Celebrating
some of the saints from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands:
Africa:
4th
– St Ammon of Egypt, he helped populate the desert with hundreds of holy monks
Shorter
version
Longer
version
8th
– St Thais (Taisia), a repentant harlot
19th
– St Varus, a military commander, and the seven teachers martyred with him in
Egypt
22nd
– St Lot of Egypt, one of the holy Desert Fathers
24th
– St Elesbaan, Emperor of Ethiopia, he helped free the people of Arabia from
persecution
24th
– St Felix, a bishop who was abused and beheaded because he would not give up
the sacred books to the Roman authorities for burning
Belgium/France:
3rd
– St Gerard of Brogne, helped revive religious life across Belgium and France
England:
7th
– St Osith, queen, nun, and martyr
10th
– St Paulinus, Archbishop of York, an enlightener of that part of England and
others
11th
– St Ethelburg of Barking, a princess who renounced the world, became an
abbess, and led many souls to holiness
12th
– St Edwin, King of Northumbria and Martyr, one of England’s best kings
12th
– St Wilfrid, an evangelizer of Sussex in England
Shorter
version
Longer
version
19th
– St Frideswide, the patroness of Oxford
20th
– St Acca, an active bishop of Hexham
26th
– St Alfred the Great, the holy king of England, the greatest who has ever sat
on that throne; he would make a fine patron saint for Dixie
26th
– St Cedd, a missionary amongst the English
England/Belgium:
31st
– St Foillan, an enlightener of the English and Belgian lands
England/Germany:
15th
– St Thecla, one of several English nuns who helped St Boniface evangelize
Germany
France:
1st
– St Remigius, a great enlightener of the Franks; his baptism of King Clovis
was the birth of what we know as Christian France
Shorter
version
Longer
version
2nd
– St Leger, bishop of Autun and martyr; an exceptional man; revered throughout
France
6th
– St Faith, a bold and courageous martyr
9th
– St Denis, an early bishop of Paris, missionary, and martyr
13th
– St Gerald of Aurillac, a nobleman who used all his time and wealth to the
glory of God
17th
– St Anstrudis, a daughter of saints who helped guide the nuns under her care
to saintliness
18th
– St Justin, a brave child-martyr
20th
– St Sindulf, a hermit who sanctified the French land with his life and prayers
23rd
– St Romanus of Rouen, a holy archbishop who drove paganism out of his diocese,
worked wonders, and did many good works
28th
– St Faro of Meaux, a zealous pastor in the north of France
31st
– St Quintin, from a senatorial family of Rome; he renounced his privileges and
became a missionary to Amiens and a martyr; God worked many miracles through
his holy relics.
France/Germany:
23rd
– St Severin, a holy archpastor who was given a revelation of the glory of St
Martin of Tours
Greece:
3rd
– St Dionysius of Athens, one of St Paul’s converts at the Areopagus in Athens;
later a bishop, missionary, and writer of several significant works of theology
4th
– St Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens, another of St Paul’s converts at the
Areopagus; and a martyr
26th
– St Demetrios the Myrrh-Gusher, a Roman commander who became the Great Martyr
and Wonderworker of Thessalonica
Ireland:
21st
– St Fintan Munnu, a great evangelist in Ireland
27th
– St Abban, founder of many monasteries in southern Ireland
29th
– St Colman of Kilmacduagh, a beautiful ornament of the Irish Church
Ireland/Austria:
13th
– St Colman, an Irishman on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, mistaken for a spy, and
unjustly murdered in Stockerau, Austria (near Vienna). Many miracles occurred through his relics,
and he is now honored as one of the patron saints of Austria.
Ireland/Cornwall:
31st
– St Erth, an Irishman who labored in the vineyard of Cornwall
Ireland/Scotland:
11th
– St Kenneth of Aghaboe, a wonderful ascetic who labored to enlighten both
Ireland and Scotland with the Gospel:
13th
– St Comgan, St Kentigerna, and St Fillan; a ‘family of saints’ driven from
Ireland into Scotland where they preached the Gospel to many and lived holy
lives
27th
– St Oran (Odhran, Otteran): An Abbot of Meath in Ireland, he went to Scotland with St
Columba and was the first to repose on Iona. His feast is kept in Ireland and
he is the main patron of Waterford.
Italy:
7th
– St Justina, a highly venerated martyr in Padua
New Rome:
13th
– The Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which upheld the
veneration of the holy icons
23rd
– St Macarius the Roman, the son of a senator, he fled marriage and lived the
rest of his days as a hermit in a cave
Old Rome:
5th
– St Galla, a noble lady who devoted her widowhood to prayer and good works
7th
– Sts Sergius and Bacchus, illustrious martyrs
12th
– Sts Tarachus, Probus, and Andronicus; the questioning and tortures of these
martyrs as recorded by the Roman notaries of those very days have been
preserved. The faith and courage and
miracles of the martyrs is amazing to read.
19th
– Sts Ptolemy, Lucius, and an Unnamed Companion, martyred for proclaiming
themselves Christians
29th
– St Anastasia, a nun and a brave martyr
30th
– St Marcellus the Centurion and St Cassian the notary, both martyred: the first for refusing to worship idols, the
second for denouncing the death sentence given to St Marcellus
Scotland:
29th
– St Kennera, a hermitess who helped sanctify Galloway
Scotland/France/Belgium:
18th
- St Monon, a Scottish hermit who lived in the Ardennes in France and was
murdered there. His relics worked many
miracles.
Spain:
13th
– Sts Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis, three heroic martyrs in Spain; called
the ‘Three Crowns of Cordoba’ by the poet Prudentius
22nd
– Sts Nunilo and Alodia, martyrs; they were daughters of a Muslim father and a
Christian mother during the days of Muslim rule in Spain, but would not
renounce their Christian Faith, even in the face of abuse and death
Switzerland:
16th
– St Gall, an apostle to the Swiss
Shorter
version
Longer
version
Wales:
8th
– St Keyna, a princess who chose to become an hermitess
Wales/France:
22nd
– St Mello, an enlightener of northern France in the area around Rouen
24th
– St Maglorius, another great enlightener, in Brittany
Wales/France/Ireland:
19th
– St Ethbin, a holy monk of Brittany and Ireland
Wales/Germany:
21st
– St Ursula and her martyr companions; greatly venerated in Cologne,
Germany. St Ursula was the inspiration
for an order of nuns, the Ursulines, who played a big part in the early life of
New Orleans and continue to do so now.
--
Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England,
South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð,
unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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