SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 21st of May WELCOME! SAINT PAPHNUTIUS, BISHOP Saint Paphnutius (commemorated on May 21) is said to have been bishop of Sais in Lower Egypt. Under Constantius he had to give up his chair to an Arian and go into exile. He must not be confused with Saint Paphnutius . (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 Paphnutius 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of September WELCOME! SAINT PAPHNUTIUS, BISHOP  The most celebrated personage of this name was bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid [Thebais] in the early fourth century, and one of the most interesting members of the Council of Nicaea (325).  HE HAD SUFFERED FOR THE FAITH He suffered mutilation of the left knee and the loss of his right eye for the Faith under the Emperor Maximinus (308-313), and was subsequently condemned to the mines. At Nicaea he was greatly honoured by Constantine the Great, who, according to Socrates, used often to send for the good old confessor and kiss the place whence the eye had been torn out.  HE TOOK PART IN THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA He took a prominent, perhaps a decisive, part in the debate at the First Ecumenical Council on the subject of the celibacy of the clergy. It seems that most of the bishops present were disposed to follow the precedent of the Council of Elvira pr...