STS. FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE, ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, VIRGIN, CLARES, ST. FRANCESCA ROMANA, FOUNDRESS OF THE OBLATES OF TOR DE’ SPECCHI, Mar. 9

STS. FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE

 According to St. Basil , forty soldiers who had openly confessed themselves Christians were condemned by the prefect to be exposed naked upon a frozen pond near Sebaste on a bitterly cold night, that they might freeze to death. Mar.9

ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, VIRGIN, CLARES

St. Catherine of Bologna, Roman Catholic Nun. The patron saint of artists and against temptations. Feastday March 9

ST. FRANCESCA ROMANA, FOUNDRESS OF THE OBLATES OF TOR DE’ SPECCHI

 Obl.S.B. Roman Catholic wife, mother, mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates, who share a common life without religious vows.Feastday . Mar. 9