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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 25th of February WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS OF NAZIANZUS Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus , physician, was the younger and only brother of  Saint Gregory of Nazianzus , born probably c. 330 at Arianzus, near Nazianzus; died at the end of 368 or the beginning of 369.  He received a careful training from his saintly mother Nonna and his father Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus. He studied probably at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and then at the celebrated schools of Alexandria. Here his favourite studies were geometry, astronomy, and especially medicine. In the last-named science he surpassed all his fellow students. About 355 he came to Constantinople, and had already acquired a great reputation for his medical skill, when his brother Gregory, homeward bound from Athens, appeared there about 358. Caesarius sacrificed a remunerative and honourable post and returned to his parents with Gregory. The capital, however, soon pr...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT Saint Caesarius (Cæsarius), (November 1) was a bishop of Clermont in Auvergne . (El.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 534) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Caesarius 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 CLERMONT Clermont counts amongst its bishops a large number of saints: Saint Urbicus (c. 312); Saint Leoguntius; Saint Illidius (Allyre), who, about 385, cured the daughter of the Emperor Maximus at Trier; t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS, MARTYR OF TERRACINA A companion of  Saint Meldegasus , Saint Caesarius was martyred for the Christian faith in Terracina.  (El.) (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 Caesarius 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 NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November SAINT MELDEGASUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Elenchus * lists these saints, who were martyred at Terracina: Meldegasus, Julian, Victor, Felix, Crescens, a second Felix,  Octavia , Cessia, Maxima, Eristeus, Saturninus, Donata, Simplicius, Primus, Caesarius, Magnus, and Justus. The Roman Martyrology * does not mention them. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 409) *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 Meldegasus, Julian, Victor, Felix, Crescens, Octavia, Cessia, Maxima, Eristeus, Saturninus, Donata, Simplicius, Primus, Caesarius, Magnus, and Justus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 3rd of November SAINT GERMANUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Germanus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Germanus, Theophilus, Caesarius and Vitalis, who became illustrious martyrs in the persecution of Decius." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Germanus, Theophilus, Caesarius and Vitalis 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 NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November SAINT CAESARIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF DAMASCUS Today, we also commemorate Saint Caesarius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Damascus, the martyrdom of the Saints Caesarius, Dacius and five others." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Caesarius, Dacius, 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 NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November SAINT CAESARIUS, DEACON AND MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Caesarius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Terracina, in Campania, the birthday of Saint  Caesarius, deacon, who was for many days detained in prison, afterwards put into a sack with Saint Julian, priest, and then precipitated into the sea." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Caesarius 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 FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 25th of February WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS OF NAZIANZUS, CONFESSOR  Saint Caesarius  was a physician, and brother to  Saint Gregory of Nazianzus . When the latter repaired to Caesarea, in Palestine, where the sacred studies flourished, Caesarius went to Alexandria, and with incredible success ran through the circle of the sciences, amongst which oratory, philosophy, and especially medicine, fixed his attention. In this last he became the first man of his age.  AN OUTSTANDING DOCTOR He perfected himself in this profession at Constantinople, but excused himself from settling there, as the city and the emperor Constantius earnestly requested him to do.  He was afterwards recalled thither, singularly honoured by Julian the Apostate, nominated his first physician, and excepted in several edicts which that prince published against the Christians.  ST JULIAN THE APOSTATE'S FIRST PHYSICIAN He r...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 27th of August WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS OF ARLES, BISHOP Saint Caesarius was born in 470, in the territory of Challons, on the Saone, and descended from a family of distinguished piety. When but seven years old, he often gave his clothes to poor people whom he met begging. In his youth he resolved to renounce the world.    Eonius, the archbishop,  ordained him deacon, and afterwards priest; soon after he made him abbot of a monastery built in an island in the Rhone, within the suburbs of the city. Three years after, lying on his death-bed, he recommended him for his successor. The saint fled, and hid himself among the Roman sumptuous tombs, a great number of which are remaining to this day near the city; but being discovered, he was obliged to acquiesce in the unanimous election of the clergy and the whole city, in 501. HE WAS OBLIGED TO ACQUIESCE IN THE UNANIMOUS ELECTION He was then thirty years old, and he...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of December WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Caesarius, Martyr. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Arabissus, in Lower Armenia, Saint Caesarius, a martyr who suffered under Galerius Maximian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who celebrate the anniversary of the death of your holy martyr Caesarius may by his intercession be delivered from all evils that threaten us. 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.