SS Primus & Felicianus, Martyrs: Missa “Sapiéntiam Sanctórum” These two martyrs were brothers who lived in Rome, heirs of a family of great wealth, toward the latter part of the third century. It was through the assiduous love of Pope Felix I that they had the happiness, in their mature years, of being converted to…
Tag: Missa “Sancti tui”
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Antoninus of Florence
St Antoninus OP, Bishop & Confessor; comm. Sunday IV Post Easter, & SS. Gordian & Epimachus, Martyrs: Missa “Státuit ei Dóminus” (1389-1459) Saint Antoninus, or Little Antony, as he was called from his small stature, was born at Florence in 1389. After a childhood of singular holiness, he begged to be admitted very young into…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs
Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs: Missa “Sancti tui” These two Sovereign Pontiffs were martyred for the Faith 120 years apart in the second and third centuries. Pope Saint Soter was raised to the Papacy after the death of Pope St. Anicetus in 166. He was the 12th successor of Peter and it was he…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Antoninus of Florence
St Antoninus OP, Bishop & Confessor; comm. SS. Gordian & Epimachus, Martyrs: Missa “Státuit ei Dóminus” (1389-1459) Saint Antoninus, or Little Antony, as he was called from his small stature, was born at Florence in 1389. After a childhood of singular holiness, he begged to be admitted very young into the Dominican house at Fiesole;…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Cletus & St Marcellinus, Martyrs
SS. Cleti et Marcellini Paparum et Martyrum; Comm. Feria in the Octave of St George: Missa “Sancti tui” ST. CLETUS was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The canon…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: SS. Gordian & Epimachus, Martyrs
SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs: Missa “Sancti tui” THESE two holy martyrs are named in all calendars of the western church since the sixth age. St. Epimachus suffered at Alexandria under Decius, in the year 250, with one Alexander. They had been long detained in a hideous dungeon, were beaten with clubs, their sides were torn…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Cletus & St Marcellinus, Martyrs
SS. Cleti et Marcellini Paparum et Martyrum; Comm Feria in the Octave of St George: Missa “Sancti tui” ST. CLETUS was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The canon…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: SS. Gordian & Epimachus, Martyrs
SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs; Comm. the Octave of the Ascension: Missa “Sancti tui” THESE two holy martyrs are named in all calendars of the western church since the sixth age. St. Epimachus suffered at Alexandria under Decius, in the year 250, with one Alexander. They had been long detained in a hideous dungeon, were beaten…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Cletus & St Marcellinus, Martyrs
SS. Cleti et Marcellini Paparum et Martyrum; Comm Feria in the Octave of St George: Missa “Sancti tui” ST. CLETUS was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The canon…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs
Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs: Missa “Sancti tui” These two Sovereign Pontiffs were martyred for the Faith 120 years apart in the second and third centuries. Pope Saint Soter was raised to the Papacy after the death of Pope St. Anicetus in 166. He was the 12th successor of Peter and it was he…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs
Popes St Soter & St Caius, Martyrs: Missa “Sancti tui” These two Sovereign Pontiffs were martyred for the Faith 120 years apart in the second and third centuries. Pope Saint Soter was raised to the Papacy after the death of Pope St. Anicetus in 166. He was the 12th successor of Peter and it was he…
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Popes St Cletus & St Marcellinus, Martyrs
SS. Cleti et Marcellini Paparum et Martyrum [transferred from April 26]: Missa “Sancti tui” ST. CLETUS was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The canon of the Roman…
