SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 14th of April WELCOME! SAINT OPTATUS, ARCHELAUS, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Optatus and Archelaus, martyrs, are listed in an ancient martyrology of  Saint Jerome  along with their companions Symphronius, Frontinus, Maximus, Decima, Marcia, Cornelia, Fortunata, Donatus, Tiburbius, and Valentus . (II. 212) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 625) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Optatus, Archelaus, Symphronius, Frontinus, Maximus, Decima, Marcia, Cornelia, Fortunata, Donatus, Tiburbius, and Valentus 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. Sources of these articles (in the original G...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of February WELCOME! SAINTS FELIX, SYMPHRONIUS, HIPPOLYTUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) Today, we also commemorate Saints Felix, Symphronius, Hippolytus and Companions. According to the Roman Martyrology * , these saints were martyrs in Africa.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 176) *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 Felix, Symphronius, Hippolytus and Companions 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. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.googl...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 26th of July SAINT SYMPHRONIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Symphronius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rome, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exuperia , who (as we read in the Acts of pope Saint Stephen) were burnt alive, and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exuperia  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.