ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 25th of September WELCOME! SAINT FIRMIN, BISHOP OF AMIENS, MARTYR Saint Firmin is often pictured holding his severed head. [Saint Firmin I.] If we may rely on his acts, he was a native of Pampelone , in Navarre [born c. 272], initiated in the Christian faith by Honestus , a disciple of Saint Saturninus of Toulouse , and consecrated bishop by Saint Honoratus , successor to Saint Saturninus , in order to preach the gospel in the remoter parts of Gaul. He preached the faith in the countries of Agen, Anjou, and Beauvais, and, being arrived at Amiens, there chose his residence, having founded there a numerous church of faithful disciples. He received the crown of martyrdom in that city [at the age of 31, by beheading], whether under the prefect, Rictius Varus, as Usuard says, or in some other persecution from Decius, in 250, to Diocletian, in 303, is uncertain. Faustinian buried him in his fie...