SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 1st of February WELCOME! SAINT VICTOR AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS The Martyrology of Saint Jerome* lists the martyrs Victor, Lucian, Apollinaris, Hilary, Ammon, Boticus, Cyriacus and Eugenius, but apart from their names and feast day, nothing else is known about these holy men. (I. 47) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 676) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Victor, Lucian, Apollinaris, Hilary, Ammon, Boticus, Cyriacus and Eugenius 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, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 21st of June SAINTS CYRIACUS AND APOLLINARIS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Cyriacus and Apollinaris. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In Africa, the holy martyrs Cyriacus and Apollinaris." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Cyriacus and Apollinaris 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 5th of October   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 ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 23rd 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 AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 21st August WELCOME! SAINT APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT, CONFESSOR  Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was born at Lyons about the year 431, and was of one of the most noble families in Gaul, where his father and grandfather, both named Apollinaris, had commanded successively in quality of prefects of the praetorium.  HE WAS EDUCATED UNDER THE BEST MASTERS He was educated in arts and learning under the best masters, and was one of the most celebrated orators and poets of the age in which he lived.  From his epistles, it is manifest that he was always religious, pious, humble, affable, extremely affectionate, beneficent, and compassionate, and no lover of the world, even whilst he lived in it; for some time he had a command in the imperial army; and he married Papianilla, by whom he had a son called Apollinaris, and two daughters.  SIDONIUS WAS APPREHENDED Papianilla was daughter of Avitus, wh...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 8th of January WELCOME! SAINT APOLLINARIS, THE APOLOGIST Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second age. Notwithstanding the great encomiums bestowed on him by Eusebius, St Jerome, Theodoret, and ethers, but little is known of his actions; and his writings, which then were held in great esteem, seem now to be all lost.  THE ERRORS OF HERESY He wrote many able treatises against the heretics, and pointed out, as St Jerome testifies, from what philosophical sect each heresy derived its errors.  HIS NOBLE APOLOGY FOR THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Nothing rendered his name so illustrious, however, as his noble apology for the Christian religion which he addressed to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, about the year 175, soon after the miraculous victory that prince had obtained over the Quadi by the prayers of the Christians.  St Apollinaris reminded the emper...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 20th July WELCOME! SAINT APOLLINARIS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Early accounts report that Saint Apollinaris was ordained bishop by Saint Peter himself and sent as a missionary bishop to Ravenna during the reign of the Emperor Claudius. Renowned for his powers to heal in the name of Christ, he was frequently exiled, tortured, and imprisoned for the faith, and finally, martyred. PRAYER: Direct your faithful, Lord, in the way of eternal salvation, which the Bishop Saint Apollinaris showed by his teaching and martyrdom, and grant, through his intercession, that we may so persevere in keeping your commandments as to merit being crowned with him. 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.