ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 25th of March WELCOME! SAINT PELAGIUS, BISHOP OF LAODICEA Saint Pelagius was bishop of Laodicea in Syria. About the year 360, although married (having solemnly vowed to live with his wife in perpetual chastity, with her consent) he was elected bishop of Laodicea. THE COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH A.D. 363 In 363 he attended the council at Antioch, at which the resolutions passed at Nicaea in 325 were re-enacted, and in 365 at Tyana in Cappadocia. The latter council dealt with the reinstatement of the Arian Eustathius of Sebaste into the church community, which was granted to him after he had promised to submit to the Council of Nicaea. HIS EXILE Our holy bishop was generally a staunch defender of the unity of faith. For this reason he was exiled to Arabia by the Arian emperor Valens in 374, but was recalled by Gratianus after his death in 378. THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE A.D. 381 He also sternly and zealously...