SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 18th of August SAINT HERMAS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate  Saint Hermas and Companions . The Roman Martyrology states:  "In the same city [Rome], the holy martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus. Being dragged through narrow, stony, and craggy places, they yielded up their souls to God." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus 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 AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 15th of August SAINT SERAPION, MARTYR OF ROME Saint Serapion ,  who was killed for his Christian faith in Rome, was a companion of  Saint Hermas .  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 254) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Serapion 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 AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 18th of August WELCOME! SAINT HERMAS OF ROME, MARTYR  The  Roman Martyrology sets down for August 18 the feast of the holy martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus, with the statement that they suffered death in Rome for the Faith.  THREE MEN SUFFERED DEATH IN ROME FOR THEIR FAITH The Greek calendars note all three names for the same day; but there is nothing in the historical notices of the Menaea and Synaxaria from which any inference can be drawn either as to the circumstances or the time of their martyrdom.  The Martyrologium Hieronymianum does not give these names under the above date. On the other hand, August 28 is the day set apart for the feast of the Roman martyr Hermes and of several others who were buried in the catacomb of Hermes and Basilla, and under the same date appear two Alexandrian martyrs, Polienus and Serapion.  The writer surmises that the three martyrs August 18 are identi...