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SAINT FEAST DAY 21 SEPTEMBER: ST EPHIGENIA

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 21st of September WELCOME! SAINT EPHIGENIA, VIRGIN From the 13th century " Golden Legend " by  Bl. Jacopo de Voragine , Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. Originally in Latin, it was the most widely read book (after the Bible) during the late Middle Ages: [Saint Ephigenia (Iphigenia), who lived in the first century, was a Virgin converted to Christianity and afterwards consecrated to God by  Saint Matthew the Evangelist , Apostle of Ethiopia.]  "The Ethiopian king [at the time of St Matthew's arrival] was named Egippus. He sent for all the men in his provinces saying to them: Come and see ye God in the likeness of a man. Upon this, the people came with crowns of gold and divers manner of sacrifices, and would have sacrificed to him. St Matthew beheld them and said: What do ye men? I am not God, but I am servant of our Lord. I AM BUT A SERVANT OF OUR LORD [Therefore, from the resources brought they instead built a ...