martyrologies
- plural of martyrology.
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According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2016
The others, however, do not appear to have found a place in the martyrologies.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
We puzzled over the next two or three, which seemed to be martyrologies, or lives of the saints; but while we were poring over them, we thought we heard a noise.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert
Bollandus had proposed simply to incorporate the notices of the Saints found in ancient martyrologies and manuscripts, adding brief notes upon any difficulties of history, geography, or theology, which might arise.
From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various
Apart from the martyrologies Religious literature. already mentioned in connexion with Oengus the Culdee, a number of lives of saints and other ecclesiastical literature have come down to us.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
