ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 13th of January
Prayer to the Angels and the Saints
Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.
In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.
Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.
Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.
SS. SECUNDUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
Saint Secundus (Secundinus), commemorated on January 13, is listed as a martyr in Rome, along with 25 or 40 comrades. His death is put in the time of Emperor Galienus.
SS. ENON AND QUIRION
The Roman Martyrology does not give any names; in the records of St Jerome Enon and Quirion are mentioned as well as Secundus. All of them were soldiers.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)
THE ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY
The entry in the Roman Martyrology runs thus:
"At Rome, on the Lavican road, the crowning of forty holy soldiers, a reward they merited by confessing the true faith, under the emperor Gallienus."
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