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St. Chrysogonus

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St. Chrysogonus

Martyr

Chrysogonus is a martyr named in the Roman Canon of the Mass. Butler records his ancient liturgical remembrance and the Roman church bearing his name.

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Liturgical remembrance: Named in the Roman Canon of the Mass
Butler also identifies the ancient Calendar of Carthage among the witnesses to his veneration.

Butler sourceAlban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 24, “St Chrysogonus, Martyr,” p. 504.

Butler’s Lives of the Saints (1846)Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 24, “St Chrysogonus, Martyr,” p. 504.

The reading

ⓘ Butler source

Alban Butler, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume XI (November), Thomas Richardson and Son, Derby, for the Catholic Book Society, 1846; November 24, “St Chrysogonus, Martyr,” p. 504.

Chrysogonus is remembered as a martyr whose name is included in the Canon of the Mass. Butler’s short notice associates his arrest with Rome and his death with Aquileia during the persecution of Diocletian.

His remembrance is also found in the ancient Calendar of Carthage and in the later Western martyrologies. These witnesses form an important part of the evidence Butler gives for the continuing honour paid to him.

A Roman church bore his name by the time of the council held under Pope Symmachus, and St. Gregory the Great also mentions it in his letters. Butler records the later veneration of relics at Rome and Venice. The notice concentrates on this public remembrance rather than an elaborate account of his trial.

Historical note

An original Novena Regina reading adapted and summarized from the cited pre-1962 sources. This is not a transcription of Butler’s words.

This Chrysogonus is distinct from Chrysanthus, whose paired martyrdom with Daria is commemorated elsewhere in the library.

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