At Caesarea in Palestine, Saint Peter, surnamed Apselamus or Balsamus, martyr, who, under the emperor Maximinus, though often urged by the governor and all the bystanders to spare his youth, disregarded their exhortations and, through fire, like the purest gold, bore witness with brave spirit to his faith in Christ.
January 11th
Saint Peter Apselamus
Latin Original
Caesareae in Palestína, sancti Petri, cognoménto Apselámi seu Bálsami, mártyris, qui, sub Maximino imperatóre, szeepe a praeside omnibüsque adstántibus rogátus, ut iuventüti suz párceret, eórum exhortatiónibus negléctis, per ignem, velut aurum puríssimum, fidem in Christum forti ánimo testátus est.