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SAINT ELADIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 8 JULY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 8th of July WELCOME! SAINT ELADIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS At Nicaea in Bithynia, Saints Eladius, Eminus, Senator, Alethius, Severus, Honoratus, Encollus, Eleutius, Fratonus, Artemius, Eudemines, Helias, Novasius, Alopius, and 18 Companions were martyred for their Christian faith. (II.578) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 22) *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 Eladius, Eminus, Senator, Alethius, Severus, Honoratus, Encollus, Eleutius, Fratonus, Artemius, Eudemines, Helias, Novasius, Alopius 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. So...

SAINT ARTEMIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT - 24 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 24th of January WELCOME! SAINT ARTEMIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT HE WAS CURED BY THE SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK Engaged to a maiden from his native city of Trier, Germany, Artemius, a young ambassador, set out from Trier with several ambassadors on a diplomatic mission to Spain. Along the way, Artemius was stricken with a grave fever in the French city of Clermont. The other ambassadors continued their journey, leaving Artemius bedridden in Clermont. The city’s bishop, Saint Nepotianus, came to him, and finding him close to death, administered to him the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. Upon receiving this sacrament, Artemius miraculously recovered. Resolving to consecrate to God the life that God had restored to him, the young man renounced his plan to marry as well as his possessions, and entered holy orders. Having attained a high degree of sanctity by the time of Nepotianus’ death around 388, Artemius was...

SAINT ARTEMIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 6 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 6th of June WELCOME! SAINT ARTEMIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Artemius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rome, Saint Artemius, with his wife Candida and his daughter Paulina . Artemius became a believer through the preaching and miracles of Saint Peter the Exorcist, who was baptised with all his house by the priest Saint Marcellinus. By order of the judge Serenus, he was scourged with whips strung with leaden balls, and struck with the sword. His wife and daughter were forced into a pit and overwhelmed with stones and earth." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Artemius, Candida and Paulina 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.