August 4th

Blessed Rainerius

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Split, Croatia · d. 1180

At Split in Dalmatia, Saint Rainerius, bishop and martyr, who, formerly a monk, in defending the rights of the Church first suffered much in the see of Cagli, and afterward at Split was stoned to death.

Latin Original

Spálati in Dalmátia, sancti Rainérii, epíscopi et mártyris, qui, ántea mónachus, pro iáribus Ecclesiae defénsis primum 1n sede Calliénsi multa passus est, deínde in Spalaténsi lapidátus occübuuit. 9*, Bonónie in Aemilia, beatae Caecilize, virginis, quae sanctimoniálium hábitum a sancto Domínico accépit, cuius vultus et spíritus testis fuit fidelíssima.