SAINT HESYCHIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR - 26 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

 Saints celebrated on the 26th of November

SAINT HESYCHIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR

Saint Hesychius was a bishop in Egypt and died for the faith under Galerius Maximianus. He is also mentioned in the Roman Martyrology*. As Companions in his martyrdom the Bollandists* list the Egyptian bishops Phileas (together with a Roman war tribune called Philoromus), Pachomius and Theodorus, Faustus, Didius, Ammonius, and also a Bishop Peter of Alexandria. 660 others were martyred with them. According to the Bollandists*, who specify February 18 as their feast day, Saint Hesychius is the editor of an improved Septuagint. This work was praised by Saint Jerome in his writings.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 690)

*A hagiography source used by the authors

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Hesychius 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.