SAINTS JANUARY 29

 

SAINTS JANUARY 29

STS. PAPIAS AND MAURUS, SOLDIERS, MARTYRS ON THE VIA NOMENTANA. At Rome, on the Via Nomentana, the holy martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers, in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. At their first confession of Christ, Laodicius, the prefect of the city, ordered their mouths to be pounded with stones. Jan. 29

Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. They were arrested for converting to the faith, and were tortured with red-hot irons prior to execution. Feastday January 29

ST. CONSTANTINUS, BISHOP OF PERUGIA, Saint Constantine, first Bishop of Perugia in Central Italy, together with numerous Christians of his flock, is stated to have been put to death on account of his religion under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, about A.D. 178. Jan. 29

St. Voloc, 724 A.D. Irish missionary bishop. He worked to propagate the Christian faith throughout Scotland.  

Bl. Boleslava Lament, Roman Catholic Virgin, in the midst of political upheaval founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family to promote Christian unity, help the poor and train the girls to Christian life.

St. Blath, 523 A.D. The cook in St. Brigid's convent, in Kildare, Ireland, also called Flora. She was renowned for her holiness and for her steadfast loyalty to St. Brigid in good times and in bad.

ST. SULPITIUS SEVERUS. Later generations have known Sulpitius Severus as the historian of San Martin of Tours. Though the holy prelate had the habit of not talking about himself and keeping for himself the special graces God granted him, Sulpitius claimed to have learned some of the facts related in his biography directly from St. Martin himself. Sulpitius Severus is celebrated January 29. He was born in Aquitaine, around the year 350, to an illustrious family. Like many of his contemporaries, Sulpitius Severus made his start as a lawyer: at that time a career at law was the fastest way to obtain honor. 

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