January 31st

Saint Metranus

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Alexandria, Egypt · d. c. 250

The commemoration of Saint Metranus, martyr at Alexandria in Egypt, whom, under the Emperor Decius, the bystanders fiercely beat when, at the bidding of the pagans, he refused to utter impious words, and, crushing him with stones outside the city, put him to death.

Latin Original

Commemorátio sancti Metráni, mártyris Alexandria 1n /Egypto, quem adstántes sub Décio imperatóre, cum, pagánis iubéntibus, ímpia verba proférre noluísset, feróciter collisérunt et extra urbem lapídibus oppréssum interemérunt.