SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 3rd of March WELCOME! SAINT GAIOLA AND 36 COMPANIONS, MARTYRS According to the martyrology of  Saint Jerome *, Saint Gaiola and Companions were martyred in Africa on March 3. These are the fellow martyrs' names: Saints Felix, Emeritus (also Emeterus), Hemeterus, Meterus, Emeterius (also Emerita), Celedonius (also called Celedonus, Cellidonus and Ecaelidonius), a second, Felix, Savinianus (also Sabinianus, Sabianianus, Sabianus and Sabiniana), a third, Felix, Julius, a fourth Felix, Marinus, Donata, Nicephorus, Carissimus, Claudianus, Papias , Luciola, another Sabianus (Sabiniana), Janula, Astexius, Photius (also Focius or, Fovus), Georgius, Isicus, Risinnius, Castus, Basilius, Solus, Artilaus, Antonius, Cyricus, Euticus, Gorgonius, Asclipius Frunumius and Bosimus . (I. 227) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 340) *A hagiography source ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of September SAINT MARINUS, DEACON Today, we also commemorate Saint Marinus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rimini, Saint Marinus, deacon." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Marinus 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 8th of August SAINT MARINUS, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Marinus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Anzarba, in Cilicia, Saint Marinus, an aged man, who was scourged, racked, and lacerated, and died by being exposed to wild beasts, in the time of the emperor Diocletian and the governor Lysias." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Marinus 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 10th of July SAINT JANUARIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Januarius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In Africa, the holy martyrs Januarius, Marinus, Nabor, and Felix, who were beheaded." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Januarius, Marinus, Nabor, and Felix 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 5th of July SAINT MARINUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Marinus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Tomis, in Scythia, the holy martyrs Marinus, Theodotus, and Sedopha." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Marinus, Theodotus, and Sedopha 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.

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 26th of December Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...