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SAINT JUVENTIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF ROME - 1 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 1st of June WELCOME ! SAINT JUVENTIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF ROME The Bollandists * list Saints Juventius, Cyriacus, Exuperantius and Heraclia as martyrs at Rome; but it is uncertain when and in what manner these saints suffered martyrdom. Saint Juventius, whom the sources variously call Viventius, Joventius , Juvencus , was first buried in Rome. From there, a substantial part of his relics was later translated to the Jesuit Church in Naples, where they are kept in a chapel at the foot of a gilded bust of this saint. (I . 43). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 590) *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 Juventius, Cyriacus, Exuperantius and Heraclia may increase our devotion and promote our s...