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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 21st of January WELCOME! SAINT FRUCTUOSUS, BISHOP OF TARRAGONA, MARTYR According to his authentic acts, bishop and martyr Fructuosus of Tarragona in Spain was captured under the emperors Valerianus and Gallienus on January 16, 259 together with his deacons Augurius and Eulogius . After he had baptised the catechumen Rogatian in the dungeon, he was presented, along with Augurius and Eulogius, to the President Aemilian on Friday, January 21. Here he professed to be a Christian and worshipper of the One God who created heaven and earth. The three confessors were sentenced to death by fire. This condemnation aroused the pity of the people, who could not hold back their tears as they saw the three innocent victims being led into the amphitheatre. Then a Christian, named Felix, begged him to remember him in his prayers. "I must," cried Fructuosus in a loud voice, "pray for the whole Church, spread from east to west....

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 16th of April WELCOME! SAINT FRUCTUOSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF BRAGA, CONFESSOR  Saint Fructuosus was a prince of the royal blood of the Visigoth kings in Spain; but, from his youth, desired to consecrate his life to the divine service in a holy retreat beyond the reach of that whirlpool of business, faction, pleasure, and sin, called the world.  INSTRUCTION IN THE SACRED SCIENCES After the death of his parents, he found himself at large, and at full liberty to dispose of himself according to his desire. He therefore procured himself to be instructed in the sacred sciences, in the great school which the bishop of Palencia had established for the education of his clergy.  HE FOUNDED SEVERAL MONASTERIES He sold the greater part of his estate, and bestowed the whole price upon the poor, and with the rest founded several monasteries, especially a great one on his estate upon the mountains near Vierzo, under the title of S...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 21st of January WELCOME! SAINT FRUCTUOSUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Saint Fructuosus was the zealous and truly apostolical bishop of Tarragon, then the capital city of Spain.  The persecution of Valerian and Gallien raging in the year 259, he was apprehended by an order of Emilian the governor, who sent the soldiers, called Beneficiarii, for that purpose. They seized the good bishop in his lodgings with two deacons, Augurius and Eulogius , on Sunday, January 16.  He was then laid down on his bed, and only asked leave to put on his shoes; after which he cheerfully followed the guards, who committed him and his two companions to close prison, where he spent his time with them in fervent prayer, full of joy at the prospect of the crown prepared for them. He gave his benediction to the faithful who visited him, and recommended themselves to his prayers.  IN GAOL, HE BAPTISED A CATECHUMEN  On Monday he baptised in ...