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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of October WELCOME! SAINT DIGNA [PIGRA], MARTYR OF TOMI Saint Digna (Pigra), commemorated on October 1, was martyred for her Christian faith in Niedermösten¹ . She was a Companion of  Saints Priscus and Denegothia and one  of the two holy ladies of that company called Digna. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 753) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations ¹Niedermösten is an older, Germanized - or historical - name for the ancient city of Tomis [Tomi], (modern-day Constanta in Romania) in the Roman province of Moesia Inferior. (AI) PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Digna 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 ar...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of October WELCOME! SAINT DIGNA, MARTYR OF TOMI Saint Digna, commemorated on October 1, was a martyr in Tomi in Lower Moesia (Mysia), a companion of  Saint Priscus  (I. 30) . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Digna 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 OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of October WELCOME ! SAINTS DENEGOTHIA, FAUSTINUS, MARTIAL, AND COMPANIONS Saints Priscus, Crescens  (Crescentius)  and Evagrius suffered at Tomi in Lower Moesia, and with them, most probably at the same time and in the same place, also Saints Denegothia (Demergotha), Faustinus, Martial, Januarius, Alexander, Euprobus (Eutropius), Digna (Pigra) , Gothia (Cotta), Saturnina (Saturninus), Spes or Speus, Castus, Primus, Donatus, Passicus , Propus (Prepus) and probably another Digna . Only the first three are listed in the Roman Martyrology *, namely as Martyrs of Tomi in the Pontus, in which city Ovidius lived in exile. However, the Bollandists' * research suggests that the place Tomi where the enumerated martyrs suffered is located in that part of Lower Moesia which lies between the Danube and the Black Sea, i.e. in present-day Bulgaria. (I. 30) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints...