FEAST OF ST. NICOMEDE, PRIEST AND MARTYR.
First Century
This holy man having first rendered himself conspicuous and obnoxious by bestowing Christian burial on a virgin martyr, refused to apostatize from Christ by offering sacrifice to the false gods, and was beaten to death. His corpse was cast into the Tiber, but being recovered thence by piety similar to his own, was after all consigned to consecrated earth.
Thus making good King Solomon's proverb: "He that watereth shall be watered also himself," and the Divine sentence of our Lord Jesus Christ: "With the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
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