SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 11th of April WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, MARTYR OF SALONA Saint Anastasius, commemorated on April 11, was a martyr at Salona in Dalmatia and a companion of  Saint Domnius . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 11th of May WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saint Anastasius, called Cornicularius (which under the emperors meant a civil servant, assistant) was married to Theopista, by whom he had four sons (Saints Esodes, Aradius, Calistus, and Felix) and two daughters (Saints Euphemia and Primitiva). Devoted pagans all their lives, they were eventually sanctified together with three servants (tres ex familia) by Saint Porphyry.  The holy man instructed them in the faith, baptised them and encouraged them to martyrdom, which they also endured under Emperor Decius. Before it was their turn to be rewarded with the martyr's crown, they had witnessed the heroic death of Saint Porphyry, Saint Venantius and other saints at the hands of the pagans and had seen for themselves the miracles which God wrought. Because of these saints' testimony, Anastasius and his Companions remained deeply inspired and strong in the faith u...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of January SAINT ANASTASIUS, MARTYR The name Athanasius means immortality in Greek. - Saint Athanasius, surnamed Commentariensis (presumably because he had been a court clerk), was killed for the faith in Cilicia. His companion in martyrdom was Saint Zosimus .  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 333) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December SAINT ANASTASIUS, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, Saint Anastasius, martyr, who, thirsting for martyrdom, voluntarily offered himself to the persecutors." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of October WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, the martyrdom of the Saints Anastasius, priest, Placidus, Genesius , and their companions." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Anastasius, Placidus, Genesius, and Companions 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 21st August WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, MARTYR OF SALONA Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Salona, Saint Anastasius, a law officer, who was converted to the faith by seeing the fortitude with which blessed Agapitus bore his torments, and being put to death by order of the emperor Aurelian, for confessing the name of Christ, went to Our Lord." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 17th of August WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP OF TERAMO Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Teramo, Saint Anastasius, bishop and confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Pavia, Saint Anastasius, bishop." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 20th of May WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP OF BRESCIA Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Brescia, Saint Anastasius , bishop." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 11th of May WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Anastasius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Camerino, the holy martyrs Anastasius and his companions, who were killed in the persecution of Decius, under the governor Antiochus." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anastasius and Companions 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. ➡️ More information about these holy martyrs

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 21st of April WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Antioch, Saint Anastasius Sinaita, bishop." PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of Saint Anastasius, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 14th of June WELCOME! SAINTS ANASTASIUS, FELIX, AND DIGNA, MARTYRS  Saint Anastasius, a 9th century priest of  Cordoba in Spain, was put to death as a Christian, together with Saint Felix, a monk of Aicala, by one of the persecuting Mohammedan Caliphs (A.D. 857). With them is associated the name of  Saint Digna , a Christian maiden, who was a witness of their martyrdom and herself demanded from the judge to share their fate. The bodies of all three were burned, and the ashes thrown into the river Guadalquivir. From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Anastasius, Felix, and Digna 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 20th of May WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP OF BRESCIA Saint Anastasius was Bishop of Brescia in Italy and is said to have once made a journey to Africa. He died in Brescia around the year 509. In 1581 his relics were rediscovered and transferred to another place there. (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 Anastasius 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. ➡️ Saint Anastasius' entry in the Roman Martyrology

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 27th of April WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS I., POPE AND CONFESSOR  ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index (Some calendars commemorate St Anastasius on December 19 . ) Saint Anastasius  was by birth a Roman, and had, by many combats and labours, acquired a high reputation for his virtues and abilities. He succeeded Siricius in the papacy, in 398.  "A MAN OF A HOLY LIFE" St Jerome calls him a man of a holy life, of a most rich poverty, and endued with an apostolic solicitude and zeal. He exerted himself in stopping the progress of Origenism. When Rufinus had translated the dangerous books of Origen, On the Principles, he condemned that translation as tending to weaken our faith, built on the tradition of the apostles and our fathers, as he says in his letter on this subject, to John, bishop of Jerusalem. As to Rufinus, he leaves to God his intention in translating this work.  HE EXERTED HIMSELF IN STOPPING ORIGENISM In this...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, s...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 21st of December WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Anastasius. The Roman Martyrology states:  " At Antioch, Saint Anastasius, bishop and martyr, who was cruelly murdered by the Jews during the reign of Phocas." (📷 An old map featuring Antioch) PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Anastasius, your blessed bishop and martyr, 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. -∆-

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY   Saints celebrated on the 22nd of January   WELCOME! Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of December Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their live...