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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT MARY OF CORDOBA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Saint Mary's father confessed his Christian faith in Spain at the time when Moslems controlled the country, and he succeeded in bringing up his daughter Mary as a Christian.  In order to be able to live their faith quietly and in peace, they moved away from their hometown of  Cordoba (Cordova)  and came to Froniano. There, for his education, he gave his son  Valabonsus (Wallabonsus) to a priest called Salvador, who was also the head of the nearby monastery of St Felix. He brought his daughter, Mary, to Cuteclara for the same purpose, under the leadership of a woman named Artemia, whose two sons, Adolf  (Adulphus) and  John   (Johannes) had been martyred for their Christian faith.  Valabonsus   died as a martyr in Cordova in 851. Peter , the monk Sabinianus , Wistremundus of Ecija, Habentius and Jeremias - the l...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 6th of June WELCOME! SAINT MARY, VIRGIN AND MARTYR OF PERSIA Saint Mary (Maria) virgin and martyr in Persia, was imprisoned in A.D. 346 during the reign of Sapor II. Her fellow prisoner pastor Paulus apostasized and even condescended to be the executioner of the saint.  (Mg.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 173) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Mary 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, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! SAINT FLORA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR In the reign of Abderramene II, king of the Saracens at  Cordoba (Cordova) in Spain, Saint Flora, because she was of Mahometan extraction by her father, but had been secretly instructed in the faith by her mother, was impeached by her own brother before the cadi, or judge of the city.  This magistrate caused her to be scourged, and beaten on the head till in some parts her scull was bare. Then he put her into the hands of her brother, that he might overcome her resolution.  SHE MADE HER ESCAPE After some time she made her escape over a high wall, and took shelter with a sister at Ossaria.  Having lain concealed some time, she ventured back to Cordova, and prayed publicly in the church of St Aciclus, the martyr.  There she met with Mary , sister to the deacon Valabonsus, who had lately received the crown of martyrdom.  THEY WERE CONFINE...