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E05557: Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 2 June at Lyon (central Gaul) of *Blandina and the forty-seven Martyrs of Lyon (S00316). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
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IV Non. Iun. In Lugduno, sanctae Blandinae cum quadraginta septem martyribus: cui a prima luce usque ad vesperam tormenta semper innovantes, ad ultimum victos se tortores confitentur: quae et secundo pulsata cruciatibus non superatur. Tertio quoque die religata ad stipitem atque in crucis modum distenta, bestiis, pabulum praeperatur. Quam cum nulla ex bestiis auderet attingere, rursum revocatur ad carcerem; quarto etiam verberibus acta, craticulis exusta et multa alia perpessa, ad ultimum glado iugulatur. Tunc et Ponticus puer annorum quindecim, per omnia tormentorum genera cum ipsa per circum actus, et materna eius cohortatione roboratus, ante illam martyrium consummavit, sub Antonino Vero. Scriptum in Historia Ecclesiastica, libro quinto.
'2 June. In Lyon, the feast of Saint Blandina with forty-seven martyrs: always renewing their torments from first light to evening, at last the torturers acknowledge that they themselves have been conquered: she is not vanquished, having been beaten with instruments of torture again for a second day. And also on the third day, having been bound to a stake and stretched out in the manner of a cross, she is set out as food for the beasts. Since none of the beasts would dare to touch her, she is called back again to prison; indeed on the fourth day, having gone through lashings, having been burnt with small griddle-irons, and having steadfastly endured many other things, at last she is slaughtered by the sword. Then Ponticus, too, a boy of fifteen years, having gone through all types of torments with her throughout the circus, and having been strengthened by her maternal encouragement, accomplished martyrdom before her, under Antoninus Verus. It is written in the Ecclesiastical History [of Eusebius], Book five.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 98. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 186, lightly modified.
IV Non. Iun. In Lugduno, sanctae Blandinae cum quadraginta septem martyribus: cui a prima luce usque ad vesperam tormenta semper innovantes, ad ultimum victos se tortores confitentur: quae et secundo pulsata cruciatibus non superatur. Tertio quoque die religata ad stipitem atque in crucis modum distenta, bestiis, pabulum praeperatur. Quam cum nulla ex bestiis auderet attingere, rursum revocatur ad carcerem; quarto etiam verberibus acta, craticulis exusta et multa alia perpessa, ad ultimum glado iugulatur. Tunc et Ponticus puer annorum quindecim, per omnia tormentorum genera cum ipsa per circum actus, et materna eius cohortatione roboratus, ante illam martyrium consummavit, sub Antonino Vero. Scriptum in Historia Ecclesiastica, libro quinto.
'2 June. In Lyon, the feast of Saint Blandina with forty-seven martyrs: always renewing their torments from first light to evening, at last the torturers acknowledge that they themselves have been conquered: she is not vanquished, having been beaten with instruments of torture again for a second day. And also on the third day, having been bound to a stake and stretched out in the manner of a cross, she is set out as food for the beasts. Since none of the beasts would dare to touch her, she is called back again to prison; indeed on the fourth day, having gone through lashings, having been burnt with small griddle-irons, and having steadfastly endured many other things, at last she is slaughtered by the sword. Then Ponticus, too, a boy of fifteen years, having gone through all types of torments with her throughout the circus, and having been strengthened by her maternal encouragement, accomplished martyrdom before her, under Antoninus Verus. It is written in the Ecclesiastical History [of Eusebius], Book five.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 98. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 186, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E05557Saint Name
Martyrs of Lyon : S00316Saint Name in Source
Blandina cum quadraginta septem martyribusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologies Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsLanguage
LatinEvidence not before
725Evidence not after
731Activity not before
177Activity not after
731Place of Evidence - Region
Britain and IrelandPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Wearmouth and JarrowPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Wearmouth and Jarrow St Albans St Albans VerulamiumMajor author/Major anonymous work
BedeCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast