Sept. 16, Bl. Michael Fimonaya,Bl. Paul Fimonaya, St. Rogellus, St. Cyprian, St. Euphemia, St. Cornelius

 Bl. Michael Fimonaya, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan and a Dominican tertiary. A native of Japan and a convert, he was beheaded at Nagasaki for refusing to abjure the faith. Feastday, September 16

Bl. Paul Fimonaya, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan The son of Blessed Michael Fimonaya. Paul was a Dominican tertiary who was arrested for being a Christian and was beheaded at Nagasaki. Feastday, September 16

St. Rogellus, Roman Catholic Martyr with his disciple, Servus Dei. He was a monk in Spain who was put to death at Cordoba by the Moors for publicly attacking the Muslim faith. His young disciple suffered with him. Feastday, September 16

St. Cyprian,  One of the early writers of the Primacy of the Pope as stated in :The Unity of the Catholic Church". A very important writer which shows that the Protestant view that the Chair of Peter was a later invention, is false. Feastday, September 16

St. Euphemia, Roman Catholic Martyred virgin of Chalcedon. The traditions surrounding her death state that she was tortured and then slain by a wild lion because she refused to attend a pagan ceremony. A church was erected in her honor in the fifth century. Feastday, September 16

St. Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been apostasized during the persecution