Category: 365 Saints
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05 Works, Today, May 12th is Sts Nereus and Achilleus’s day, With Footnotes – #133
Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers of the Praetorian Guard (the emperor’s bodyguards) who were martyred at the end of the first century, and were said to have been baptized by St. Peter himself. When they became Christians they gave up their posts which they saw as immoral and were exiled and then killed under…
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08 Works, Today, May 11th is Saint Gangulphus of Burgundy’s day, With Footnotes – #132
Saint Gangulphus of Burgundy (died May 11, 760 AD) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Born to one of the most illustrious families of Burgundy. As a youth, Gangulphus was known for his great honesty, chastity, and propriety, and visited churches and read religious texts, avoiding the company of libertines… Please follow…
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06 Works, Today, May 10th is St. Thais’s day, With Footnotes – #131
St. Thaïs reportedly lived during the fourth century in Roman Egypt. Her story is included in hagiographic literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek church. Two such biographical sketches exist. The first, in Greek, perhaps originated during the fifth century The other sketch comes to us in medieval Latin from Marbod of…
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06 Works, Today, May 9th is Shio Mgvime’s day, With Footnotes – #130
The venerable father Shio Mgvime was a Georgian anchorite whose preaching of the Word of God and ascetic life led to the founding of a number of monasteries in Georgia. He is remembered on May 9, the day of his repose, and on May 7 with St John of Zedazeni and his twelve disciples which…
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06 Works, Today, May 8th is Tamar the Great’s day, With Footnotes – #129
Tamar the Great (c. 1160–18 January 1213) reigned as the King of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dynasty, her position as the first woman to rule Georgia in her own right was emphasized by the title King, afforded to Tamar in…
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05 Works, Today, May 7th is the San Acacio’s day, With Footnotes – #128
The Holy Martyr Acacius, who lived mostly in the III Century, was born at Cappadocia and was a centurion of the Martesian regiment under the military officer Firmus. When the persecution against Christians was started up on order of the emperor Maximian Galerius (305–311), Firmus began one after the other to interrogate his soldiers about…
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06 Works, Today, May 6th is the Prophet Job’s day, With Footnotes – #127
Job is a blessed man who lives righteously in the Land of Uz. The Lord’s praise of Job prompts an angel with the title of “satan” to suggest that Job served God simply because God protected him. God removes Job’s protection, and gives permission to the angel to take his wealth, his children, and his…
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06 Works, Today, May 5th is Jovinianus’s day, With Footnotes – #126
Jovinian (died c. 405), was an opponent of Christian asceticism in the 4th century and was condemned as a heretic at synods convened in Rome under Pope Siricius and in Milan by St Ambrose in 393… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Today, April 29th, is Saint Endelienta’s day, With Footnotes – #119
Saint Endelienta was a Cornish saint of the 5th and 6th century. She is believed to be a daughter of the Welsh King Brychan, and a native of South Wales who travelled to North Cornwall to join her siblings in converting the locals to Christianity… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Today, April 26th, is Saint Alda Gambara’s day, With Footnotes – #116
Saint Alda, (c. 1249 – c. 1309), was born in Siena, the daughter of the noble Pedro Francisco Ponzi and Inês Bulgarini, whom God had shown in a dream that he had chosen the child for Himself. After being carefully educated and instructed, she was given as a wife to a man “virtutibus ornatissimus” – decorated…
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12 Works, Today, April 25th, is St. Mark’s day, With Footnotes – #115
St. Mark was an African native who belonged to the Levites’ tribe. His family moved to Jerusalem with their child John Mark. Apparently, he was given a good education and became conversant in both Greek and Latin in addition to Hebrew. His family was highly religious and in close relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.…
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