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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT FLORA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR In the reign of Abderramene II, king of the Saracens at  Cordoba (Cordova) in Spain, Saint Flora, because she was of Mahometan extraction by her father, but had been secretly instructed in the faith by her mother, was impeached by her own brother before the cadi, or judge of the city.  This magistrate caused her to be scourged, and beaten on the head till in some parts her scull was bare. Then he put her into the hands of her brother, that he might overcome her resolution.  SHE MADE HER ESCAPE After some time she made her escape over a high wall, and took shelter with a sister at Ossaria.  Having lain concealed some time, she ventured back to Cordova, and prayed publicly in the church of St Aciclus, the martyr.  There she met with Mary , sister to the deacon Valabonsus, who had lately received the crown of martyrdom.  THEY WERE CONFINE...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT COLMAN MAC LENINE, BISHOP St Colman and the ducks ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Colman Mac Lenine, founder and patron of the See of Cloyne, born in Munster, around A D. 510; he died November 24, 601. HE WAS ENDOWED WITH EXTRAORDINARY POETIC POWERS He was endowed with extraordinary poetic powers, being styled by his contemporaries "Royal Bard of Munster". The Ardrigh of Ireland gave him Cloyne, in the present County Cork, for his cathedral abbey, in 560, and he laboured for more than forty years in his extensive diocese. SEVERAL OF HIS IRISH POEMS ARE STILL EXTANT Several of his Irish poems are still extant, notably a metrical panegyric on St Brendan. Colgan mentions a metrical life of St Senan by him. His feast is observed on November 24.  Another St Colman is also venerated on the same day, as recorded by Saint Aengus in his "Felire":  Mac Lenine the most excellent Wi...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day November 24 Saint Andrew Dung-Lac  and Companions   Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions Saint Audentius of Milan, Confessor Albert, Count of Monteacuto, Religious Blessed Balsamus of Cava, Abbot Saint Bieuzy, Priest and Martyr Saint Chrysogonus, Martyr Saint Colman Mac Lenine, Bishop   Saint Crescentian, Martyr Saint Eanfleda, Queen Saint Felicissimus, Martyr Saint Firmina, Virgin and Martyr Saint Flora, Virgin and Martyr   Venerable Margaret Sinclair, Virgin Saint Mary Gonsalva, Virgin and Martyr Saint Pierre Dumoulin, Priest and Martyr Saint Portian, Abbot Saint Protasius, Bishop of Milan Saint Protasius, Recluse Saint Romanus, Priest -2411-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT ANDREW DUNG-LAC, MARTYR, AND COMPANIONS (MARTYRS OF VIETNAM) Saint Andrew Dung-Lac was a diocesan priest who was martyred in 1839. He was one of a group of 117 martyrs, 96 were Vietnamese, 11 Spaniards, and 10 French. Of these, 8 were bishops, 50 priests, and 59 laity. They were martyred over the course of several years and canonised together in 1988.  PERSECUTIONS OF CHRISTIANS These saints died under persecutions of Christians that lasted from 1625 to 1886 and costed about 130.000 lives. The 117 martyrs were beatified in four groups: the first of them on May 27, 1900, by Pope Leo XIII; the second (all Dominicans) on May 20, 1906, and a third on May 2, 1909, both by Pope Pius X; and the last (including two Spanish bishops) on April 29, 1951, by Pope Pius XII.  PRAYER: O God, source and origin of all fatherhood, who kept the Martyrs St Andrew Dung-Lac and his companions faithful to the C...