S. ANTEROS, _Pope and M., at Rome_, A.D. 236. S. FLORENTIUS, _B.M., at Vienne, in France, circ._ A.D. 258. SS. ZOSIMUS AND ATHANASIUS, _MM., in Cilicia, circ._ A.D. 290. S. PETER BALSAM, _M., at Aulane in Palestine_, A.D. 291. S. GORDIUS, _M., at Caesarea, circ._ A.D. 320. SS. THEOGNIS, PRIMUS, AND CYRINUS, _MM., circ._ A.D. 320. S. MELOR, _M., in Cornwall, circ._ A.D. 411. S. GENOVEVA, _V., at Paris_, A.D. 512. S. BERTILIA, _V., at Marolles_, A.D. 687. S. ANTEROS, P. M. (A.D. 236.) [Commemorated in the Roman Martyrology, and in that attributed to Bede, that of Usuardus, &c.] Saint Anteros succeeded S. Pontianus as Bishop of Rome in 235. He instituted the office of notaries in the Church, to take down the sayings and sufferings of the martyrs, so that faithful records of their acts might be preserved. He died, June 18th, A.D. 236. SS. ZOSIMUS AND ATHANASIUS, MM. (ABOUT A.D. 290.) [Roman Martyrology and Greek Menaea. The Greeks keep their commemoration, however, on Jan. 4th. The authority for the following account is the Greek Menaea.] These martyrs suffered under Diocletian, in Cilicia. S. Zosimus was a hermit. His ears were burnt off with red hot irons, afterwards he was plunged into a vessel of molten lead, and was then dismissed. He returned to his desert, converted and baptized Athanasius, and died in his cell. S. PETER BALSAM, M. (A.D. 291.) [Commemorated in most Latin Martyrologies, and in the Greek Menaea on the 12th Jan. He is mentioned as Peter the Ascetic, by Eusebius; his genuine Acts are given in Ruinart.] Eusebius, in his account of the martyrs of Palestine, appended to the 8th book of his Ecclesiastical History, says:--"On the eleventh of the month Audynoeus, _i.e._, on the third of the ides of January (11th Jan.), in the same city of Caesarea, Peter the Ascetic, also called Absolom, from the village of Anea, on the borders of Eleutheropolis, like the purest gold, with a good resolution, gave proof of his faith in the Christ of God. Disregarding both the judge and those around him, that besought him in many ways to have compassion on himself, and to spare his youth and blooming years, he preferred his hope in the Supreme God of all, and even to life itself." The name of this Saint seems to have been Peter Absolom; the latter appellation has been corrupted into Apselm, Anselm, and Balsam. The acts of his martrydom are authentic. They are as follows:--