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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of September WELCOME! SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP OF BENEVENTO, MARTYR, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate  Saint Januarius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Puzzoli, in Campania, the holy martyrs Januarius, bishop of Benevento, Festus, his deacon, and Desiderius, lector, together with Sosius, deacon of the church of Misenum, Proculus, deacon of Puzzoli, Eutychius and Acutius, who were bound and imprisoned and then beheaded during the reign of Diocletian. The body of Saint Januarius was brought to Naples, and buried in the church with due honours, where even now the blood of the blessed martyr is kept in a vial, and when placed close to his head, is seen to become liquid and, bubble up as if it were just taken from his veins." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Januarius, Festus, Desiderius, Sosius, Proculus, Eutychius and Acutius m...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of September WELCOME! SAINT JANUARIUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR  Saint Januarius, a native some say of Naples, others of Benevento, was bishop of this latter city, when the persecution of Diocletian broke out.  Sosius, deacon of Miseno, Proculus, deacon of Puzzuoli, and Eutyches , and Acutius, eminent laymen, were imprisoned at Puzzoli for the faith, by an order of Dracontius, governor of Campania, before whom they had confessed their faith.  Sosius, by his singular wisdom and sanctity, had been worthy of the intimate friendship of St Januarius, who reposed in him an entire confidence, and for many years had found no more solid comfort among men than in his holy counsels and conversation.  Upon the news that this great servant of God and several others were fallen into the hands of the persecutors, the good bishop determined to pay them a visit, in order to comfort and encourage them, and provide them w...