On the day of 22 December
The commemoration of Saint Chaeremon, bishop of Nilopolis and many other sainted martyrs in Egypt during the violent persecution of the emperor Decius, some of whom, dispersed by flight and wandering about in the desert, were killed by beasts; others perished of hunger, cold and fatigue; others were slain by barbarians and brigands, so that all of them, although differing in the manner of their deaths, were crowned with the very same glory of martyrdom.
