Subj : March 31st - Saint Balbina of Rome To : All From : rich Date : Fri Mar 30 2018 10:09:35 From: rich March 31st - Saint Balbina of Rome (Also known as Balbina the Virgin) IN the Roman Martyrology today we read the following notice: =E2=80=9CAt Ro= me, of St. Balbina, Virgin, daughter of blessed Quirinus, Martyr, who was baptized by Pope Alexander and chose Christ as her spouse in holy virginity; after completing the course of this world she was buried on the Appian Way near her father.=E2=80=9D This account was unfortunately dependent upon a wholly gratuitous insertion of the martyrologist Ado, who borrowed certain details from the Acts of St. Acacius is called a martyr but there is no evidence that he was. Eventually Pope Alexander which Bede had prudently ignored, and used the names Quirinus, Theodora and Balbina to fill three successive blank days in the month of March. The so-called Acts of Balbina are merely a late plagiarism from the Acts of Alexander. All that is known to us is that midway between the Via Appia and the Via Ardeatina there was a cemetery of Balbina, probably so called because it was constructed on the estate of a Christian lady named Balbina. On the other hand there seems to have been a Balbina, called daughter of Quirinus, but she cannot have been identical with the first-named Balbina because she lived at a much earlier date, and was buried in the catacomb of Praetextatus. Balbina was honoured in a little fourth-century church on the Aventine which bore her name, but it is difficult to decide which Balbina was intended. The fabulous story of St. Balbina is printed in the Acta Sanctorum, March, vol. iii, but it is all extracted from the Acts of Alexander, in one version of which Balbina is represented as a martyr. See also Dom Quentin, Lee martyrologes historiques, especially pp. 153 and 490 Leclercq in DAC., vol. ii, pp. 137-157; and J. P. Kirsch, Die R=C3=B6mischen Titelkirchen im Altertum, Pp. 94-96. The daughter of Quirinus the martyr (St. Quirinus the Jailer), Balbina died for the faith and was buried on the Appian Way. Her relics were later enshrined in St. Balbina's Church on the Aventine. Saint Quote: Nor did demons crucify him; it is you who have crucified him and crucify him still, when you delight in your vices and sins. -- Saint Francis of Assisi Bible Quote: 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, =E2=80=9CI am the light of the world;= he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.=E2=80=9D [John 8:12] RSVCE <><><><> A Prayer For Healing Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to you. Allow Your healing Hand to heal me. Touch my soul with Your compassion for others; touch my heart with Your courage and infinite Love for all; touch my mind with Your Wisdom, and may my mouth always proclaim Your praise. Teach me to reach out to You in all my needs, and help me to lead others to You by my example. Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me health in body and spirit that I may serve You with all my strength. Touch gently this life which you have created, now and forever. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .