ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 9th of January SAINT PASCASIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) Pascasia (Paschasia) was a spiritual daughter of Saint Benignus , who had taught her the faith and administered her baptism. Like her saintly tutor, she lived, suffered and died in Dijon (Divio) in Burgundy. Whether she was martyred on the same day as Saint Benignus, as some say, is not certain. According to legend, her body was burned after being decapitated. Her remains, which had been collected by the faithful, were interred near the tomb of Saint Benignus. In 1001, when the Church of Saint William had been completely restored, one of the altars was dedicated to Saint Pascasia. She is venerated at Dijon and other places on January 9. Gregory of Tours relates that through her intercession he was freed from a stubborn eye disease. Her happy death must have occurred in the second c...