ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 31st of May SAINT PASCHASIUS, DEACON This holy deacon of the Roman Church died in the year 520. Pope Saint Gregory (dial. IV. 40) wrote the following concerning Paschasius: When I was still young and in a secular position, I often heard from older and more knowledgeable people that Paschasius, a deacon of this apostolic see, of whom we still have excellent and illuminating books about the Holy Spirit, was a man of admirable holiness, who gave much alms, honoured the poor, and despised himself. But in the quarrel that arose between the electors of Symmachus and Laurentius , he gave his vote to Laurentius, and, since the agreement of all had conquered him, Paschasius still maintained that he would have preferred Laurentius to win the vote until the end of his life. This he did despite the authority of the Church, according to the judgment of the bishops, having decided. When Paschasius died - whic...