Saints Oct 7, Sts. Sergius & Bacehus, St. Justina of Padua, Pope St. Mark,

 Sts. Sergius & Bacehus, Roman Catholic Martyrs. they were officers in the legions of co-Emperor Maximian in Syria who refused to enter the temple of Jupiter or to make sacrifices to the gods. For their crimes, they were dressed in women’s clothing and led through the streets of Arabissus before being sent to die in Mesopotamia. Bacehus was flogged to death, and Sergius was scourged. and beheaded.

St. Justina of Padua, Roman Catholic Martyr. A young woman who took private vows of chastity and was killed during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. She is a patron saint of Padua. Her feast day is October 7.

Pope St. Mark, Roman Catholic Priest and Pope, successor to St. Sylvester I , elected January 18, 336. He was the son of Priscus and a priest of Rome. During his pontificate he erected two basilicas on land donated by Emperor Constantine I. Feast day is October 7.