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SAINT DOMNINUS OF PIACENZA, DEACON - 15 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 15th of May SAINT DOMNINUS OF PIACENZA, DEACON Saint Domninus, a deacon at Piacenza in Italy, was a contemporary of the holy Bishop Maurus there, who had also ordained him a deacon.  Domninus was zealous in fasting, watching and praying and died in A.D. 443, whereupon he was buried in le Mosie in Piacenza.  In 933, his relics, along with those of many other saints, were translated into the main church. In 1481 his mortal remains were moved for the second time to another church, which is not named. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Domninus 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. A...