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PAUL AND FERTIN, FRANCISCANS AND MARTYRS - 9 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 9th of February WELCOME! PAUL AND FERTIN, FRANCISCANS AND MARTYRS The Seraphic Martyrology * details that Paul  (Paulus)  and Fertin  (Fertinus)  of the Order of  Saint Francis of Assisi   were attacked by heretics near Chateauvilain  (Castrum villanum)  in A.D. 1565. After subjecting these holy monks to various tortures, the heretics strangled them. The  Bollandists *, as well as  Hueber *, also list them on March 5 (I. 359) . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875) *A hagiography source used by the authors  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