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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 31st of December WELCOME! SAINT HILARIA, MARTYR OF ROME Saint   Hilaria (December 31) was a martyr at Rome on the Salarian Way. This holy lady is one of the  Martyrs of the Cemetery of Priscilla , a companion  of  Saint Donata . (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 Hilaria 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 3rd of December WELCOME! SAINT CLAUDIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF ROME Today, we also commemorate Saint Claudius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rome, the holy martyrs Claudius, tribune, and Hilaria, his wife, with Jason and Maurus, their sons, and seventy soldiers. By the command of the emperor Numerian, Claudius was fastened to a large stone and precipitated into the river; the soldiers and the sons of Claudius were condemned to capital punishment. But blessed Hilaria, after having buried the bodies of her sons, and whilst praying at their tomb, was arrested by the Pagans, and shortly after departed for heaven." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Claudius, Hilaria, Jason and Maurus 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...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 12th of August WELCOME! MARTYRS OF AUGSBURG   [St Hilaria, St Afra 's mother, and the friends and maidservants of St Afra - Eunomia , Euprepia , and  Digna  - were among the martyrs of Augsburg. To start with, St Afra was a prostitute, and so were her friends. These were the events leading up to the martyrdom:] The Lord had mercy on the unfortunate sinner [Afra] and led the holy bishop Narcissus , accompanied by  the holy deacon Felix , on their flight from Spain from the persecutors, to their dwelling [in Augsburg], where they were most kindly welcomed, admittedly with a different intention than the holy men were aware of. ...WITH A DIFFERENT INTENTION THAN THE HOLY MEN WERE AWARE OF  But before the pious Bishop sat down at the table, which Afra had prepared for him, he began to pray with his deacon, which, deeply affected Afra. She asked for more detailed information from her guest. When she hear...