Liturgy… Today’s Saint: SS. John & Paul, Martyrs 26 Jun 201225 Jun 2012 These two Saints were brothers and were officers of the Roman army in the days of Constantine the Great. They served in the house of Constance, daughter of Constantine, who…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: S. Etheldreda 23 Jun 201223 Jun 2012 Etheldreda - or, more properly, Ethelthrith - was the third and most celebrated of the saintly daughters of King Anna of East Anglia, by his wife, Saewara. Anna was of…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Alban, Proto-Martyr of Britain 22 Jun 201221 Jun 2012 A man called Alban, believed to have been a Romano-British citizen of the Roman town of Verulamium around the end of the 3rd century, gave shelter to an itinerant Christian…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: S. Sylverius, Pope & Martyr 20 Jun 201219 Jun 2012 St Sylverius, Pope & Martyr Butler's "Lives of the Saints" SILVERIUS was son of Pope Hormisdas, who had been engaged in wedlock before he entered the ministry. Upon the death…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: SS. Gervasius and Protasius, Martyrs 19 Jun 201219 Jun 2012 ST. AMBROSE calls these saints the protomartyrs of Milan. They seem to have suffered in the first persecution under Nero, or at latest under Domitian, and are said to have…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Basilides & Companions, Martyrs 12 Jun 201211 Jun 2012 Romæ, via Aurélia, natális sanctórum Mártyrum Basílidis, Cyríni, Náboris et Nazárii militum, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni, sub Aurélio Præfécto, ob Christiáni nóminis confessiónem, detrúsi in cárcerem et scorpiónibus…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Barnabas, Apostle & Martyr 11 Jun 201211 Jun 2012 Saint Barnabas was not one of the Twelve. He was the companion of St. Paul and merited the title of Apostle by his preaching and labors. He was stoned by…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Vitalis; Martyr 28 Apr 201227 Apr 2012 St Vitalis was a citizen of Milan, of noble descent; the entire family were Christians, and his conduct was most exemplary. St Vitalis had served in the army of the…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: SS Cletus & Marcellinus, Popes & Martyrs 26 Apr 201226 Apr 2012 Two Popes of the early Church sit on opposite corners of the portico ceiling of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Today, we celebrate their feast days. The two men served…
Liturgy… Today’s Saint: St Mark, Evangelist & Martyr 25 Apr 201224 Apr 2012 St Mark, Evangelist Saint Mark was converted to the Faith by the Prince of the Apostles, whom he later accompanied to Rome, acting there as his secretary or interpreter. When…
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