Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label St Goboldeus - Martyr of Palermo

SAINT EUSTASIUS, MARTYR OF PALERMO - 12 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th November WELCOME! SAINT EUSTASIUS, MARTYR OF PALERMO  Saint Eustasius (Eustatius) was killed for the Christian faith along with Nympha, Proculus and Goboldeus . Some of these saints' relics are kept in Rome. Palermo is stated to have been the place of their martyrdom. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eustasius 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

SAINT GOBOLDEUS, MARTYR - 12 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th November SAINT GOBOLDEUS, MARTYR Saint Goboldeus (Gobuldeus) was a monk at Visa who lived in the 5th century. The Bollandists * list him in connection with Saint Mamilianus ; at the same time they also mention Saint Nympha. Saint Goboldeus' life history somewhat resembles that of Saint Nympha.  On November 12, in the Elenchus * of the Bollandists, Saint Nympha is featured alongside Saints Eustatius, Proculus and Goboldeus. The relics of Saint Goboldeus are kept in Rome together with the mortal remains of Saints Mamilianus, Asotius, Proculus and Nympha. They are venerated as martyrs; Palermo is referred to as their place of martyrdom. (Jul. IV. 349.) (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