SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 19th of June WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, MARTYR OF ROME Saint Evodius (Euodius) was  another martyr  of this name in Rome . (III. 846) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 149-150) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evodius 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 (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 19th of June WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, MARTYR OF ROME Saint Evodius (Euodius), commemorated on June 19, was a martyr in Rome. (III. 846) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 149) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evodius 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 (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 14th of February WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, MARTYR OF GALICIA The name Evodius is Greek, meaning happy in undertakings. Saint Evodius (Euodius), commemorated on February 14, was a martyr who suffered in Galicia (Gallaecia) during the reign of Diocletian . (II. 741) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 149) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evodius 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 (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 2nd of August WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, MARTYR Saint Evodius (Evedius) was martyred for the Christian faith in Nicaea in Bithynia. He was a son of the widow Saint Theodota . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 150) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evodius 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 (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 8th of October SAINT EVODIUS, BISHOP OF ROUEN Today, we also commemorate Saint Evodius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rouen, Saint Evodius, bishop and confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evodius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September SAINTS EVODIUS, HERMOGENES, AND CALLISTA, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callista. The Roman Martyrology states:  "The same day, the martyrdom of the Saints Evodius and Hermogenes, brothers, and Callista, their sister." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callista 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 25th of April WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Evodius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Syracuse, the holy martyrs Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callistus." PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callistus, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 6th of May WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH  Saint Evodius was the first Bishop of Antioch after St Peter.  Eusebius mentions him thus in his "History": "And Evodius having been established the first [bishop] of the Antiochians, Ignatius flourished at this time" ( III, 22 ). The time referred to is that of Clement of Rome and Trajan, of whom  Eusebius  has just spoken. THE LIST OF BISHOPS OF ANTIOCH Harnack has shown (after discarding an earlier theory of his own)  Eusebius   possessed a list of the bishops of Antioch which did not give their dates, and that he was obliged to synchronize them roughly with the popes. It seems certain that he took the three episcopal lists of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch from the "Chronography" which Julius Africanus published in 221. The "Chronicle of  Eusebius " is lost; but in Jerome’s translation of it we find in three successive years the three...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of November   WELCOME! SAINT EVODIUS, BISHOP OF PUY Saint Evodius was first bishop of Puy (Anicium, Podium, Urbs Vellavorum) in western France (Auvergne). He was the successor of  Saint Paulianus as the seventh bishop of Ruessium [Velay]. HE BUILT A FAMOUS CHURCH St Evodius later built a church two miles from there on the Anis (or Anicium) mountain, under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin. It did develop into a very famous church, which even now - so much later - still features the miraculous image of the Mother of God. Around the year 560 or 570, St Evodius relocated the episcopal seat to this place. Around this church, by and by, the town of Puy (Le-Puy-Notre-Dame, Le-Poy-en-Velai) developed. HE RELOCATED THE EPISCOPAL SEAT The said church possesses an original thorn of the crown of the Redeemer, gifted by Louis the Holy. It also keeps the relics of the priest Tertullian of Rome, which are enclosed...