[Rank]
Urban pope and martyr;;Simplex;;1.1;;vide C2

[Rule]
vide C2;

[Oratio]
O Almighty God, of Whose blessed Martyr and Bishop Urban we do make solemn~
memorial, grant, we beseech thee, that we may be helpen of his prayers in thy~
presence.
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[Lectio93]
!Pro Urbano I Martyri
Commemoratio for St Urban, Bishop and Martyr.) This Urban was a Roman, who, in~
the reign of the Emperor Alexander Severus, by his teaching and holy life,~
brought many to believe in Christ. Among others was Valerian, the husband of the~
blessed Cecily, and Tiburtius, the brother of Valerian, both of whom afterwards~
bravely underwent martyrdom. It was Urban l who wrote the following words~
concerning the property of the Church : Those things which His faithful ones~
make offering of unto the Lord, must never be turned to any other use than those~
of the Church, or of our Christian brethren, or of the poor. They are the~
free-will offerings of faithful believers, the trespass offerings of sinners,~
and the inheritance of the poor. He sat in the chair of Peter six years, seven~
months, and four days, and being crowned with martyrdom, was buried in the~
cemetery of Praetextatus, on the 25 th day of May. He held five ordinations in~
December, wherein he ordained nine Priests, five Deacons, and eight Bishops for~
divers places.
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