[Rank]
SS. Faustini et Jovitae Martyrum;;Simplex;;1.1;;vide C3

[Rule]
vide C3;

[Oratio]
@Commune/C3:Oratio2

[Lectio93]
Faustinus and Jovita were brothers, born of a noble family at Brescia. While Trajan's persecution was raging, they were taken about in chains from one city of Italy to another, and exhibited in torture in each. This cruelty utterly failed to silence their confession of Christ, Whom they preached by their sufferings in every place where they were shown. They were afterwards kept for a long time at Brescia, where they were exhibited with wild beasts, and tormented with fire. Being both still alive, they were brought to Milan, without their chains having ever been taken off. At Milan they were tortured again with every invention of cruelty that could be devised. Nevertheless the great power of their faith made them more than conquerors, shining even as gold tried in the furnace. From Milan they were brought to Rome, where they were confirmed by Pope Evaristus, and where they were put to the torture again with extreme barbarity. They were afterwards shown in public at Naples, where the tormentors displayed their skill in diverse ways upon them. Here they were thrown chained into the sea, but the angels delivered them. Their stations of suffering, by their God-like patience, and the wonderful Power displayed in them, had now turned many souls to Jesus. In the end they were carried back to Brescia, and, when Hadrian took the empire, they were put to death by the axe at that place. The crown of martyrdom which they won is glorious.
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