St. Anicetus

Pope and Martyr

Simple

Common

1st Vespers

Matins

Lauds

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Oremus.
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde : et per beátum Anicétum Mártyrem tuum atque Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O eternal Shepherd, do thou look favourably upon thy flock, which we beseech thee to guard and keep for evermore, through the blessed Anicetus, thy Martyr and Supreme Pontiff, whom thou didst choose to be the chief shepherd of the whole Church.  Through.

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

First Vespers

V.  Sancti et justi, in Dómino gaudéte, allelúja.
R.  Vos elégit Deus in hereditátem sibi, allelúja.

V.  O ye holy and righteous, rejoice in the Lord, alleluia.
R.  For God hath chosen you as his inheritance, alleluia.

Ad Magnif. Ant:  Lux perpétua * lucébit Sanctis tuis, Dómine, et ætérnitas témporum, allelúja.

Ant. on Magnif:  Light perpetual * shall shine upon thy Saints, O Lord, and an ageless eternity, alleluia.

MAGNIFICAT

THE MAGNIFICAT

Oremus.
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde : et per beátum Anicétum Mártyrem tuum atque Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O eternal Shepherd, do thou look favourably upon thy flock, which we beseech thee to guard and keep for evermore, through the blessed Anicetus, thy Martyr and Supreme Pontiff, whom thou didst choose to be the chief shepherd of the whole Church.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

COMMEMORATION OF THE CROSS

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH
 

Matins

The first part of Matins is in the Ordinary

Invitatory and Hymn

The Nocturn
 

The Nocturn

The first two Lessons are taken from the occurrent Scripture.  Lesson iii is proper as given below.

Scripture Lessons
 

Anicétus Syrus, imperatóre Marco Aurélio Antoníno, præfuit Ecclésiæ.  Decrévit ne clérici comam nutrírent.  Quínquies mense Decémbri ordinávit presbyteros decem et septem, diáconos quátuor, epíscopos per divérsa loca novem.  Vixit in pontificátu annos octo, menses octo, dies vigínti quátuor.  Propter Christi fidem martyrio coronátus, sepúltus est via Appia in cœmetério, quod póstea Callísti appellátum est, décimo quinto Kaléndas Majas.

Anicetus was a Syrian who ruled the Church in the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.  It was his ordinance which forbade the clergy to grow long hair.  He held five December ordinations wherein he ordained seventeen priests, four deacons, and nine bishops for divers sees.  He lived as Pope eight years, eight months, and twenty-four days.  He bore witness to his faith in Christ even unto blood, and, being crowned on the seventeenth day of April, was buried upon the Appian Way in the Cemetery which has since been called that of St. Calixtus.

V.  Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.
R.  Deo grátias.

V.  But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
R.  Thanks be to God.

Lauds

The Church of Sant'Aniceto, Rome

V.  Right dear in the sight of the Lord, alleluia.
R.  Is the death of his Saints, alleluia.

Ad Bened. Ant:  Fíliæ Jerúsalem, * veníte et vidéte Mártyres cum corónis, quibus coronávit eos Dóminus in die solemnitátis et lætítiæ, allelúja, allelúja.

Ant. on Bened:  Go forth, O ye daughters of Sion, * and behold the Martyrs with their crowns, with which the Lord hath crowned them in the day of solemnity and rejoicing, alleluia, alleluia.

BENEDICTUS

Oremus.
Gregem tuum, Pastor ætérne, placátus inténde : et per beátum Anicétum Mártyrem tuum atque Summum Pontíficem, perpétua protectióne custódi; quem totíus Ecclésiæ præstitísti esse pastórem.  Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.
O eternal Shepherd, do thou look favourably upon thy flock, which we beseech thee to guard and keep for evermore, through the blessed Anicetus, thy Martyr and Supreme Pontiff, whom thou didst choose to be the chief shepherd of the whole Church.  Through.

COMMEMORATIONS, if there be any

COMMEMORATION OF THE CROSS

CLOSING VERSICLES AND THAT WHICH FOLLOWETH