BUTLER’S LIVES OF THE SAINTS
15 February
Benziger Brothers, 1894 · 1 min read
Sts Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs
FAUSTINUS and Jovita were brothers, nobly born, and zealous professors of the Christian religion, which they preached without fear in their city of Brescia, while, the bishop of that place lay concealed during the persecution. Their remarkable zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, and procured them a glorious death for their faith at Brescia in Lombardy, under the Emperor Adrian. Julian, a heathen lord, apprehended them: and the emperor himself, passing through Brescia, when neither threats nor torments could shake their constancy, commanded them to be beheaded. They seem to have suffered about the year 121. The city of Brescia honors them as its chief patrons, possesses their relics, and a very ancient church in that city bears their names.
From Lives of the Saints, Benziger Brothers, 1894. Public-domain text. Dates follow this edition’s traditional calendar.