ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of October WELCOME! SAINT ELESBAAN, KING AND CONFESSOR Saint Elesbaan, King of the Axumite, who were a powerful 6th century nation, during the reign of Justin the Elder, in all his actions and designs had no other desire than to procure in all things the happiness of his people, and the divine glory. The mildness and prudence of his government was a sensible proof how great a blessing a people enjoy in a king who is free from inordinate passions and selfish views, to gratify which princes so often become tyrants. HE GOVERNED WITH MILDNESS AND PRUDENCE This good king, however, was obliged to engage in a war. But his motives were justice and religion; and the exaltation of both was the fruit of his victory. The Homerite Arabians dwelt upon the eastern coast at the bottom of the Red Sea, in Arabia Felix. Dunaan, a Jew who had usurped the sovereignty in Arabia Felix, persecuted the Christians. Saint Gregentius,...