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SAINT TERENCE, MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA - 30 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 30th of April WELCOME! SAINT TERENCE, MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA Saint Terence  (Terentius)  was a martyr in Alexandria, a companion of  Saint   Dorotheus . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 806-07) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Terence  confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. 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.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

SAINTS FIDENTIUS AND TERENCE, MARTYRS - 27 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of September SAINTS FIDENTIUS AND TERENCE, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Fidentius and Terence. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Todi, the holy martyrs Fidentius and Terence, under the same Diocletian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Fidentius and Terence 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.

ST TERENCE, BISHOP OF TODI, MARTYR - 1 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of September WELCOME! SAINT TERENCE, BISHOP OF TODI, MARTYR  (SS. Terentianus et Flaccus, M. M.) Saint Terence  (Terentianus) was bishop of Todi, where he died a martyr around 118. On the orders of the Emperor Hadrian he was imprisoned by the city prefect Latianus, put under torture, stripped of his clothes, scourged with scorpions, burned on ropes, and beaten on the mouth with stones.  Finally the tyrant ordered for the Bishop's tongue to be cut off. Nonetheless, Terentianus continued to preach but, instead, Latianus became mute and could only indicate with signs that the bishop should be given his clothes back and allowed to get dressed once more.  A BLIND MAN THREW HIMSELF AT HIS FEET When St Terentianus was brought to the forum the next day, an idolater by the name of Flaccus met him, who was blind and threw himself at his feet, exclaiming:  "I swear to the living God, whom you preach, th...