Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label St Hippias - Martyr of Egypt

SAINT HIPPIAS, MARTYR OF EGYPT - 9 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 9th of February WELCOME! SAINT HIPPIAS, MARTYR OF EGYPT Saint Hippias is one of the 32 Egyptian martyrs who feature in the work of the Bollandists * on February 9, and of whom they remark that the names of the 32 Egyptian Martyrs  on February 9 bear striking resemblance to those of the group of 37 Egyptian martyrs  mentioned on January 18 (II. 294). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 749) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Hippias  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, open...