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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 5th of January WELCOME! SAINT SIMEON STYLITES, CONFESSOR (A.D. 459) Saint Simeon was, in his life and conduct, a subject of astonishment, not only to the whole Roman empire, but also to many barbarous and infidel nations. The Persians, Medes, Saracens, Ethiopians, Iberians, and Scythians, had the highest veneration for him. The kings of Persia thought his benediction a great happiness. The Roman emperors solicited his prayers, and consulted him on matters of the greatest importance.  A SUBJECT OF ADMIRATION It must nevertheless, be acknowledged, that his most remarkable actions, how instrumental soever they might be to this universal veneration and regard for him, are a subject of admiration, not of imitation. They may serve, notwithstanding, to our spiritual edification and improvement in virtue; as we cannot well reflect on his fervour, without condemning and being confounded at our own indolence in the service of G...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 5th of January WELCOME! SAINT JOHN NEPOMUCENE NEUMANN, BISHOP Saint John Neumann was born in Bohemia in 1811. He was looking forward to being ordained in 1835 when the bishop decided there would be no more ordinations. It is difficult for us to imagine now, but Bohemia was overstocked with priests.  John wrote to bishops all over Europe but the story was the same everywhere no one wanted any more priests. John was sure he was called to be a priest but all the doors to follow that vocation seemed to close in his face. ALL THE DOORS SEEMED TO CLOSE IN HIS FACE But John didn't give up. He had learned English by working in a factory with English-speaking workers so he wrote to the bishops in America. Finally, the bishop in New York agreed to ordain him. In order to follow God's call to the priesthood John would have to leave his home forever and travel across the ocean to a new and rugged land. HE LEFT HIS HOME FOR EVER I...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 5th of January WELCOME! SAINT SYNCLETICA, VIRGIN Saint Syncletica was born at Alexandria in Egypt, of wealthy Macedonian parents. From her infancy she had imbibed the love of virtue, and in her tender years she consecrated her virginity to God.  Her great fortune and beauty induced many young noblemen to become her suitors for marriage; but she had already bestowed her heart on her heavenly spouse.  AUSTERE FASTS Flight was her refuge against exterior assaults, and, regarding herself as her own most dangerous enemy, she began early to subdue her flesh by austere fasts and other mortifications. Her parents, at their death, left her heiress to their opulent estate; for the two brothers she had, died before them; and her sister being blind, was committed entirely to her guardianship. SHE RENOUNCED THE WORLD Syncletica, having soon distributed her fortune among the poor, retired with her sister into a lonesome monume...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day January 5 Saint Telesphorus  Saint Telesphorus, Pope Aegidius of Walcuria, Abbot Blessed Alachrinus, Bishop   Blessed Andrew of Casale, Abbot   Saint Apollinaris Syncletica, Virgin Blessed Baldericus, Abbot Saint Barnitus Saint Convoyon of Redon, Abbot Saint Emiliana, Virgin Saint Genoveva Torres Morales, Virgin and Foundress Servant of God Gerhard Schwoll, Priest and Religious Saint Gerlach of Houthem, Hermit Saint Honobert, Bishop of Sens Hortulana, Widow, Mother of Saint Clare Venerable Jacopo da Carpi, Religious Saint John Neumann, Bishop   Blessed Paula of Tuscany, Virgin Saint Phosterius, Abbot Blessed Roger, Confessor Saint Simeon Stylites   Saint Syncletica, Virgin   Saints Euprexia and Theogonia Martyrs of Egypt -0501-

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 5th of January WELCOME! SAINT TELESPHORUS, POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Telesphorus was the seventh Roman bishop in succession from the Apostles, and, according to the testimony of St Irenaeus, suffered a glorious martyrdom.  Eusebius places the beginning of his pontificate in the twelfth of Hadrian’s reign (128 - 129), his death in the first year of the reign of Antoninus Pius (138 - 139).  THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER In the fragment of the letter of Irenaeus of Lyons to Pope Victor concerning the celebration of Easter, Telesphorus is mentioned as one of the Roman bishops who always celebrated Easter on Sunday, without, however, abandoning church fellowship with those communities that did not follow this custom.  None of the statements in the "Liber pontificalis" and other authorities of a later date as to liturgical and other decisions of this pope are genuine. In the Roman Martyrology his ...