ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 16th of September
ELECTUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
Electus Mon. et Soc. MM. (16 September)
This Electus, a Franciscan monk, was beheaded by the Saracens in Morocco, Africa, around 1232, along with his companions Leo, Hugh, Dominic, and John, also Franciscan monks. (Hub. Mart.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 24)
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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