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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 19th of January WELCOME! SAINT ABACHUM, MARTYR The name Abachum is derived from the Greek ἀβακός , i.e. mute . Saint Abachum, who is commemorated on January 19, was the son of  Marius and Martha  (the brother of Audifax ) and died a martyr for the Christian faith.   (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Abachum may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 19th of January WELCOME! SAINTS MARIS, MARTHA, AUDIFAX, AND ABACHUM (MARTYRS OF THE VIA CORNELIA) Maris [Marius], a nobleman of Persia, with his wife Martha, and two sons,  Audifax and Abachum , being converted to the faith, distributed his fortune among the poor, as the primitive Christians did at Jerusalem, and came to Rome to visit the tombs of the apostles.  The emperor Aurelian then persecuted the church, and by his order a great number of Christians were shut up in the amphitheater, and shot to death with arrows, and their bodies burnt.  DURING THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS Our saints gathered and buried their ashes with respect; for which they were apprehended, and after many torments under the governor Marcianus, Maris and his two sons were beheaded; and Martha drowned, thirteen miles from Rome, at a place now called Santa Ninfa. Their relics were found at Rome in 1590.  They are mentioned with...