by Joseph | Feb 9, 2020 | January, Saints
January 1 St. Eugendus, or Oyend, Abbot (c. A.D. 510) St. Eugendus AFTER the death of the brothers St. Romanus and St. Lupicinus, founders of the abbey of Condat, under whose discipline he had been educated from the age of seven, Eugendus became coadjutor to... by Joseph | Feb 9, 2020 | January, Saints
January 1 St. Euphrosyne, Virgin (Fifth Century ?) A dying Euphrosyne reveals herself to her father, miniature from the Menologion of Basil II THE Greeks call St Euphrosyne “Our Mother”, and pay her great honour, but we have no authentic accounts of her... by Joseph | Feb 9, 2020 | January, Saints
January 1 St. Almachius, or Telemachus, Martyr (c. A.D. 400) St. Almachius, or Telemachus, from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs Text on image as it appears: “Telemachus separates the gladiators and loses his own life.” A LL that we know of this interesting... by Joseph | Feb 9, 2020 | January, Saints
January 1 St. Concordius, Martyr (c. A.D. 178) A SUBDEACON who, in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, was apprehended in the desert, and brought before Torquatus, governor of Umbria, then residing at Spoleto. The martyr, paying no regard to promises or threats, in the... by Joseph | Jan 12, 2020 | January, January 1, Saints
January 1 Octave of Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ Simplified CIRCUMSISION was a sacrament of the Old Law, and the first legal observance required by Almighty God of the descendants of Abraham. It was a sacrament of initiation in the service of God, and a promise and... 