ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of September WELCOME! BASILIDES, CONFESSOR Basilides (remembered on September 8) is listed as a saint in a Coptic menologium *; he is said to have raised an army against Diocletian to fight for the faith. The Bollandists *, however, consider this account to be legendary. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 407) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 24th of July WELCOME! SAINT PAVACIUS, BISHOP OF LE MANS Saint Pavacius - who is also called Panatius by some sources, or Pavas in French - is considered the third Bishop of Le Mans (Mans) ( apud Cenomanos ) in France; he was ordained on August 22, 303, governed the Church of Le Mans for 43 years, and died on August 24, 346¹. As an assistant to Saint Julian he converted the city and the surrounding region - which was still largely tainted by pagan abominations - to Christ, introduced the communal life among the clergy, and performed numerous miracles. His holy relics were translated to the Church of Saint Julianus during the episcopate of Bishop Aldricus of Le Mans. A portion of his relics was brought to Paderborn in 836, along with those of Saints Gundanisolus and Liborius . The greater part of them, as well as the right arm of Saint Liborius , was interred in the Church of the Saviour ( Salvatorskirche , St Savio...