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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 8th of April SAINT DENIS, BISHOP OF CORINTH Today, we also commemorate Saint Denis. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Corinth, the bishop Saint Denis, who instructed not only the people of his own city and province by the learning and unction with which he preached the word of God, but also the bishops of other cities and provinces by the letters which he wrote to them. His veneration for the Roman Pontiffs was such that he used to read their epistles publicly in the church on Sundays. He lived in the time of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus." PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of Saint Denis 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,...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 8th of April WELCOME! SAINT DIONYSIUS, BISHOP OF CORINTH, CONFESSOR  (Second Age.) Saint Dionysius  [ Saint Denis ], b ishop of Corinth, flourished under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and was one of the most holy and eloquent pastors of the church in the second age.  HIS LETTERS Not content assiduously to instruct his own flock with the word of life, he comforted and exhorted others at a distance. Eusebius mentions several of his instructive letters to other churches, and one of thanks to the church of Rome, under the pontificate of St Soter, for the alms received from them according to custom.  “From the beginning,” says he, “it is your custom to bestow your alms in all places, and to furnish subsistence to many churches. - You send relief to the needy, especially to those who work in the mines; in which you follow the example of your fathers. Your blessed bishop Soter is so far from degenerating from your ances...