & of saynt Mary a virgyn also / that bothe togyder after many turmētes / were put to deth by the swerde. In tusce at peruse the feest of saynt Fe∣licissimy a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At alexander the feest of saȳt Porphurie with .cc. of his seruaūtes & soudyours / y^t was conuerted by saynt Katheryne / & bycause he buryed the quene saynt Fau∣styne / he with his were put to martyrdom. In yrelond the feest of saynt Kenan a bysshop / borne there of y^e kyn¦ges blode / & in youth whan he sholde haue ben slayne he was delyuered by an aungell / & after he had many reuelacyons of aungels / & was of synguler sanctite / & he reysed thre persones vnto lyfe. And by his prayer a woman y^t by y^e space of thre yeres had borne styll in her wombe two chylder / was soūdly delyuered / w^t many

other grete myracles. The feest also of saynt Flauian ā bysshop. And of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. day of Nouember. the feest of saynt Peter bysshop of alexander / & a martyr / a man of notable do∣ctryne / y^t by the iudge Maximyne was heded / & with hym were put to deth bysshops of egipte & other of the clergy & of the leyfee vnto the nombre of .vj.C. and .lx. persones. At antioche y^e feest of saynt Herasmus a glo¦ryous martyr. At alexander y^e passyon of saynt Kathe∣ryne a virgyn & martyr / that by y^e emperour Maxence after many cruell turmentes was heded / whose holy body was cōuayed & caryed by aūgels vnto the moūt of synai / where it lyeth full of dayly grete myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cesaraugust the feest of saynt Marcury a martyr that was chefe capitayne w^t the emperour Decius / & was cōuerted by an aūgell. And whā he was knowen for a chrystyan / he was put to dethe by meruaylous cruell turmentes / in whose passion moche people was cōuerted. The feest also of saynt Mercuriall bysshop of liuience. And of many other holy sayntes / mar. cōf. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of Nouēber. the feest of saynt Lyne the fyrst pope after saȳt Peter / that whan he had well gouerned y^e chirche .xij. yeres / was put to martyrdom and buryed in vaticanes strete. At alexander y^e feest of saynt Faust a preest / saynt Dius & saynt Ammony all martyrs / that w^t saynt Peter bysshop of the same cyte were by the tyraūt Maximian put to martyrdom. At augustudune the feest of saȳt Amatour a bysshop. In the monastery of wendoper the feest of saynt Leonard

a confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Basoly a cōfessour / of syngu∣ler sanctite. At edysse the feest of saynt Peter a bysshop of notable vertue / & a grete lerned man / & made many werkes moche edificatyue vnto Chrystes chirche / and was also a grete precher and fedde many soules. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. daye of Nouēber. At bonony the feest of saynt Agricola a martyr / y^t was lyke vnto Chryst cru∣cyfyed / & of his seruaūt saynt Vitale / that bycause he wolde not forsake his mayster & his fayth / was before hym put to deth by many turmentes. In fraūce at re∣gens y^e feest of saynt Maximy a confessour / y^t frō youth was of notable vertue / & than abbot of lyrynens / & af∣ter bysshop of regens / a man of many grete myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In perse y^e feest of saynt Peter whose syrname was intercyse / borne of the kynges blode / but of chrysten pa¦rentes / & he in youth baptized / whiche thynge whan the kyng knewe / he caused hȳ by moost horryble cruel∣ty to be kytte euery membre frō other one by one. The feest also of saȳt Iosaphat a kynges sone / y^t was discy¦ple vnto saynt Barlaame / by whome he was baptized & with whome he lyued in desert a holy lyf full of my∣racles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of Nouember. At corynth y^e feest of saynt Sostones discyple vnto saynt Paule / of whome he maketh mencyon in his epystle vnto the corynthes. In affryke y^e feest of saynt Papyne & saynt Mansuete bysshops & martyrs / that in the persecucyon of y^e wan∣dales were enflambed w^t hote yren plates / & by many

other turmentes put to deth. At rome the feest of saynt Rufy a martyr / that by the emperour Dioclecian was put to deth with all his hole housholde / and so all mar¦tyrs.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At rome the feest of saynt Gregory y^e second pope of that name / a grete lerned man & very eloquent / and a grete impugner & confoūder of heretykes / & he cursed the emperour Leo / bycause he destroyed the ymage of Chryst / of our lady / & of other sayntes / w^t many other notable actes. At rome also the feest of an other saynt Gregory y^e thyrde pope of that name / & successour vnto the other / a man also of excellent doctryne / bothe in the greke & latyn tongue / of singuler vertue / & of grete pite vnto the poore / & a bolde man / for he w^tout drede cōfyr∣med the curse of y^e sayd emperour Leo / & ouer that for his obstinacy he put hym and all his successours from all preuyleges / profytes / dominion / lordshyp or gouer∣naunce in rome / ytaly & spayne for euer. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of Nouember. the vigyl of saynt An∣drewe the apostle. At rome in salary strete the feest of saynt Saturnyne / & of saȳt Sisynny a deacon & bothe martyrs / y^t by the prynce Maximian were kepte longe in harde pryson / & after scourged / beten w^t staues / rac∣ked / and theyr ioyntes strayned w^t cordes / enflambed w^t fyry plates / & at y^e last after many moo turmentes he∣ded. At tolose the feest of saynt Saturnyne a bysshop & martyr / that was cast downe from the hyghest toure of the cite / & so martyred.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In egypte the feest of saynt Amos / that maryed by his frendes / persuaded his wyfe to kepe virginite / & so

they lyued togyder virgyns .xviij. yeres / and after her deth he went in to desert / & was an abbot of hygh per∣feccyon & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Pa∣nucy an abbot of y^e wyldernes of heracly / that axed .iij. tymes of our lord / what persones were of lyke meryte vnto hym / & he had answere / a mynstrell / a mayre of a cite / & a marchaūt / whiche {per}sones all thre left y^e worlde & went with hym in to desert / where they all lyued in hygh perfeccyon / & at his deth his soule in open syght was caryed by aungelles in to blysse. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. day of Nouēber. In achay•• at patras the feest of saynt Andrewe y^e apostle / that after he had pre¦ched in sythe / came vnto the sayd cite / where by y^e pro∣consull Egeas after many turmentes he was hanged vpon the crosse / where vpon he remayned quycke two dayes / prechynge styll vnto y^e people. At sanctonas the feest of saynt Trophiane / a man of meruaylous perfec¦cyon / whiche is playnly shewed by dayly myracles. The passion also of saynt Iustyne a gloryous martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Nathanaell / one of the .lxxij. discyples / whome our sauyour called a very israelyte / that is to saye / a very true & faythfull chylde of israell. The feest also of an other saȳt Nathanael an heremyte that was sore vexed by y^e deuyll & had many illusyons and tētacyons / whiche by the helpe of grace he ouer∣came / and was of notable perfeccyon. Also here is re∣membraunce made of the aduent and comynge of our sauyour Chryst Iesu. And the feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

December.

¶ To morowe.

Decēber ¶ THe fyrst daye of December. At rome the feest of saynt Crysant & of saȳt Daria a virgyn / bothe martyrs / that by the emperour Numerary after ma∣ny turmentes / were murthered in sonde & grauell. At rome also y^e feest of saynt Dyodour a preest / & of saynt Marian a deacon / that with many other {per}sones were by the same emperour put to martyrdom. At magonce the feest of saynt Albane a martyr. At nouiome y^e feest of saynt Eligy a bysshop & confessour / gloryous in holy lyfe & myracles. The feest also of saynt Natale a ma∣trone / that was wyfe vnto saynt Adrian the martyr. At naryne the feest of saynt Proculy a preest / & of saynt Mawre / a martyr of gloryous triumphe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Diodory a bysshop & confes∣sour / & of grete lernynge / & made many werkes. The feest also of saynt Ansan / & of his godmoder saȳt Maxi¦ma a virgyn / bothe martyrs / that by his fader a noble man of rome were brought vnto y^e emperours Diocle∣cian & Maximian / where she was beten to deth w^t sta∣ues / & he heded. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The seconde day of Decēber. the feest of saynt Vere & saynt Secury breder / y^t in affryke were put to mar∣tyrdom. At rome the feest of saynt Viuyane a holy wo∣man & a martyr / that by y^e emperour Iulian y^e aposta∣ta was beten to deth with plūmettes of lede.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Peter archebysshop of rauen electe by reuelacyon / a man of notable doctryne / by whose epystle the heretyke Ewtices was cōdempned

he was so eloquent in speche / that he was called by syr¦name chrisologus / that is to saye / golden speche or vt∣teraunce / & he had reuelacyon & knowlege of his deth by an aungell / and was of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The thyrde daye of December. At rome the feest of saynt Clawdy a noble man / & a chefe offycer / & a mar∣tyr / that was tyed vnto a grete stone & cast in to the see. And than his wyfe saynt Hyllary w^t theyr two sones saynt Iason & saȳt Mawre / and .lxx. of his soudyours and seruaūtes / all togyder by y^e emperour Numerian heded. At tynge y^e passyon of saynt Cassiane a martyr / that was a iudge & persecutour of chrysten people ma¦ny yeres / & at the last cōuerted by dyuyne inspiracyon & by grudge or remorce of conscyence / & after receyued gladly suche iudgemēt of martyrdom as he before had gyuen. At wynchester the feest of saynt Byryne a bys∣shop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Lucy a kynge of englonde / y^t was baptized by saynt Tymothe discyple vnto saynt Paule / & after in his realme he cōuerted moche people and at the last he resygned his crowne / & lyued a holy pryuate lyfe / by y^e example wherof many {per}sones were brought vnto hygh {per}feccyon / & notwithstandynge the grete persecucyon of chrystyans / yet dyed he in peace a cōfessour. The feest also of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .iiij. day of December. At pont the feest of saynt Melecy a bysshop & confessour / of grete lernynge & no∣table vertue. At nicomede the passyon of saynt Barba∣ra a virgyn. At alexander the feest of saynt Clement a

preest / a famous man of lernynge in scripture. In the fraunchest of bituricens the feest of saynt Gignauy an abbot / of hygh {per}feccyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Melecy a bysshop / y^e for his notable vertue & doctryne was electe bysshop of antioche / but after he was put out by y^e heretykes cal∣led arrianes / & than he lyued w^t saynt Euseby in hygh {per}feccion & many myracles. At bituricens y^e feest of saȳt Saryne an abbot. And the feest also of many other. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .v. day of December. In affrike at colen thebe∣styne y^e feest of saynt Crispyne a virgyn & martyr / that bycause she wold not do sacrefyce vnto y^e ydolles / was by the procōsull Anolyne vnder the emperours Diocle¦cian & Maximian heded. In ytaly y^e feest of saynt Dal¦matyke a martyr. At treuer the feest of saynt Niceny a bisshop & cōfessour. At tagora the feest of saynt Iuly / & of the blessed woman saynt Potamie. The feest also of saynt Saby a confessour and an abbot.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At nyce the feest of saynt Basse a bysshop & martyr / that after many cruell turmentes was set standynge vpon a stocke / & two nayles of yren made of his owne lengthe were dryuen through out his body from his sholders on eyther syde downe through his fete in to the stocke / and there so he dyed. In wales at the myn∣ster of saynt Dauid the feest of saynt Iustiniane a bys∣shop & martyr / borne of the noble blode of the lesse bry∣tayne / and for Chryst he forsoke his countree & kynne / & was ledde by an aūgell in to many coūtrees / where he euer dyd many myracles / & at the last he came vnto saynt Dauid and was his dayly ghostly fader / where

his owne seruaūtes bycause he rebuked theyr synnes stroke of his heed / where forthwith sprange a well / & the deed body toke vp the heed & bare it ouer the see / & the people folowed as though it had ben the drye londe vnto they came where now he lyeth full of myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vj. daye of December. the feest of saynt Nico∣las bysshop of myrre in the countree of lycie / a man of synguler sanctite and many notable myracles / among whiche is chefely remembred how beynge in a coun∣tree ferre of / he appered by vysyon vnto the emperour Constantyne / & by warnynge & thretenynge he with∣drewe his dyspleasure and sentence agaynst certayne persones that wrongfully were iudged vnto deth. In affryke the feest of y^e holy women saynt Denyse / saynt Datyue / & saynt Leoncy. And of saynt Cercy a monke saynt Emilian & saynt Boniface / with other thre per∣sones all martyrs / put to dethe at one tyme by moost cruell turmentes.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Nicolas y^e fyrst pope of that name / a grete and bolde defender of the chirche for he cursed the emperour of constantinople / bycause he enterprysed and medled with y^e correccyon and pu∣nysshement of the clergy. And he cursed the kynge of fraūce / bycause he helde a concubyne besyde his wyfe whiche sayd kynge was compelled to come hymselfe vnto the same pope at rome to be assoyled. The feest al¦so of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .vij. daye of December. In alexander the feest of saynt Agathon a martyr / y^t beynge a man of warre

with the emperour Decius / grudged & spake agaynst the cruelty that was done vnto the christen people / for the whiche he was heded. At sanctonas y^e feest of saȳt Martyne an abbot / at whose tombe ben dayly myra∣cles. In the fraunchest of meldinens the feest of saynt Fare a virgyn. The ordynacyon also & consecracyon of saynt Ambrose bysshop & confessour. And the octaue of saynt Andrewe.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde the feest of saynt Boecy a bysshop and confessour / that reysed a kynge of englonde from deth and a kynges doughter of yrelonde / with many other persones / and other grete myracles in many dyuerse countrees. And had the spiryte of prophecy and reue∣lacyon of his deth. The feest also of saynt Agathon an abbot / that bycause he wolde precysely kepe sylence / bare a stone contynually thre yeres in his mouth / and he neuer slepte or wente to reste wrothe or dyspleased with ony persone. For a wrathfull persone (sayd he) all though he reysed deed bodyes and dyd myracles / yet doth he no thynge please god. And he oft sayd / that a religyous persone sholde euer contynue as he began the fyrst daye of his entre / and in no wyse trust vnto hymselfe / for selfe trust (sayd he) is the moder of pas∣syons and trouble. The feest also of saynt Genebawde bysshop of laudunens / and of his sone saynt Latry bys¦shop also of the same cite and his successour. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .viij. day of December. The concepcyon of our lady saynt Mary the moder of god. At rome the feest of saynt Ewtician pope and martyr / that after he had ruled the chirche one yere / was by the emperour Au∣relian

put to martyrdom / and buryed in the cymitery of saynt Calixt. In alexander the feest of saynt Macha¦ry a martyr / that by the emperour Decius bycause he wold not forsake Chryst / was brent. In the fraūchest of dymens the deposycyon of saynt Leonard a confes∣sour of notable vertue.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Romaryke an abbot of hygh perfeccyon / whose soule was seen passe in to heuen by a clowde. The feest also of saȳt zenon a bysshop / a man of noble doctryne / and made many werkes / & was of many myracles. The feest also of an other saynt Ewti¦cian a cōfessour. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .ix. daye of December. The feest of saynt Leo∣cade a virgyn / that in the cite of tolete was put in pri∣son by Decius the presydent of spayne / wherin whan she herde of the passyon of the holy woman saynt Ew∣laly with other martyrs / she kneled to praye / & in that prayer she expyred. The feest also of saynt Cipriane abbot of petragoryke a man of synguler sanctite & ma∣ny myracles. The translacyon also of saynt Sebastian a martyr / and of saynt Gregory pope.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Proculy a bysshop and con∣fessour / that in the persecucyon of the emperour Maxi∣mian wylfully offred hymselfe vnto martyrdom. And bycause the iudge supposed and thought he had doted for age / he delyuered hym / for y^e whiche he made grete sorowe and mournynge / than he preched boldly & con∣uerted moche people / & dyd many myracles. The feest also of saynt Syre a bysshop and confessour / a man of grete lernynge / and conuerted many coūtrees / & was

of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .x. day of December. At hyspolitane the feest of saynt Capofory a preest / and of saynt Habundy a dea∣con / that in the persecucyon of y^e emperour Dioclecian were beten with staues / nere famysshed in prison / rac∣ked / and after many other turmentes at the last heded In spayne at emeryte the passyon of saynt Ewlale a virgyn and martyr / that by the mayre Daciane after many cruell paynes was racked / and her flesshe torne with hokes / and than two grete fyres made on euery syde / & so by longe space she was consumed vnto deth. In the same cite the feest of saynt Iulia a virgyn and martyr / cosyne germayne vnto the sayd virgyn / and felowe with her in all her paynes / and with gladde mynde receyued with her the crowne of martyrdom. The feest also of saynt Melchyady pope & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Erynbald a iudge / that vn∣to iustyce had synguler zele / in soo moche that whan his systers sone had rauysshed a virgyn / he beynge vpon his deth bedde / iudged hym vnto dethe / but the offycers for fauoure suffred hym to escape / after the yonge man supposyng his vncle had forgoten the ma∣ter / came to vysyte hym / whome he secretly called vn∣to hym / and with a knyfe kytte his throte / for the whi¦che dede his ghostly fader called hym an homycyde / & wolde not mynystre vnto hym the sacrament of Chry∣stes body / vnto the whiche he answered / that he dyd that dede without ony malyce for the zele of iustyce / & so was it there shewed by reuelacyon / and he receyued

the sacrament by myracle without ony mānes hande and so departed. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xj. day of December. At rome the feest of saynt Damasy pope. The feest also of saynt Traso a mar∣tyr / that by the emperour Maximian was put to mar¦tyrdom with saynt Ponciane and saynt Pretaxate. At beame the feest of saynt Gencian and saynt Fustinian martyrs / that were bounden vnto a post / and iuce of herbes with vynegre & peper blowen in to theyr eares and nosethrylles / and theyr hedes nayled vnto the post with hote fyry nayles / theyr eyes put out / and theyr bodyes shotte full of arowes / and after all these & ma∣ny other cruell paynes / they were heded / with whome saynt Victoryke theyr host that lodged them was put to martyrdome. In spayne the feest of saynt Ewtyke a noble man / and of synguler vertue.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Sauyne bysshop of placen∣tyne / a man of synguler sanctite / that by reuelacyon dyd translate the body of saynt Antonyne. The ryuer also of pade by his commaūdement wente backe from the chirche londes in to the canell / & neuer after noyed ne hurte ony parte of y^e same londes / with many other notable myracles. The feest also of many other ho. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xij. daye of December. At narbon the feest of saynt Paule a confessour / that by the apostle Paule was consecrate bysshop of the same cite / and after he wente with hym in to spayne to preche / where the a∣postle lefte hym / and he there dyd grete dilygence / and by his holy lyfe and myracles he cōuerted moche peo∣ple.

At alexander the feest of saynt Ammonary & saynt Mercury / with other two all foure holy women and martyrs / that after many cruell and newfounde tur∣mentes were slayne by y^e swerde. The feest also of saȳt Hermogenes / saynt Donate / and of other .xxij. perso∣nes all martyrs. In the fraūchest of niuiacens y^e feest of saynt Waleryke a preest and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saȳt Ewstrace a martyr / that was a duke and chefe capitayne vnder the emperours Dio¦clecian and Maximiane / & was taken at satale where he was put to meruaylous turmentes and passion / in the whiche saynt Ewgene a grete offycer was cōuer∣ted / and than were they bothe togyder nayled vnto a blocke / and so caryed vnto auare / where they were put to newe passyon / in the whiche saynt Auxence / saynt Mardary / and saynt Oresty / with many other perso∣nes were cōuerted / & all togyder put to deth. At alexan¦der the feest of saynt Epimachy / and saynt Alexander martyrs. In yrelonde the feest of saynt Fynany an ab∣bot / in whose concepcyon his moder had of hym a re∣uelacyon / he cast a water lyke a mere in to the see / and where it was he buylded a monastery / and he ordey∣ned in an other monastery .iij.M. monkes. And he rey∣sed .v. persones from deth / and turned water in to wy∣ne / with many other myracles / that he dyd as well in englonde and wales as in yrelonde / & had also reuela∣cyon of his deth. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiij. day of December. In sicilie at syracusane the feest of saynt Luce a virgyn and martyr / that in the persecucyon of the emperour Dioclecian was fyrst

cōmytted by the iudge Pascasy vnto the cōmune baw¦des to haue ben defouled / but whan they pulled her forthe / she (by the vertue of Chryst) stode immouable as an hyll / than they tyed cordes and ropes vnto her / and put to grete strengthe of men and many yokes of oxen / but no thynge for them all she remoued or stered / than made they a grete fyre aboute her where she sto∣de / and cast therin pytche and rosyne / and cast vpon her body boylynge lede and oyle / and at the last after ma∣ny turmentes / they put a swerde in to her bowelles / and so she ended her martyrdom. The feest also of saȳt Awthebert / bysshop of camber. The deposycyon also of saynt Iudoke a confessour of synguler sanctite.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde the feest of saynt Columby an abbot / borne of noble lignage / and forsoke the worlde to serue god in religyon / wherin he was of hygh perfeccyon / & a grete founder of monasteryes / he put in two mona∣steryes thre hondred monkes / he reysed also from deth a kynges sone of englonde and his doughter / and con∣uerted hym and all his people / and many myracles he dyd in ytaly and in other regyons / and he was caryed by aūgels from a ferre countree vnto the deth of saynt Fynane / with many other notable actes. The feest al∣so of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / cōfes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xiiij. daye of December. In cypris the feest of saynt Spiridion a bysshop / one of the confessours that by the emperour Maximiane were put to many tur∣mentes / after whiche he put out theyr ryght eyes / & kytte of theyr lefte thūmes / and so condempned them vnto exyle / where this holy saynt lyued in hygh per∣feccyon

and many myracles. At alexander the feest of saynt Heron / saynt Arseny / saynt Ysidour / and a childe called saynt Dioscour / that by myracle was delyuered for that tyme / where the other after many turmentes were brent. At antioche the feest of saynt Drusy / saynt zosymy / and saynt Theodour all martyrs. At reame the feest of saynt Nicasy a bysshop and martyr / and of his syster saynt Ewtropie. The deposicyon also of saȳt Attyke a monke. The feest also of saynt Lothary an abbot / of hygh perfeccyon and many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Agnelly an abbot of syngu∣ler sanctite & many myracles / whose holy body lyeth in naples in grete honour and glorye. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xv. daye of December. In affryke the feest of saynt Valerian a bysshop and confessour / that in y^e age of .lxxx. yeres was for the defence of the chyrche put out of his cite / and strayte cōmaundement gyuen that no persone sholde take hym vnto lodgynge / ne yet suf∣fre hym to lodge vpon theyr grounde / so was he com∣pelled to byde contynually vnto his dethe in the hye wayes and stretes. In the terrytory of orlyaunce the feest of saynt Maximyne an holy abbot / of synguler perfeccyon and many myracles.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Theodour bisshop of tarcens a noble lerned man and made many werkes / and spe∣cyally vpon Paules epystles / of whose vertue saynt Ierome wryteth. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvj. daye of December. the feest of thre stryp∣lynges / saynt Ananie / saynt Azary / and saynt Misael that were put in to the flambynge fourneys / where they remayned without no paūce / whose holy bodyes done lye at babylon in a caue. At tuscia y^e feest of saynt Barbara a virgyn and martyr / that in y^e persecucyon of the emperour Maximyane was nere famysshed in harde pryson / scourged / racked / hote lampes put vnto her body / her pappes kytte from her brest / with many other meruaylous turmentes / and after all slayne by the swerde. At rauen y^e feest of saynt Valentyne / saynt Vanaly and saynt Agricoly.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At treuer the feest of saynt Prisciliane bysshop of ba¦pyll and a martyr / a noble lerned man / and made ma∣ny werkes / and (as saynt Ierome wryteth) he was put to martyrdom by a tyraūt called Maximian / that was a capitayne w^t the emperour Theodosy the fyrst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xvij. day of December. the trāslacyon of saynt Ignacy a bysshop & martyr / brought from rome vnto antioche / where he lyeth without dampnytyke gate in the cymiterye of the same chyrche. The feest also of saynt Lazare / whome (as the gospell testyfyeth) our sauyour reysed from deth. The feest also of his syster saynt Martha / in the worshyp of whome a fayre chir∣che is buylded at bethany / anenst y^e hous where they dwelled. In the eest partyes at elewteropole the feest of fyfty martyrs / that were put to deth by y^e sarasyns.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At gaze the feest of saynt Floriane / saynt Kalanyke and of .xl. other persones all martyrs. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xviij. daye of December. At philyppes in ma∣cedony the feest of saynt Ruf / & of saynt zosymy mar∣tyrs / that were of y^e fyrst sorte of discyples / by whome the chirche of Chryst was founded / of whose martyr∣dome saynt Policarpe wryteth in his epystle vnto the phylipens. In affryke the passyon of saynt Moysety a martyr. At turon the feest of saynt Canciane the fyrst bysshop of the same cite / and sente thyder from rome / where he dyd many myracles / and gretely edifyed the chirche of Chryst.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At toletane the feest of saynt Hyldefons / bysshop of the same cite / a man of synguler deuocyon vnto our la¦dy / for the whiche he ordeyned a feest of her to be kepte in his chirche before Chrystmas / in the whiche she ap¦pered vnto hym / and brought hym a whyte stole and a chayre / whiche yet vnto this day ben there reserued for holy relykes. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xix. daye of December. In egypte the feest of saynt Nemesy a martyr / that by the iudge Emyliane after many turmētes was brent amonge theues and robbers. At nice the feest of saynt Darius a martyr. At antisiodour the feest of saynt Gregory a bysshop & confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In yrelonde the feest of saynt Samdyne a virgyn / borne of noble blode / and by her frendes maryed / but for the desyre of virginite she was delyuered from her spouse by myracle / and so entred religyon / wherin she

came to hygh perfeccyon & was abbesse / a grete almes woman and very pyteous / and many persones she de∣lyuered from shame and rebuke / many also from pry∣son by myracle / and by her prayer she remoued a chir∣che / with many other notable actes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xx. day of December. At alexander the feest of saynt Ammony / saynt zenony / saynt Tholomy / saynt Iugeny / and saynt Theophyly all martyrs / that for confortynge a martyr that faynted in his turmentes / were all taken / and after greuous turmentes put to deth. In trace at gelduba the feest of saynt Iuly a mar¦tyr. At amphitre y^e feest of saynt Liberate / & the vigyll of saynt Thomas.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ At cesaree palestyne the feest of saynt Gelasy bys∣shop of the same cite / a man of notable doctryne / and made many werkes / and was of synguler sanctite & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxj. daye of December. the feest of saynt Tho∣mas the apostle / that preched vnto the parthes & me∣des / and after in ynde he was put to martyrdome / af∣ter the whiche many yeres he was translate vnto the cite of edisse. In tuscie the feest of saynt Iohn / and of saynt Festy. The feest also of saynt Ewyne a quene. In englonde within the fraūchest of oxford / at betony the deposicyon of saynt Berenwald preest & martyr.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Denyse a bysshop and discy∣ple vnto the sayd apostle saynt Thomas / whome he cōuerted with saynt Pelagia his spouse that was the

kynges doughter / whome the apostle consecrate a vir¦gyn / and made her an abbesse / whiche after the deth of her sayd spouse was desyred vnto maryage of a no∣ble man / vnto whome bycause she wolde not consent / she was heded and buryed in the same sepulcre with her spouse. The feest also of many other holy sayn. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxij. daye of December. At rome in lauycane strete bytwene the laureres the feest of .xx. martyrs / that in y^e persecucyon of y^e emperour Dioclecian were put to deth all togyder. At alexander the feest of saynt Chiridon a martyr / that bycause he wold not do sacre∣fyce vnto the ydolles / was prycked in the bely and bo∣dy with nalles and botkyns tyll he was deed. At an∣tioche the feest of saynt Basyley / saynt Dewtrey / saȳt Honorate & saynt Flour martyrs. The feest also of saȳt Theosie a virgyn.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Theotimy bysshop of cireney a noble lerned man / and made many {pro}fytable werkes and was of holy lyfe & many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiij. daye of December. At nicomede the feest of .xx. martyrs / that in y^e persecucyon of the emperour Dioclecian were by moost cruell turmētes put to deth. At rome the feest of saynt Victor a virgyn and martyr that in the persecucyon of the emperour Dioclecian by¦cause she wolde not mary a pagan / ne yet do sacrefyce vnto the ydolles / was put to cruell passyon / in y^e whi∣che she conuerted many virgyns and other persones / and dyd grete myracles / and after all she was thrast vnto the herte with a swerde. At rome also the feest of

saynt Seruuly / that (as saȳt Gregory wryteth) was euer from youth seke of the palsey / and yet of synguler sanctite and many myracles. At nicomede the feest of xxxv. martyrs. At rome the feest of .viij.C. & .xxx. mar∣tyrs. The deposicyon also of saynt Gyldebert a kynge.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Amphilacy bysshop of ycony a man of notable vertue and grete lernynge / and made many werkes moche profytable vnto Chrystes fayth amonge whiche werkes / one he wrote vnto saynt Ie∣rome of the holy ghost / he was also of many myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / mart. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxiiij. day of December. the vigyl of the byrth of Chryst. In syre at antioche the feest of .xl. virgyns and martyrs / that in the persecucyon of the emperour Daciane were all togyder put to martyrdom. In tus∣cia at spolete the feest of saynt Gregory a preest & mar∣tyr / that in the persecucyon of y^e emperour Dioclecian was beten with staues / racked / and after broyled / and than prycked all ouer the body / specyally in his knees with botkyns / his rybbes brent with hote lampes / & at the last after all turmētes he was heded. At tripole the feest of saynt Lucian / a holy confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Abdi the prophete / that was the thyrde capitayne that came from kynge Acab vn∣to the prophete Hely / whiche saynt Abdi hydde a hon∣dred prophetes from the cursed quene Iezabell y^t slewe and destroyed y^e prophetes of god / for the whiche dede almyghty god made hym a {pro}phete / whose wyfe and chylder after his deth were releued by y^e prophete Eli∣zey

/ by whose prayer she fylled many vesselles of oyle out of one lytell vessell / and so she payde her dettes and saued her childer / and after these two prophetes were buryed bothe togyder / where after was buryed also saynt Iohn baptist. The feest also of y^e prophete Naū. And of many other holy sayntes / mart. confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxv. daye of December. At bethleem iude the natiuite and byrth of our lorde & sauyour Iesu Chryst the essenciall sone of almyghty god / & the naturall sone of our blessed lady saynt Mary euer moost pure & im∣maculate virgyn / whiche blessed byrth was in the .xlij yere of the emperour Augustus / & the very true tyme named and appoynted by the prophecy of Daniell / as appereth in the .ix. chapytre of his boke. The yere also of a notable date amonge the iewes called olympiades C.lxxx. and .xiij. The yere also from the foundacyon & buyldynge of Rome .vij.C. and .lij. And the yere from the begynnynge of the worlde .v.M.C.lxxix. The feest also of saynt Anastas a virgin and martyr / that by the emperour Dioclecian was brought vnto the yle of pal¦mary / where after longe imprysomnent & many tur∣mentes she was brent / with whome were put to deth by varyaūt turmentes .CC. men / and .vij.C. women. At rome in the cimitery of saynt Aproniane the feest of saynt Ewgeny a virgyn and martyr / a woman of no∣table myracles / and an abbesse of many virgyns / that by the emperor Galiene after many turmentes was slayne by the swerde.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The deposicyon also of saynt Luciane a preest / that translated the holy bodyes of saynt Steuen / saynt Ni¦codeme / saynt Gamaliel and saynt Abibon / and wrote

also the story of the reuelacyon. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvj. daye of December. At Ierusalem y^e feest of saynt Stephan the fyrst martyr / that in the same yere of the ascencyon of our sauyour was by the iewes stoned vnto deth / whose holy body in y^e tyme of prynce Honory was founde by reuelacyon. At rome in appia strete y^e deposicyon of saynt Denyse pope / a noble man of doctryne and holynes. At rome also the feest of saynt Maryne a martyr / that was a noble capytayne vnder the emperour Marciane / & by hym put to martyrdom.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of two monkes / whose names be not shewed / that by the infydeles in a fury and rage were put to cruell martyrdom. The feest also of al any other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxvij. day of December. At ephesy the feest of saynt Iohn̄ the euangelyst / that was exyled in to the yle of pathmos / where by diuyne reuelacion he wrote the apocalypse / and after returned in to asia / where he wrote his gospell of our sauyour / and founded there many chyrches and gouerned many persones / and so he perseuered vnto the reygne of the emperour Eraia¦nus / and than he departed in the age of .lxxx. and .xix. yeres / & in the yere of our lord after his passyon .lxviij. and was buryed nere vnto the sayd cite. At alexander the feest of saynt Maximy a bysshop of notable vertue in the confessyon of Chryst.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Maximy bysshop of

tawrinens / a man of notable doctryne / and made ma∣ny Omelyes / that is to saye sermons / and many wer∣kes of grete eloquence moche edifycatyue and profyta∣ble vnto the chyrche of Chryst. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confessours / & virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxviij. day of December. At bethleem the feest of the Innocentes / that for Chryst were slayne by He∣rode. In galas at anchyr the feest of saynt Ewticy a preest / and saynt Dom••ciane a deacon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of an other saynt Ewticy an abbot of hygh perfeccyon / that notwithstandynge dyd no my∣racles in his lyfe / but after his deth very many. The feest also of saynt Florens a cōfessour / that was felowe vnto the sayd abbot / and after his eleccyon he remay∣ned alone / vnto whome came a here and me••••ly dyd hym seruyce / and kepte his shepe / and euer at the due houre cōmaunded he brought them home / and he dyd many myracles in his lyfe and moo after. The feest al¦so of saynt Alphege archebysshop of caūterbury / that before was elect by reuelacyon bysshop of wynchester whiche reuelacyon was shewed vnto saynt Dunstane vnto whome was also shewed that he shold be his suc∣cessour / ••uld so he was. And after he was by the danes put ••o moost cruell martyrdom / & was buryed at lon∣don / where his holy body .x. yeres after was foūde in the same state and maner / and the flesshe and blode as grene and fresshe as the same daye he was slayne / and euer full of myracles. The feest also of many other ho∣ly sayntes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxix. day of December. At Ierusalem the feest of saynt Dauid kynge and prophete. At arelate y^e feest of saynt Trophyne / of whome the apostle Paule wry¦teth vnto his discyple Tymothe / and whome he con∣secrate bysshop of the same cite / by whose holy lyfe / do∣ctryne and myracles / all fraunce (as saynt zozymy the pope wryteth) was gretely edifyed. In the fraūchest of oxforde the feest of saynt Ebrulfe an abbot and mar∣tyr / that for defendynge the lybertees of his chyrche was in the chyrche slayne with swerdes. At Ierusa∣lem the feest of saynt Melane a sacred nonne.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ Here ben remēbred certayne faders of the olde testa∣ment. At bethleem the feest of saynt Iesse / that by an other name was also called Ysai / fader vnto saynt Da¦uid the prophete / and a man of noble blode & holy con∣uersacyon. The feest also of saynt Nathan / that in the tyme of Dauid & Salomon was the prophete of god. The feest also of an other saynt Dauid a monke & con∣fessour / that many yeres was a robber and capitayne of .xxx. theues / but after he toke grete compunccyon & contricyon & entred religyon / wherin he lyued a strayte and holy lyfe / and at the last he had reuelacyon by an aūgell y^t all his synnes were forgyuen / & he was than of many grete myracles. The passion also of saȳt Tho¦mas archebysshop of cauterbury. The feest also of saȳt Vrsyne a bysshop. And of many other holy saynt. {etc}

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxx. daye of December. At spolete the feest of saynt Sabyne a bysshop / saynt Exsuperance / & saynt Marcell deacons / saynt Venustiane and his wyfe and chylder all martyrs / that by the emperour Maximian

were put to deth by many varyaūt & cruell turmentes At alexander the feest of saynt Mansuete a martyr / w^t other .x. persones put to dethe with hym. At rome the feest of saynt Felix a bysshop. At turon the feest of saynt Perpetuy a bysshop / that honourably buylded y^e chyr∣che of saynt Martyne bysshop and confessour.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ In englonde the feest of saynt Ewgyne bysshop of worcester / where he was borne of the kynges blode / a man of synguler sanctite & many myracles. The feest also of saynt Liberall a bysshop and martyr / that for his notable vertue was made deacon in the age of .xvj yeres / at .xviij. preest / and at .xx. bysshop of rānens / a grete precher / by fame wherof the emperour Hadrian sent for hym vnto rome / where he was put vnto mer∣uaylous turmentes / in the whiche moche people was conuerted / and saynt Cerbery was put to dethe with hym / & his owne moder saynt Euanthe that folowed hym vnto rome was heded with her sone. The feest also of an other saynt Felix the thyrde pope of y^t name / a grete confounder of heretykes / and he ordeyned that chirches sholde not be cōsecrate of ony other but a bys∣shop / with many other good statutes. The feest also of many other holy sayntes / martyrs / confes. & virg.

¶ To morowe.

¶ The .xxxj. day of Decēber. At rome the feest of saynt Siluester pope / whose actes ben wrytē at more length in the legende. At senon the feest of saynt Sabiane and saynt Potenciane a bysshop / and bothe martyrs / that were sente by the pope vnto the moder chyrche of the same cite to preche / where they were put to martyr∣dome. In the same cite also the feest of saynt Colūbyne

a virgyn / that by the prynce Aureliane was cast in to a fyre / & after many other turmentes at the last slayne by the swerde. At reciar the feest of saynt Hermete an exorcist in order / of hygh perfeccyon.

¶ Addicyons.

¶ The feest also of saynt Barbaciane a preest and con¦fessour / that with saȳt Tymothe came to rome where they dyd soo many myracles / that by the fame therof saynt Gall the empresse whose syrname was Placida moder vnto the emperour Valentiniane / came to rome to se them / but whan she came saynt Tymothe was deed / and saynt Barbaciane had enclosed hymselfe in a lytell sell / where he dyd many notable myracles / & in a whyle he also departed / whome y^e sayd empresse bu∣ryed with grete honour / where he lyeth full of dayly myracles. The feest also of saȳt Odilion an abbot / that was a knyghtes sone / and lame borne of all his lȳmes but after he was cured by a myracle of our lady / and was a monke of the monastery of cluniacens / where after he was abbot / and euer of holy lyf & many grete myracles. And he fyrst ordeyned y^e seruyce of all soules nexte after all halowes / and cōmaūded the same feest to be kepte solemply through out all his order / with many other noble actes / whose blessed soule after his deth was seen lyke vnto an aūgell / and his holy body there buryed / where he remayneth full of grete & ma∣ny myracles. The feest also of many other holy sayn∣tes / martyrs / confessours / and virgyns.

¶ Deo gratias.

¶ Praye for the wretche of syon your moost vn∣worthy broder Rychard whytford.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nota.
• * 1.2

  A trytory is alone to saye as a fraūchest
• * 1.3

  a. l. leonce
• * 1.4

  Nota.
• * 1.5

  Lectoris. In y^e holy sacramēt of preest∣hode ben vij. orders of y^e whi∣che lector is one.
• * 1.6

  Eccli. xlix
• * 1.7

  lib. v. ca. xxvij.
• * 1.8

  lib. x.
• * 1.9

  ❀
• * 1.10

  For the lepe yere
• * 1.11

  iij. di. ca. xviij.
• * 1.12

  Note. In the holy sacrament of presthode bē vii. orders.

  • i. Lector.
  • ii. Hostiarie.
  • iii. Exorcist.
  • iiii. Colet.
  • v. subdeacon.
  • vi. Deacon.
  • vii. Preest.
• * 1.13

  Nota.
• * 1.14

  ¶ Note here how dilygent holy faders were to trās∣late holy scri∣pture ī to the moder tōgue and cōmune language.
• * 1.15

  Apocripha ben called su∣che storyes or writynges as ben of no sure grounde ne of certayn auctoryte / & therfore ben not accepted for verey trouth / all though they may sōtyme be wryten / spoken & byle¦ued without offence.
• * 1.16

  Note wel y^e meryte of pure & symple obedience
• * 1.17

  note how the empe∣rour dyd open pe∣naunce.
• * 1.18

  j. dia. ca. ij
• * 1.19

  Saynt a name.
• * 1.20

  Saynt Audre.
• * 1.21

  lib. iij. ca. xvij
• * 1.22

  dia. iij. ca. xij.
• * 1.23

  a towne
• * 1.24

  lib. iij. ca. xxxviij.
• * 1.25

  Math. xxiij.
• * 1.26

  Eccli. v.
• * 1.27

  Macha∣beo{rum} .ij.
• * 1.28

  lib. iij. ca. xxvj.
• * 1.29

  iij. dialo. ca. ix.