ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 13th of January WELCOME! SAINTS GUMESINDUS AND SERVUS DEI, MARTYRS Saint Gumesindus suffered at Cordoba in Spain. He was from Toledo. After receiving Holy Orders in the Campina, he ministered on the left bank of the Guadalquivir. A FAITHFUL PRIEST AND A HOLY MONK After faithful administration for several years he was martyred with his companion Servus Dei (also Servideus), a monk, whose real name is perhaps unknown. THEY WERE MARTYRED FOR BEING CHRISTIANS They died of beheading during the persecution caused by Abderrhaman II and his son Mohammed in A.D. 890 (according to Migne in 852). The Spanish translation of his name is Gomez. The Roman Martyrology also contains his and his companion's names. Some writers list their festival on January 19. Source: Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Gumesindus an...