ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 20th of February
FEROLIUS, PRIEST
Feriolus, a priest, came from Bienne to Tournay, where he freed a poor sinner from the gallows by wanting to be hanged instead of him.
HE BOUGHT TIME FOR A POOR SINNER FOR CONVERSION AND PENANCE
He called on the Bishop St Eleutherius and asked for his intercession, and the rope around his neck snapped in two; a chain, which the judge had then thrown around his neck also snapped. Some pieces of the snapped chain flew into the judge's face with such force that he was killed by them. However, Feriolus brought him back to life by his prayer. In his pictorial representation he is often shown with gallows next to him and a broken chain in his hand. Feriolus is also counted among the "saints" by some hagiographers.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)
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