SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 18th of June WELCOME! SAINT NIVITUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS S.S. Nivitus et Soc. M.M., (June 18). The Martyrology of   Saint Jerome *  and various other martyrologies list Saints Nivitus, Candidus, Cantianus, Cantianilla, Protus, Chrysogonus, Anteon, Quintianus, Theodolus, Jocundus, Silvius, martyrs in Lucamen (Basilicata). No other details are known of these holy men and women. Some sources state that their martyrdom took place on the island of Sicily.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 575) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Nivitus, Candidus, Cantianus, Cantianilla, Protus, Chrysogonus, Anteon, Quintianus, Theodolus, Jocundus, and Silvius may increase our devotion and promo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 25th of October SAINTS PROTUS AND JANUARIUS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Protus and Januarius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Torres, in Sardinia, the holy martyrs Protus, priest, and Januarius, deacon, who, being sent to that island by pope Saint Caius , were put to death, under the governor Barbarus, in the reign of Diocletian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Protus and Januarius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of September WELCOME! SAINTS PROTUS AND HYACINTH, MARTYRS The saints whose victory the church commemorates on this day are honoured among the most illustrious martyrs that ennobled Rome with their blood, when the emperors of the world attempted, with the whole weight of their power, to crush the little flock of Christ. Their epitaph, among the works of Pope Damasus, calls them brothers, and informs us that Hyacinthus sustained the first conflict, but that Protus obtained his crown before him.  THEY WERE BROTHERS They are said, in the Acts of Saint Eugenia, to have been eunuchs and retainers to that virtuous lady and martyr, who is honoured on December 25. Their martyrdom, and that of Eugenia, is placed in these acts under Valerian, in 257, but the Liberian Calendar assures us, that Saint Basilla, who seems to have been a companion of Saint Eugenia, received her crown on September 22, in the persecution of Diocl...