ST. SOTERA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR ON THE VIA APPIA, ST GREGORY II, POPE, ST. PASCHAL I, POPE, B.VIRGIN MARY OF LOURDES Feb. 11

ST. SOTERA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR ON THE VIA APPIA

Young and of noble family, but humble spirit, she dedicated herself to works of charity. She was arrested in 304 during the persecutions unleashed by the Emperor Diocletian. She faced her torturers with courage, and still refusing to deny the faith, she was beheaded.  Feb. 11

ST GREGORY II, POPE

Gregory II Born c. 669, Pope/St. Gregory II was the scion of a noble Roman family. Under Sergius I , Gregory was the librarian and the keeper of the purse; he accompanied Pope Constantine when the pope traveled to Constantinople to protest the anti-western canons of the Second Trullan (or Quintisext) Council (692). Feb. 11

ST. PASCHAL I, POPE

St. Paschal, Roman Catholic Pope, he succeeded Pope Stephen IV (V)from 25 January 817 to his death in 824. He built and redecorated many churches in Rome and transferred many relics from the catacombs to churches in the city Feastday Feb 11

B.VIRGIN MARY OF LOURDES

Our_Lady_of_Lourdes_Basilica Feb. 11