[Illustration: An enthusiastic Collector of Saintly Legends] February 9. S. APOLLONIA, _V. M. at Alexandria_, A.D. 249. S. NICEPHORUS, _M. at Antioch in Syria_, _circ._ A.D. 258. S. ATHENODORUS, _B. M. at Pontus_, _circ._ A.D. 270. (_Translated in Modern Roman Martyrology to October 18th._) SS. PRIMUS AND DONATUS, _DD. MM. at Lemele in Africa, 3rd cent._ S. ROMANUS THE WONDER-WORKER, _Monk at Antioch in Syria, 5th cent._ S. ATHRACTA, _V. in Ireland, 6th cent._ S. NEBRIDIUS, _B. of Egara, near Barcelona, 6th cent._ S. TEILO, _B. of Llandaff_; _circ._ A.D. 560. S. SABINE, _B. of Canosi_; _circ._ A.D. 566. SS. SABINE AND EUNOMIUS, _Bishops of Lesina, in Italy_. SS. VICTOR, _M_. AND SUSANNA, _V. at Mouzon_. S. ANSBERT, _B. of Rouen_, A.D. 695. S. AUDOBERT, _B. of Senlis_; _circ._ A.D. 700. S. ALTO, _Ab. in Bavaria_; _circ._ A.D. 760. B. MARIANUS SCOTUS, _Ab. at Ratisbon_, A.D. 1088. S. RAYNALD, _B. of Nocera, in Umbria_, A.D. 1225. S. APOLLONIA, V. M. (A.D. 249.) [This saint is named in the Roman and all Western Martyrologies. There is, however, another Apollonia, martyr under Julian the Apostate, 114 years her junior, commemorated in some churches on this day, and some apocryphal Acts of this latter saint are extant. There is much doubt whether this Roman Apollonia ever really existed, and whether the Martyrologists have not fallen into an inaccuracy in writing S. Apollonia "of Rome," instead of "of Alexandria," because her relics were brought to Rome. The account of the martyrdom of S. Apollonia of Alexandria is perfectly authentic, it occurs in a letter from S. Dionysius B. of Alexandria, during the persecution, to Fabius, B. of Antioch, giving him an account of the sufferings of his church. This letter is preserved by Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History, lib. vi. c. 41.]