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SAINT RUFINUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 4 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of September WELCOME! SAINT RUFINUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Rufinus, Silvanus, Marcellus (Macellus), Gaianus, Helpidius, Antonius, Eusticus, Maximus, Eusebius, another Gaianus, Vitalica (Vitalicus), Gaison, Magnus, Castus, Saturnius, Donatus, Eleusus, and other unnamed Companions suffered martyrdom at Ancyra in Galatia. The Roman Martyrology * lists only three Martyrs  of Ancyra on this day: Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus. (II. 204) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 157) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Rufinus, Silvanus, Marcellus, Gaianus, Helpidius, Antonius, Eusticus, Maximus, Eusebius, Vitalica, Gaison, Magnus, Castus, Saturnius, Donatus, Eleusus, and Companions...