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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 30th of November WELCOME! SAINT ATREBAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Atreban [Attreban] (Attrobatanus, Attrabentanus, Attrebandus) , Benjamin and Evingus, to whom Bucelin * adds Saint Grisoldus, were, as the Elenchus * details, students of Saint Willehad , Bishop of Bremen and Apostle of Saxony ( November 8 ). These holy disciples died a martyr's death.  According to Butler * (XVI. p. 282) , they were called Emming, Benjamin, Atreban, and also joined by a Gerival. Companions in suffering of the priest Folkard, they were murdered by the Saxons with several others in a general uprising in A.D. 782 . (El ., But.) These holy martyrs are also commemorated on January 27. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 343) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we be...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 31st of March WELCOME! SAINT BENJAMIN, DEACON AND MARTYR  (A.D. 424.) Isdegerdes, son of Sapor III, put a stop to the cruel persecutions against the Christians in Persia, which had been begun by Sapor II, and the Church had enjoyed twelve years’ peace in that kingdom, when, in 420, it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of one Abdas, a Christian bishop, who burned down the Pyraeum, or temple of fire, the great divinity of the Persians.  BISHOP ABDAS WAS PUT TO DEATH King Isdegerdes threatened to demolish all the churches of the Christians, unless he would rebuild it. Abdas had done ill in destroying the temple, but did well in refusing to rebuild it; for nothing can make it lawful to contribute to any act of idolatry, or to the building a temple, as Theodoret observes. Isdegerdes therefore demolished all the Christian churches in Persia, put to death Abdas, and raised a general persecution against the Church, whic...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 31st of March WELCOME! SAINT BENJAMIN, DEACON AND MARTYR  King Isdegerdes demolished all the Christian churches in Persia and raised a general persecution against the Church. From 421 onwards, his son and successor, Varanes, carried on the persecution with greater inhumanity.  Among the martyrs for Christ was Saint Benjamin, a deacon. The tyrant caused him to be beaten and imprisoned. He had lain a year in the dungeon, when an ambassador from the emperor obtained his release on condition that he should never speak to any of the courtiers about religion.  HE SHOULD MISS NO OPPORTUNITY OF ANNOUNCING CHRIST Benjamin, who was a minister of the Gospel, declared that he should miss no opportunity of announcing Christ. The king, being informed that he still preached the Faith in his kingdom, ordered him to be apprehended, and ordered him to be subjected to most horrendous tortures. In torment he expired in the year 4...