SAINT GERMAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 8 JUNE

 

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 Saints celebrated on the 8th of June

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SAINT GERMAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS 

(THE STONE CUTTERS)

Saints German (Germanus, Gesmanus), Paulinus, Justus and Sicius (Scicius) are said to have suffered in the town of Gerona (Gerunda) on the Ter (12 miles north-east of Barcelona in Spain) during the Diocletian persecution. They are known as the “stone cutters” (Lapicidae). 

Unfortunately the original biographies describing their circumstances and martyrdom have been lost long ago, and instead only forged acts, completely different from the original ones, have come down to us. Therefore even the nickname Lapicidae is not entirely reliable.

 Their relics were first kept at a Church dedicated to the Mother of God outside of town; under Charlemagne and by his order, however, they were moved to the cathedral. Around the year 1200 their mortal remains were translated once more to a specially built chapel dedicated to these martyrs (II. 58-62). These holy men are also commemorated on June 13 and January 28.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 414)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy martyrs German 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.

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