ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 9th of January
SAINT MARCIANA OF RUSUCCUR, MARTYR
Saint Marciana was a native of Rusuccur in Mauritania, and courageously despising all worldly advantages, to secure to herself the possession of the precious jewel of heavenly grace.
She was called to the trial in the persecution of Diocletian, which was continued in Africa under his successors, till the death of Severus, who was declared Caesar in 305, and slain in 309.
MARTYRDOM
St Marciana was beaten with clubs, and her chastity exposed to the rude attempts of Pagan gladiators, in which danger God miraculously preserved her, and she became the happy instrument of the conversion of one of them to the faith: at length she was torn in pieces by a wild bull and a leopard, in the amphitheatre at Caesarea in Mauritania.
She is the same who is commemorated on July 12, in the ancient breviary of Toledo: and in the Roman, and some other Martyrologies, both on July 9, and on January 9. See a beautiful ancient hymn in her praise, in the Mozarabic breviary, and her acts in Bollandus, though their authority is not altogether certain.
From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Marciana may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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