Saints celebrated on the 28th of June
SAINT SERENUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF ALEXANDRIA
(S.S. Serenus et Soc. M.M.)
Saints Serenus, Theodore (Theodorus), Pastaphius, Tytirus, Dionysia, Passimus, Phoesicus, Dista, Ambenius, Ariusus, Dioscorus, Orion, Turbanus, Capitulinus, another Orion, Simerus, Plutarch (Plutarchus), Hireneus, Heraclidus, Heron (Hero), Potaminus, Marcellus, Basilides, Potamiona, Leonides, Panosus, Pecus, Sidistus, Pambanus, Oriosus, Panuberus, Tilinus, Nonnica, Sinidus, Menomius, Julius, Leonides, another Plutarch, another Serenus, Marcella, and Rais (Herais) - all of the above, like many other Christians, suffered martyrdom in Alexandria between the years 202 and 207, partly by fire and partly by beheading. The Roman Martyrology* lists only those martyrs mentioned by Saint Eusebius. In church art, pictures Saint Serenus holds a sword. (V. 355)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, pp. 256-57)
*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 Serenus and Companions, 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
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