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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 14th of May WELCOME! SAINTS VICTOR AND CORONA, MARTYRS Saints Victor and  Corona are commemorated on May 14, and also September 18). Their martyrdom is said to have taken place in the year 177, but its details are poorly documented. The Roman Martyrology * states that they gave their life for Christ in Syria, while the  Bollandists * relate that they suffered in Egypt. In Feletri , the feast of the translation of their relics celebrated on September 18. Church art depicts their martyrdom thus: Saint Victor is shown beheaded, while  Saint Corona is portrayed bound to two opposing laurel trees and being torn apart by them.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 679) *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 ve...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 14th of May WELCOME! SAINT CORONA, MARTYR Saint Corona, feast day May 14 (Saints  Victor and Corona) was a 16-year-old Christian who was martyred for her faith in Damascus in the second century.  HER COURAGE Saint Corona stood up publicly for Victor , a Roman soldier who was being tortured because he had converted to Christianity. For this act she died a horrific death.  HER MARTYRDOM She was tied to two palm trunks that had been bent to the ground and when they whipped back up her body was torn to pieces.  HER INTERCESSION She is invoked by treasure hunters and people who play the lottery. More recently, her prayers to the Divine Physician are requested by those affected by Covid-19. FROM THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY: "In Syria, the holy martyrs Victor and Corona, under the emperor Antoninus. Victor was subjected to various horrible torments by the judge Sebastian. As Corona, the wife of a certain soldier, was p...