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SAINT OPTATUS, ARCHELAUS, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 14 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 14th of April WELCOME! SAINT OPTATUS, ARCHELAUS, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Optatus and Archelaus, martyrs, are listed in an ancient martyrology of  Saint Jerome  along with their companions Symphronius, Frontinus, Maximus, Decima, Marcia, Cornelia, Fortunata, Donatus, Tiburbius, and Valentus . (II. 212) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 625) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Optatus, Archelaus, Symphronius, Frontinus, Maximus, Decima, Marcia, Cornelia, Fortunata, Donatus, Tiburbius, and Valentus 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 G...

SAINT THEODOLUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF AFRICA - 31 MARCH

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 31st of March SAINT THEODOLUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF AFRICA Today, we also commemorate Saint Theodolus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  In Africa, the holy martyrs Theodulus, Anesius,  Felix , Cornelia, and their companions. PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Theodulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and Companions, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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.