SAINTS JANUARY 03

 SAINTS JANUARY 03

St. Wenog . A Saint of Wales who is mentioned in several liturgical calendars. No other details of his life are extant.  

St. Finlugh, 6th century. An Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan. He trained in Scotland as a disciple of St. Columba and returned to Ireland to become abbot of a monastery in County Deify.  

St. Fintan, 6th century. Abbot, he is Patron of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Comgall, and a well in Limerick is revered in his name.

Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic patron saint of Paris Her feast is kept on 3 January.

Sts. Zosimus and Athanasius (d.303) + Martyrs in Cilicia (modern Turkey). They were executed during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). According to one account, Zosimus was tortured and Athanasius, a witness, was so moved that he converted to the faith. Both were then tortured but survived and died in peace after being released. They became hermits. Feast day: January 3.

ST. JOSEPH MARY TOMASI, THEATINE PRIEST, CARDINAL

Born in Licata, in 1649, of the noble Sicilian family of Lampedusa, he renounced his title in favor of his brother and became a Theatine religious. Precursor of the liturgical reform, he was named cardinal by Pope Clement XI in 1712. Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed him a Saint in 1986.  Jan 3

ST. TELESPHORE, POPE AD MARTYR

Telesphore was an anchorite in Egypt and Palestine. He reigned from 125 to 136. He established the Midnight Mass at Christmas with the song of Gloria in excelsis Deo, the celebration of Easter on Sunday, and fixed the Lenten fast. He also worked to counter Gnostic heresy, and died a martyr.  Jan 3

ST. ANTERUS, POPE

Of Greek origins, Anterus was Pope for only 40 days. He was martyred in 236 under Emperor Maximinus the Thracian for collecting the Acts of the martyrs in the archives of the Church of Rome, so that they would not be dispersed. He was the first Pope to be buried in the catacombs of St. Callixtus.  Jan 3