August 22nd

Saint Symphorian

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Autun, France

At Autun in Lyonnaise Gaul, Saint Symphorian, martyr, whom, as he was being led to his execution, his mother encouraged from the city wall, saying: “Son, son, Symphorian, keep the living God in mind. Today your life is not taken from you, but changed for the better.”

Latin Original

Augustodüni in Gállia Lugdunénsi, sancti Symphoriáni, mártyris, quem, dum ad supplícium ducebátur, de muro urbis mater commónuit dicens: « Nate, nate, Symphoriáne, in mente habe Deum vivum. Hódie tibi vita non tóllitur, sed mutátur in mélius».