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ST FELIX I., POPE AND MARTYR - 30 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of December WELCOME! SAINT FELIX I., POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index [December 30 or May 30.] St Felix was a Roman by birth, and succeeded  St Dionysius in the government of the church in 269.  Paul of Samosata, the proud bishop of Antioch, to the guilt of many enormous crimes, added that of heresy, teaching that Christ was no more than a mere man, in whom the Divine Word dwelt by its operation, and as in its temple, with many other gross errors concerning the capital mysteries of the Trinity and Incarnation.  THE TWO COUNCILS AT ANTIOCH Two councils were held at Antioch to examine his cause; but by various arts and subterfuges he escaped condemnation.  However, in a third, assembled at the same place in 269, being clearly convicted of heresy, pride, and many scandalous crimes, he was excommunicated and deposed, and Domnus was substituted in his room. Paul still maintained himself in the...

ST PERPETUUS, BISHOP - 30 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of December Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their live...

BL. MARGARET COLONA - 30 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of December Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their live...

SAINT FEAST DAY 30 DECEMBER

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 30 Saint Anysia, Martyr Saint Anysius, Bishop of Thessalonica Edward Arden, Martyr Saint Elias, Abbot Saint Eugene, Bishop and Confessor Blessed Eugenia Ravasco, Virgin and Foundress Saint Felix I., Pope and Martyr Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo, Priest and Founder Blessed Hermann, Abbot Innocent IX., Pope Saint Jocundus, Bishop   John Evangelist Stadler, Hagiographer Saint Laurentius Frazzanò, Abbot Saint Liberius, Bishop Blessed Margaret Colona   Saint Maximus, Confessor Saint Pastolasius, Bishop of Agram   Saint Perpetuus, Bishop   Saint Rainerius, Bishop   Blessed Richard, Religious Saint Roger, Bishop of Canna Saint Florentius and Companions, Martyrs Saints Mansuetus and Companions, Martyrs Saint Sabinus and Companions, Martyrs -3012-

SAINT FEAST DAY 30 DECEMBER: ST ANYSIA

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of December WELCOME! SAINT ANYSIA, MARTYR Whilst the governor Dulcitius carried on a cruel persecution at Thessalonica to deter the Christians from holding religious assemblies, in 304, in the reign of Maximian Galerius, a Christian young lady, called Anysia, of rich and noble parents, by whose death she was left an orphan, resolved to go to the assembly of the faithful.  As she passed by the gate of Cassandra, one of the emperor’s guards, who happened to see her, was taken with her beauty, and stepping before her said: "Stay, whither are you going?"  "WHO ART THOU, AND WHITHER ART THOU GOING?" Saint Anysia startled at his insolence, and fearing a temptation, made the sign of the cross upon her forehead. The soldier, offended at her silence, seized her, and asked her roughly, "Who art thou, and whither art thou going?"  "I am," said she, "a servant of Jesus Christ, and am goin...