SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 22nd of February WELCOME! SAINT ARISTION OF SALAMIS   Saint Aristion lived in the first century. He was one of the seventy-two disciples of Our Lord. He is mentioned in the Acts of St Barnabas as a companion of the deacon Timon, in the latter’s Apostolic labours in the Island of Cyprus. According to the Greek Menology Saint Aristion was martyred at Alexandria; according to others, at Salamis in Cyprus. (From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate) PRAYER: O God, who gladden us with the annual feast of blessed Aristion, mercifully grant that, while honouring the anniversary of his death, we may also imitate his deeds. 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 22nd of December WELCOME! SAINT ARISTION, MARTYR Saint Aristion's feast day is December 22. According to the Elenchus of the Bollandists St Aristion was a martyr "in Portu Romano" that is, probably in the former city of Porto (Portus Romanus, Portus Augusti), sixteen miles from Rome. This was the harbour of that city, situated at the mouth of the river Tiber, near Ostia, to the north, on the right bank of the Tiber, while Ostia lies south, i.e. on the left bank. Incidentally, according to Lemoine, the city of Aden in Arabia also had the name Portus Romanus - meaning "Roman port". (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858) PRAYER: O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of your martyr, Saint Aristion, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we may be inspired by his example. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity o...