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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 10th of May WELCOME! SAINT PRIMUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF TRIESTE  Saint Primus and Companions are commemorated on May 10 or, alternatively, May 11. The priest Primus and, with him, the deacon Marcus - along with the Saints  Jason and Celianus - suffered martyrdom in Trieste. After the time of Vespasian, not only the city itself but also the Christian faith flourished there with increasing vigor. Witnessing the steadfastness of Saints Primus and Marcus - whom the governor Artasius had first beaten, then tortured with fire, tormented by having molten sulfur poured into their mouths, and finally beheaded - eighty-two pagan onlookers converted. Two of them,  Jason  and Celianus, were immediately seized and breathed their last under the blows. The bodies of Saints Primus and Marcus were translated to Verona.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 98...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 10th of May WELCOME! SAINT JASON, MARTYR OF TRIESTE Saint Jason, commemorated on May 10, was a martyr under Emperor Hadrian in Trieste. Please see Saint Primus . The name Jason derives from the Greek Iason and means "the healer," "saviour," etc. This name was borne by one of the heroes of ancient Greece, known as the leader of the Argonaut expedition that retrieved the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Since he lived in Corinth for ten years with his wife Medea, it is understandable that several Greeks bore his name. However, this name also appears in the Books of Maccabees. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 149) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: PRAYER: May the intercession of Saint Jason commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lor...