ST TERENCE, BISHOP OF TODI, MARTYR

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SAINT TERENCE, BISHOP OF TODI, MARTYR

(SS. Terentianus et Flaccus, M. M.) Saint Terence (Terentianus) was bishop of Todi, where he died a martyr around 118. On the orders of the Emperor Hadrian he was imprisoned by the city prefect Latianus, put under torture, stripped of his clothes, scourged with scorpions, burned on ropes, and beaten on the mouth with stones.

Finally the tyrant ordered for the Bishop's tongue to be cut off. Nonetheless, Terentianus continued to preach but, instead, Latianus became mute and could only indicate with signs that the bishop should be given his clothes back and allowed to get dressed once more.

A BLIND MAN THREW HIMSELF AT HIS FEET

When St Terentianus was brought to the forum the next day, an idolater by the name of Flaccus met him, who was blind and threw himself at his feet, exclaiming:

"I swear to the living God, whom you preach, that you should open my eyes; today in a dream I saw a man who asked me to go to you and be healed."

The saint replied: "Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is the true light, it is he that illuminates the darkness."

HE WAS ABLE TO SEE

Flaccus, from then, was able to see and was baptised by him. For professing the Lord Jesus in word and deed both Bishop Terentianus and Flaccus ended up being beheaded. A priest named Exuperantius and a woman named Laurentia buried their bodies.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

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