ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 6th of July SAINT ERMIAS, MARTYR Saint Ermias lived in Apollonia in a cave to serve God there. His companions in this solitude were called Felix and Peregrin. When Isaurus and his fellows came to Apollonia from Athens, they went by higher intuition to that cave. There they met these zealous Christians. Delighted at these Christian strangers, the pious men severed ties with the world entirely by giving everything they owned to the poor, money, estate, and the like. Their relatives, however, were incensed about this and therefore reported them for being Christians. Thereupon the city prefect had them seized and beheaded. Isaurus and his companions were thrown into the fire first, and as they emerged from it unharmed, they were also decapitated. This happened at the beginning of the fourth century. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 85) Stadle...