Saints celebrated on the 17th of May
SAINT RESTITUTA, MARTYR
Today, we also commemorate Saint Restituta. The Roman Martyrology states:
"The same day, Saint Restituta, virgin and martyr, who was subjected to various kinds of tortures in Africa by the judge Proculus, in the reign of Valerian, and then put in a boat filled with pitch and tow, to be burnt to death on the sea. But the flame turned on those who had kindled it, and the saint yielded her spirit to God in prayer. Her body was, by divine providence, carried in the boat to the island of Ischia, near Naples, where it was received by the Christians with great veneration. A church was afterwards erected in her honour in that city by Constantine the Great."
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Restituta 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.
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