ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 11 September
BLESSED MANTIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
Mantius, Martyr (September 11). This Japanese Martyr was a Dominican Friar. He was imprisoned at Satsuma along with his teacher, Bl. Thomas of Zumarraga.
In prison they met the Franciscan Apollinaris, known as Franco, two laypeople from Japan, [Bl. Francis and Bl. Dominic] and Paul of Nangaixi. The incarceration was very strict and lasted over five years.
THEY CONTINUED TO PRAY FOR THE SAME GRACE
When all of the imprisoned - with the exception of Mantius and Brother Thomas - had reached the crown of martyrdom, they continued to pray for the same grace.
Finally, on September 12, the long-awaited death sentence came. It was confirmed to them that theirs would be death by burning on the stake.
Thanking God and having proclaimed to the Gentiles who had gathered at the entrance to the Martyr's Square the necessity of faith in Jesus Christ, they suffered the slow torment of fire with indescribable patience. Everyone was amazed, because they stood like statues of bronze or marble in the searing embers. Praising God up to the very end, they died to receive the eternal crown of victory.
Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 📷 Martyrs' Monument, Nishizaka Hill, Nagasaki, Japan
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy Martyr Mantius and his Companions, may by their intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. 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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