At Liège in Austrasia, the passion of Saint Lambert, bishop of Maastricht and martyr, who, sentenced to exile, withdrew to the monastery of Stavelot; afterward, his see restored, he discharged the pastoral office with distinction and was slain, an innocent man, by the envious.
September 17th
Saint Lambert
Latin Original
Leódii in Austrásia, pássio sancti Lambérti, episcopi Traiecténsis et mártyris, qui, exsilio afféctus, in monastérium Stabulénse se recépit; póstea, sede restitáta, münere pastoráli egrégie perfünctus est et ab ínvidis ínnocens occísus.