THE MARTYRS OF COMO

THE MARTYRS OF COMO - 7 AUGUST

THE MARTYRS OF COMO

During the persecutions of Maximian, some soldiers of his imperial army had become Christians. When the emperor heard that Carpophorus, Fidelis and Exanthus had become Christians and did desert the army, he asked his most faithful soldiers to find, torture and kill them.

THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

The soldiers came to Silvula where Carpophorus and Exanthus hid. They summoned them to offer sacrifice, otherwise they would be tortured and killed. Carpophorus replied that this is the place where they will rest and that they reject sacrificing. They are ready to suffer and die to earn eternal life, he said, while the persecutors will die and burn forever.

THEY WERE BEATEN WITH STICKS BECAUSE OF THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH

To make them change their minds, the persecutors severely beat them with sticks, threatening them with further tortures.

The saints exhorted them to continue, as this suffering will earn them eternal life. They can torture their bodies but they cannot touch their souls.

THEY WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH

The persecutors tortured them further with claws and iron-weighted scourges, for the saints’ blood to flow like a stream. The martyrs, however, continued to profess their faith in God, and were sentenced to death.

THEIR MARTYRDOM

The blessed Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licinius kneeled, prayed, were beheaded and earned the eternal kingdom. They were martyred around the year of the Lord 295 on the north side of Lake Como, near Samolaco, in a place called Silvula, on the 7th day before the Ides of August (August 7). Their relics are kept in the church of San Carpoforo, Como, Italy.

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy Martyrs of Como, may by their intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

➡️ Their entry in the Roman Martyrology

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