ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 21st of November WELCOME! EPAENETUS, CONFESSOR The name Epaenetus is derived from the Greek, meaning " the promised one ." Saint Epaenetus was the first believer of proconsular Asia (Ionia), and a disciple and favourite of the holy apostle Saint Paul, as he expressly says in his letter to Romans: ["And my greetings to the church at their house. Greetings to my dear friend Epaenetus, the first of Asia's offerings to Christ."] (Romans 16:5) (El.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 69) 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