SAINT CYRIACUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 20 JULY

 

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Saints celebrated on the 20th of July

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SAINT CYRIACUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

(S.S. Cyriacus et Soc. M.M.)

According to the martyrology of Saint Jerome*, Saints Cyriacus, Donatus, Tertius, Appin, Felix, Ucratia, Fructus, Celsus, Theodolus, Calorus, Partinus, Spretus, Victor, Maximus, Pasterus, Nestita, Paul (Paulus), Roman (Romanus), Valerian (Valerianus), Emile (Emilius), Cassius, and perhaps another martyr called Magnus, were killed for the Christian faith in Corinth in Greece.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 707)

*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 Cyriacus and his 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