ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 11th of January WELCOME! SAINT HYGINUS, POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index St Hyginus was placed in the chair of St Peter after the martyrdom of St Telesphorus, in the year 139. Eusebius informs us, that he sat four years. THE CHURCH ENJOYED SOME SORT OF CALM The church then enjoyed some sort of calm, under the mild reign of the emperor Antoninus Pius; though several martyrs suffered in his time by the fury of the populace, or the cruelty of certain magistrates. The emperor himself never consented to such proceedings; and when informed of them by the governors of Asia, Athens, Thessalonica, and Larissea, he wrote to them in favour of the Christians, as is recorded by St Justin and Eusebius. DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE But the devil had recourse to other arts to disturb the peace of God’s church. Cerdo, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, in the year 140, came from Syria to Rome, and began to teach...