ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 14th of February
ORENTIUS, MARTYR OF GALICIA
Orentius, allegedly a martyr during the reign of Diocletian in the Spanish province of Galicia, is mentioned along with others by Georgius Cardosus in the Portuguese Saints' catalogue. The Bollandists* list him among their Praetermissi. (II. 741)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 622)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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