Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander

Saint Vigilius, having ordai ned Sisin Sisinnius Deacon from Cappadocia, martyr in the Tyrol. nius as d eacon, Ma Martyrius Lector and brother of Alexander, a martyr dragged to death. rtyrius as l ector, an Alexandre Roman soldier converted by Victor and martyr. d Alexander as porter, sent them to preach the faith in the Tyrolean Alps. They turned their zeal toward the inhabitants of the canton of Anatol ia, since ca Val d'Anagna Site of the mission and martyrdom of the saints. lled the Val d'Anagna or Egna. All the mistreatment they had to suffer did not discourage them. Through their patience, their gentleness, and their charity, they succeeded in winning a great number of souls to Jesus Christ. Sisinnius, having built a church in the vi llage Méthon Village where Sisinnius had a church built. of Methon or Medol, gathered the new converts there to complete their instruction.

The pagans saw with spite the number of worshippers of their gods diminish. During one of their festivals, where they held a kind of procession with their idols, they wanted to force the new Christians to join them. Sisinnius and his companions did everything in their power so that no one from their small flock would succumb to temptation. The pagans, having been informed of this, resolved to unleash their fury against the holy preachers. They arrested them in the church, where they were singing the praises of God. Upon their refusal to sacrifice to the idols, they were beaten with such cruelty that they were left nearly dead on the spot. Sisinnius expired a few hours later.

The next day, Martyrius Martyrius Lector and brother of Alexander, a martyr dragged to death. and Alexander sang the praises of God as calmly as if they had not been wounded the day before. They withdrew, however, at the approach of the pagans. The latter, having found the body of Sisinnius, subjected it to a thousand indignities. They then searched for his companions. They found Martyrius in a garden, where they threw him to the ground, bathed in his blood; after which they tied him by the feet to a lever and dragged him over the stones until he was dead.

There remained only Alexander, who was also arrested. They first tried to Alexandre Roman soldier converted by Victor and martyr. intimidate him with threats, and they burned the bodies of Sisinnius and Martyrius in his presence. As he still persisted in the confession of the faith, they threw him onto the same pyre, where he consumed his sacrifice on May 29, 397.

The faithful collected their ashes, which were carried to Trent. Saint Vigilius la Saint Vigile Bishop of Trent who sent saints on mission and wrote their history. ter had a church built at the place where they had been martyred. He sent the story of their triumph to various bishops, and we still possess the letters he wrote on this subject to Saint Si mplicianus of Milan and t saint Simplicien de Milan Successor to Saint Ambrose in Milan. o Sain t Chrysostom. Sev saint Chrysostome Predecessor of Tryphon cited as an example of a holy and persecuted bishop. eral distributions of the relics of the three Saints were made.

See their Acts in the Bollandi sts, with the Baillandistes A society of Jesuit scholars who publish the Acta Sanctorum. letters of Saint Vigilius of Trent to Saint Simplicianus and to Saint Chrysostom, etc.