)The fact that the word "martyrology" was already consecrated to a liturgical or quasi-liturgical compilation arranged according to months and days, and including only canonized saints and festivals universally received, probably led to the employment of "menologium" for works of a somewhat analogous character, of private authority, not intended for liturgical use and including the names and elogia of persons in repute for sanctity but not in any sense canonized Saints.In most of the religious orders it became the custom to commemorate the memory of their dead brethren specially renowned for holiness or learning.