ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of January SERGIUS II., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index His date of birth is unknown; he was consecrated in 844, apparently in January; he died January 27, 847. He was of noble birth, and belonged to a family which gave two other popes to the Church. Educated in the schola cantorum, he was patronised by several popes, and was ordained Cardinal-priest of the Church of SS. Martin and Sylvester by Paschal. Under Gregory IV, whom he succeeded, he became archpriest. At a preliminary meeting to designate a successor to Gregory, the name of Sergius was accepted by the majority; but a mob endeavoured by force to place a deacon, John, upon the pontifical throne. He was, however, shut up in a monastery, and Sergius was duly consecrated. From one obviously very partial edition of the "Liber Pontificalis" it would appear that Sergius, owing to devotion to the pleasures of the table, had no taste for business...