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The Roman Martyrology was first published in 1583 by [[Pope Gregory XIII]], who the year before had decreed the revision of the calendar called, after him, the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. A second edition was published the same year. The third edition was made obligatory wherever the Roman Rite was in use. Many Catholics martyred for their faith during the English and Protestant Reformations were included, such as [[Thomas More]] who was beheaded under [[Henry VIII]].
The Roman Martyrology was first published in 1583 by [[Pope Gregory XIII]], who the year before had decreed the revision of the calendar called, after him, the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. A second edition was published the same year. The third edition was made obligatory wherever the Roman Rite was in use. Many Catholics martyred for their faith during the English and Protestant Reformations were included, such as [[Thomas More]] who was beheaded under [[Henry VIII]].
In 1630 [[Pope Urban VIII]] ordered a new edition. In 1748 a revised edition by [[Pope Benedict XIV]] appeared, who personally worked on the corrections: he suppressed some names, such as those of [[Clement of Alexandria]] and [[Sulpicius Severus]], but kept others that some had objected to, such as [[Pope Siricius]]. Since then, the Roman Martyrology has remained essentially unchanged, except for the addition of new saints canonized during the subsequent years.
In 1630 [[Pope Urban VIII]] ordered a new edition. In 1748 a revised edition by [[Pope Benedict XIV]] appeared, who personally worked on the corrections: he suppressed some names, such as those of [[Clement of Alexandria]] and [[Sulpicius Severus]], but kept others that some had objected to, such as [[Pope Siricius]]. Since then, the Roman Martyrology remained essentially unchanged, except for the addition of new saints canonized during the subsequent years, up to the year 2001.
==Recent developments==
The [[Second Vatican Council]] decreed: "The accounts of martyrdom or the lives of the saints are to accord with the facts of history."<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html [[Sacrosanctum Concilium]], 92 c]</ref> Years of study were required for determining reliable historical information which could be reliably verified, after which a fully revised edition of the ''Roman Martyrology'' was issued in Latin (officially ''Martyrologium Romanum'') in 2001, followed in 2004 by a revision that corrected some typographical errors in the 2001 edition and added 117 people canonized or beatified between 2001 and 2004, as well as a considerable number of ancient saints not included in the previous edition.
:"The updated Martyrology contains 7,000 saints and blesseds currently venerated by the Church, and whose cult is officially recognized and proposed to the faithful as models worthy of imitation."<ref>[http://www.adoremus.org/0205News.html#anchor303698 Adoremus Bulletin, February 2005]</ref>
The current crisis of persecution by anti-Christian militants will certainly add more names to the Martyrology of those courageous souls who died for their witness to Jesus Christ.
==See also==
==See also==