ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE UNION OF THE CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE, SAINT VINCENT, SPANISH DEACON AND MARTYR,,S. ANASTASIUS, MONK AND MARTYR

ST. VINCENT PALLOTTI, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE UNION OF THE CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE

St. Vincent Pallotti, Priest (Feast - January 22) Born in Rome in 1795, St. Vincent became a priest and dedicated himself completely to God and cared for souls. He dreamed of gaining for Christ all non-Catholics, especially the Mohammedans.Jan.22 

SAINT VINCENT, SPANISH DEACON AND MARTYR

St Vincent was a deacon, originally from Saragossa in Spain. He was an great preacher and a courageous man. Vincent was arrested during the persecutions under Diocletian. Despite terrible tortures, he never denied the Faith. He was martyred in Valencia in 304, and immediately venerated as a saint.  Jan.22

S. ANASTASIUS, MONK AND MARTYR

Anastasius was a soldier in the army of King Khusrow II, ruler of Persia, when that ruler carried the Holy Cross from Jerusalem to Persia. He was so impressed with the relic and with the demeanor of the Christians that he left the army, became a Christian, and then a monk in Jerusalem. After seven years, Anastasius went to Persia to convert his own people. He was taken prisoner and promised honors by King Khusrow if he denied Christ. Remaining constant in the faith, Anastasius was strangled and beheaded with 68 or 70 other Christians on January 22, 628. His remains were taken to Palestine, and later Rome Jan 22