SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of November   WELCOME!   SAINT PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR  ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index The Liberian Calendar informs us that this pope sat five years from the death of St Urban, in 230, the church then enjoying peace in the reign of Alexander Severus. A BLOODY PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS But Maximinus, who, by contriving the assassination of the best of the Roman emperors, in May, 235, opened to himself a way to the imperial throne, began his reign by raising a bloody persecution. He was by birth a barbarian, a native of Thrace, and of a gigantic stature: for his cruelty towards all men he is surnamed Busiris, Typhon, and Phalaris, and was a monster of gluttony.  THE HARDSHIPS OF HIS EXILE Saint Pontian was banished by him in the beginning of his reign into the isle of Sardinia, where he died the same year, if not by the sword, at least by the hardships of his exile and the unhealthfulness of the air....

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 13th of August WELCOME! SAINT PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR, AND SAINT HIPPOLYTUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR St Hippolytus and St Afra ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Pontian became bishop of Rome in 231. During the persecution of Emperor Maximus, he was exiled to Sardinia, along with Saint Hippolytus. He resigned the papacy, so that the Church might have an active leader. They both died in Sardinia. Hippolytus is buried in the cemetery on the via Tiburtina, and Pontian in the catacombs of Callistus. PRAYER: Lord, may the loyal suffering of your saints, Pontian and Hippolytus, fill us with your love and make our hearts steadfast in faith. 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.