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SAINT ADAM, CONFESSOR - 3 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 3rd of June SAINT ADAM, CONFESSOR The only detail known about this Saint Adam, Confessor, is the translation of his mortal remains. These were first buried in the city of Betatia but, following a divine vision received by a certain monk, a transfer of the bones to Guglionisi (in the Naples area) took place in A.D. 1102. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 29) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Adam 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.

ST ADAM, HUSBAND OF EVE - 24 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of December 🌲 Christmas 🌲 WELCOME! SAINT ADAM, FATHER OF THE HUMAN RACE [Saint Adam.] Adam was the first man and the father of the human race.  In Genesis 2:7, the name seems to be connected with the word ha-adamah "the ground", in which case the value of the term would be to represent man as earth-born, much the same as in Latin, where the word homo is supposed to be kindred with humus.  THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF GENESIS IN THE BIBLE Practically all the Old Testament information concerning Adam and the beginnings of the human race is contained in the opening chapters of Genesis. To what extent these chapters should be considered as strictly historical is a much disputed question, the discussion of which does not come within the scope of the present article. THE STORY OF THE CREATION IS TOLD TWICE Attention, however, must be called to the fact that the story of the Creation is told twice, viz. in the first ...