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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 13th of March   WELCOME! SAINT NICEPHORUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, CONFESSOR Today, we also commemorate Saint Nicephorus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Constantinople, the translation of Saint Nicephorus, bishop of that city and confessor. His body was brought to Constantinople from the island of Prokenesis, in the sea of Marmara, where he had died on June 5 in exile because of his reverence for holy images, and it was buried with honour by St Methodius, bishop of Constantinople, in the Church of the Holy Apostles in this the very day on which Nicephorus had been driven into exile." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Nicephorus 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. ➡️ More information about Saint Nicephorus

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 27th of April WELCOME! SAINT NICEPHORUS , MARTYR OF NICOMEDIA Saint Nicephorus, commemorated on April 27, a martyr of Nicomedia, was a companion of  Saint Germelina .  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Nicephorus 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 MARCH Saints celebrated on the 6th of March WELCOME! SAINT NICEPHORUS, MARTYR OF NICOMEDIA Saint Nicephorus (March 6), a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia, was a companion of  Saint Saturninus . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Nicephorus 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 APRIL Saints celebrated on the 27th of April WELCOME! SAINT GERMELINA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF NICOMEDIA Saint Germelina, a martyr, suffered with several others in Nicomedia. Her companions' names are: Laetissima, Felicia, Germana, Felix, Evanthia , Victorinus, Nicephorus, Dioscorus, Papias , Serapion, John (Johannes), and Julius . (III. 488) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 419) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of Saint Germelina and Companions, your holy martyrs, not to think high-mindedly, but to grow in humility pleasing to you; that, despising what is base, she may with unbounded love diligently do whatever is right. 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...

  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 MARCH Saints celebrated on the 13th of March WELCOME! SAINT NICEPHORUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, CONFESSOR  (A.D. 828.) Theodorus, the father of our saint, was secretary to the emperor Constantine Copronymus: but when that tyrant declared himself a persecutor of the Catholic Church, the faithful minister remembering that we are bound to obey God rather than man, maintained the honour due to holy images with so much zeal, that he was stripped of his honours, scourged, tortured, and banished.  WE ARE BOUND TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN The young Nicephorus was from his cradle animated to the practice of virtue by the domestic example of his father: and in his education, as his desires of improvement were great and the instructions he had very good, the progress he made was as considerable; till, by the maturity of his age, and of his study, he made his appearance in the world.  When Constantine and Irene were placed on the imperial throne, ...