On the Martyrdom and Commemorations of St Hippolytus. 197 who occurs again on his own day (the 10th), and so also it is with Hippolytus ; he too occurs again on the 13th. Id. Aug. Romae SS. Ypoliti martyris. Pontiani Episcopi. The very wording of this last entry contains a presumption that the Hippolytus there mentioned was not a Bishop. But how marvellous does it become that it should have been used to prove him not only a Bishop, but the bishop of Portus, when within a nundine we observe that the same name occurs twice again and with no doubtful accompaniment, on 21st Aug. we read xii. Kal. Sep. in Porto Romano natalis S. Oppoliti. and on 23rd Aug. x. Kal. Sep. In Portu Urbis Romae Natalis S. Ypoliti qui dicitur Nonnus 21 cum sociis suis. In Hostia Natalis SS. Quiriaci et Arcilai. Now there is manifest confusion here, in the Hippolytus of Portus being mentioned on both the 21st and the 23rd; but we shall find as we proceed, that in different calendars he is commemorated on either the 21st, 22nd or 23rd, while the "Hippolytus martyr" of this calendar, the Laurentian Hippolytus of others, is by a uniform tradition commemorated on the 13th. On Proof (3) we observe of course that the Cal. Liberianum proves no more than any of the above calendars, only shewing that one Hippolytus was proper to the Ides. (4). It is true that in all the Sacramentaries there are prayers for the Ides relating to one Hippolytus, but not one word to shew that Hippolytus of Portus was meant : however in the Leonian Sacramentary one word seems to imply a bloody death, which we shall presently shew to be inapplicable to the death of the martyr of Portus 22 . 21 It is wonderful but true that St ^ Sacramentarium Gregorianum. Peter Damian misled by this title has Oratio. ... "Beati Hippolythi Marty- confounded Hippolytus with Saint Non- ris tui veneranda solemnitas." nus of the 5th century, and makes him Prcrfatio. . .."Beati Hippolythi in- convert the meretrix Pelagia ; several , tercessio. ..qui pertormenta passio- Acts follow him, and make him further- nis aeternam pervenit ad gloriam." more convert 50,000 Saracens. They Sacram. Gelasianum. (Lib. ii.) all however bring him back to martyr- " Sancti Ypoliti Martyris, Domine, dom at Tiber-mouth. qusesumus, veneranda festivitas,
