At Smyrna in Asia, the passion of Saint Germanicus, martyr, who, in the time of the emperors Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius, was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, whom he preceded in martyrdom; for, while flourishing in the bloom of his early youth and condemned by the judge, by the power of God he cast out all fear of his body’s frailty and of his own accord provoked the beast made ready for him.
January 19th
Saint Germanicus
Latin Original
Smyrne in Asia, pássio sancti Germánici, mártyris Philadelphía, qui, témpore Marci Antoníni et Lüácii Aurélii imperatórum, sancti Polycárpi discipulus fuit, quem in martyrio praecéssit, cum, primava setátis venustáte florénte a iüdice damnátus, Dei virtüáte metum corpórez suze fragilitátis excládens béstiam 1psi parátam sponte provocávit.