SAINT APOLLONIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF TERNI - 14 APRIL

 

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SAINT APOLLONIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF TERNI

S.S. Apollonius, Ephebus et Socii, M.M.

About A.D. 272, Saints Apollonius, Ephebus, Optatus, Patus, Saturnin (Saturninus), Frontinus, Macaria (Marcia), Cornelius, Conditor, Titulus, Proculus, Valentine (Valentinus), Proculus, Laurinus, Domnina, Valerian (Valerianus) and a great number of virgins suffered martyrdom at Terni (Interamnae) in Umbria. The Roman Martyrology* lists but a few of these holy men and women, namely Saint Proculus, who is said to have been a bishop, and the virgin Domnina.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 288)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy martyrs Apollonius and companions, may by their intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. 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.

⬅️ Saint Valentine, Bishop and Martyr

➡️ Saint Ephebus, Martyr of Terni

⬅️ Saint Agapes, Virgin and Martyr of Terni

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