ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 16th of May WELCOME! SAINT HERACLIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF CORTONA S.S. Heraclius and 3 Soc. M.M. We know the names of Heraclius and his companions: Paulinus, Menserimus (Manemerus) and Diocletian ( Diocletianus , Dijudicianus), but next to nothing else. The Bollandist Henschenius * assumes that these holy martyrs are identical with Saint Heraclius and Companions . In fact, this group features almost exactly the same names (with the exception of the fourth). Migne * calls the first saint Herle and names Cortona as the place of his martyrdom and veneration, and Saint Niderun as a fifth martyr (III. 571). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 653-54) *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 Saint Heraclius and companio