the lord of that country, who had been a
Christian, by a base apostasy, becoming one of his murderers. St.
Maruthas adds, that angels were heard singing at the place of this
martyrdom, and many miracles wrought. These martyrs suffered in the year
380, the seventieth and last of the reign of Sapor, and the fortieth of
his persecution. They are mentioned by Sozomen,[3] and are named in the
Roman Martyrology on the 22d of April. See their genuine Chaldaic acts,
by St. Maruthas in Assemani, t. 1, p. 171. Act. Martyr. Orient.

Footnotes:
1. From this, and many other passages, it is clear, that the obligation
of perpetual chastity was annexed to Holy Orders in the eastern
churches no less than in the western.
2. Acts xv. 29.
3. B. 2, ch. 13.

ST. BONIFACE, BISHOP OF ROSS, IN SCOTLAND, C.

AN ardent zeal for the salvation of souls brought this servant of God
from Italy to North-Britain. Near the mouth of the Tees, where he
landed, he built a church under the invocation of St. Peter, another at
Tellein, three miles from Alect, and a third at Restennet. This last was
served by a famous monastery of regular canons of the order of St.
Austin, when religious houses were abolished in Scotland. St. Boniface,
by preaching the word of God, reformed the manners of the people in the
provinces of Angus, Marris, Buchan, Elgin, Murray, and Ross. Being made
bishop in this last country, he filled it with oratories and churches,
and by planting the true spirit of Christ in the hearts of many, settled
that church in a most flourishing condition. He died about the year 630,
and was buried at Rosmark, the capital of the county of Ross. The
Breviary of Aberdeen mentions that he founded one hundred and fifty
churches and oratories in Scotland, and ascribes many miracles to his
intercession after his death. See that Breviary, and King on this day,
bishop Lesley, l. 4. Hist. Scot. and Hector Boetius, l. 9. Hist.

MARCH XV.

ST. ABRAHAM, HERMIT,

AND HIS NIECE ST. MARY, A PENITENT.

From his life written by his friend, St. Ephrem, Op. t. 2, p. 1, Ed.
nov. Vatic. See other acts of St. Abraham, given in Latin by Lipoman. 29
Oct., and by Surius, 16 March, mentioned in Greek by Lambecius, Bibl.
Vind. t. 8, pp. 255, 260, 266, and by Montfaucon, Bibl. Coislin. p. 211.
Two other kinds of Greek Acts are found among the MSS. at the ahbey of
St. Germain-des Prez, at Paris, Bibl. Coisl. ib. See also Jos. Assemani,
Bibl. Orient. t. 1, pp.