SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of October SAINTS GERVASIUS AND GODINA Saint Gervasius is thought to be a brother of St Godina (Senorina), and according to the earlier Bollandists *, they lived towards the end of the 10th century in present-day Portugal.  His body rests - like that of his sister St Godina - in the Parish Church of Basto. Nothing more is known of him than this meagre note. However, their veneration seems to have fizzled out, since they were skipped by the later Bollandists *. Saints Gervasius and Godina, pray for us. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861) *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 Gervasius and Godina may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 19th of June   WELCOME! SAINTS GERVASIUS AND PROTASIUS, MARTYRS  [Saints Gervase and Protase.] Saint Ambrose calls these saints the protomartyrs of Milan. They seem to have suffered in the first persecution under Nero, or at latest under Domitian, and are said to have been the sons of SS. Vitalis and Valeria, both martyrs, the first at Ravenna, the second at Milan. This latter city was the place which SS. Gervasius and Protasius rendered illustrious by their glorious martyrdom and miracles.  THEY WERE TWIN BROTHERS St Ambrose assures us, that the divine grace prepared them a long time for their crown by the good example which they gave, and by the constancy with which they withstood the corruption of the world. He adds they were beheaded for the faith. They are said to have been twin brothers.    VISIBLE PROTECTORS OF THE CHURCH The faithful at Milan, in the fourth age, had lost the remembrance of the...