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SAINT EUSTORGIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 11 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 11th of April WELCOME! SAINT EUSTORGIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saint Eustorgius, a priest, and Nestor, Filonus and  Ceremonius were martyrs who are believed to have given their lives for the faith around the year 410. The Bollandists *, however, reckon that they were martyred during the reign of Diocletian. The name the holy priest Eustorgius is also listed in the Roman Martyrology * on April 11. (II. 13) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 135) *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 Eustorgius, Nestor, Filonus and  Ceremonius 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, ...