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SAINT EUTROPIUS, BISHOP OF HADRIANOPOLIS - 11 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 11th of February WELCOME! SAINT EUTROPIUS, BISHOP OF HADRIANOPOLIS Saint Eutropius, bishop of Hadrianopolis in Thrace and ancestor of Saint Lucius there was dispatched to Gaul. The mission entailed firstly, to preach the gospel to the heathen, and secondly, to defend the pure doctrine against the Arians. But the latter brought it about that he was sent into exile, where he died a faithful professor of the divinity of Jesus. (But. III. 13) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 140) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eutropius 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. Amen. Sources of these articles...