ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 20th of May WELCOME! SAINTS THALAUEUS, ASTERIUS, ALEXANDER, AND OTHERS, MARTYRS Saints Thalaueus, Asterius, Alexander, and Others were 3rd century martyrs. Asterius and Alexander were the executioners sent to inflict capital punishment on St Thalalseus, condemned to death as a Christian. THE POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY MARTYR'S CONSTANCY At sight of the constancy of the holy Martyr, they, with others of the bystanders, declared themselves Christians, and all shared his fate (A.D. 272) in the reign of the Emperor Numerian. THE PLACE OF THEIR MARTYRDOM The Roman Martyrology marks their martyrdom as having taken place at Edessa in Syria; but it now appears that this is a mistake for a less known city of the same name in Cilicia (Asia Minor). From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Grant to your Church, we beseech you, O Lord, through the intercession of your holy martyrs Thalaueus, Ast...