OTHER SAINTS - 3 MARCH

Saints celebrated on the 3rd of March

OTHER SAINTLY PEOPLE REMEMBERED ON MARCH 3

OBSCURE SAINTS

SACER, ABBOT - 3 MARCH

Sacer, also known as Mosacer and Mosacra, was a saint according to Colganus. He was an abbot in Ireland, as which he is said to have presided over three monasteries in the diocese of Dublin. He is also known as Mac Senain.

CONNA, VIRGIN - 3 MARCH

Conna was a virgin, of whom nothing further is known. Some sources call her Cuanna, which, however, is a man's name.

GERLO, ABBOT - 3 MARCH

Gerlo, also known as Serlo, was aBenedictine abbot at Gloucester in England. He died in 1304 and is called "blessed" by Bucelin and Menardus.

ST LILY - RELIGIOUS

Saint Lily, according to Butler, was one of St Archbishop David's pupils - first at Menew and then at Caerleon in the Principality of Wales. He is also known as Gwas-Dewyd, i.e. "Man of David". He was venerated particularly in South Wales, and is commemorated in the town of Menew (Menevia) next to the Church of St Andrew, where the holy Archbishop David is buried. St Lily has a chapel dedicated to his memory, as does the mother of St David, whose name was Nun. We could not find any further information about him anywhere else. It also seems that the name Lily is not his real name. Unfortunately neither the German nor the English Butler state his proper name.

FAILENNA, VIRGIN - 3 MARCH

Failenna was an Irish maiden, who lived about A.D. 600. She is said to have shone with miracles in life and after death. Many pilgrims are said to have come to her grave.

FLORA, PENITENT - 3 MARCH

Flora, of Todi in Umbria, was converted by the Servite general Philip Benizi along with another lady, Helena, from her sinful ways, and won to a virtuous life, which she ended up in a monastery about the year 1310.

ST CASIA, MARTYR - 3 MARCH

Saint Casia is listed by the hagiographer Migne as a martyr of Thessalonica, martyred under Diocletian in 304.

EUFENISSA - 3 MARCH

Eufenissa is mentioned by just one martyrologist, and is perhaps associated with the Society of St Ursula.

MODEMOCUS, RELIGIOUS - 3 MARCH

Modemocus was probably a disciple of St Barrus, further details are lost.

PETER DE PULCHRO MONTE - RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR - 3 MARCH

Peter was a Franciscan of Beaumont (hence called de pulchro monte) who was martyred with several friars, among whom John Raulet is mentioned by name. They were killed by heretics in 1565 at Pamieres in the Languedoc. Their bodies were thrown into a well.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

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