At Villareal, in the kingdom of Valencia, of St.
Pascal, of the Order of Minorites, a man of
wonderful innocence, and replenished with the
spirit of penance.-At Pisa, in Tuscany, of St.
Torpes, martyr, who first filled a high office in
the court of Nero, and was one of those of whom
the apostle St. Paul wrote from Rome to the
Philippians: "All the saints salute you, especially
those that are of the house of Cesar." For the
faith of Christ, he was afterwards, by order of
Satellicus, buffeted, cruelly scourged and delivered
to the beasts to be devoured, but being uninjured,
he at last terminated his martyrdom by decapitation
on the 29th of April. His feast, however, is kept
on this day, on account of the translation of his
body.-The same day, of St. Restituta, virgin and
martyr, who, in the reign of Valerian, was subjected
to various kinds of tortures in Africa by the judge
Proculus, and then put in a boat filled with pitch
and tow, that she might be burnt to death on the
sea. But when the boat was set on fire, the flame
turned on those who had kindled it, and the saint
yielded her spirit to God in prayer. Her body,
together with the skiff, was, by divine providence,
carried to the island of Ischia, near Naples, where
it was received by the Christians with great
veneration. A church was afterwards erected in
her honor at Naples, by Constantine the Great.-
At Noyon, of the holy martyrs Heradius, Paul,
and Aquilinus, with two others.-At Chalcedon, of
the holy martyrs Solochanus and his companions,
soldiers, under the emperor Maximian.-At Alexandria, of the holy martyrs Adrio, Victor and
Basilla-At Wurzburg, of St. Bruno, bishop and
confessor.
Library of Congress. The Roman Martyrology. John Murphy & CO, Publishers, 1897.