SAINT EVAGRIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 3 APRIL

 

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Saints celebrated on the 3rd of April

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SAINT EVAGRIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

Saints Evagrius, Benignus, Chiristus, Arestus, Sinnidia, Rufus, Patrick (Patricius), and Zosimus were martyred in Scythia. The Roman Martyrology* lists just the first two on April 3. Some of their relics are said to have been brought to Bologna. (I. 244)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 145)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of Saint Evagrius and companions, your martyrs, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org