ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 22nd of April WELCOME! SAINT CAIUS, POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Caius succeeded St Eutychian in the apostolic see, in 283. The church then enjoyed a calm, but was soon afterwards disturbed by a tumultuous persecution for two years, on the death of Carinus. HE ENCOURAGED THE MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS St Caius encouraged St Sebastian and the other martyrs and confessors. However, to preserve himself for his flock, he withdrew for a time to avoid the fury of the storm. The ancient pontificals say he was of Dalmatia, and related to the emperor Diocletian. Having sat twelve years, four months, and seven days, he died on the April 21, 296, and was interred on the 22nd, on which day his name is honoured in the Liberian Calendar. His sufferings obtained him the title of martyr, as Orsi takes notice. MANIFOLD TRIALS What had not these early saints to suffer not only from the persecutions of infidel ...