Saint of the day June 17
Saint of the day June 17 SAINT OF THE DAY, June 17, STS. BLAISE AND DIOGEN, MARTYRS ON THE VIA SALARIA ANTICA Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Chinese Martyr. He was arrested in Tonkin and was martyred the following year with three companions. Feastday: June 17 St. Nectan. Hermit and martyr also called Nighton or Nectaran. Possibly a native of Wales or Ireland, he is best known through legends. He lived as a hermit in Devonshire, England, founding churches there and in Cornwall, England. The patron saint of Hartland, Devonshire, he was much venerated during the Middle Ages and his shrine was a popular place for pilgrims until its destruction during the Reformation in the sixteenth century. He was reported beheaded by robbers, and in some traditions was a relative of the chieftain Brychan. St. Briavel. The patron of a parish in Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, England. St. Herve, 575 A.D. Welsh bard who was is a popular patron in Brittany, France. H...