SAINTS AND MARTYRS for September 06

SAINTS AND MARTYRS for September 06 

Sts. Felix and Augebert, seventh century. Two martyred Englishmen who were captured and sold into slavery in France. Ransomed by Pope St. Gregory I the Great, Felix became a priest and Augebert a deacon. While preparing to return to England as missionaries, they were slain by pagans in Champagne, France.  

Bl. Thomas Tsughi, Roman Catholic Priest and Japanese Martyr. A native, he was educated by the Jesuits, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1589. Forced to leave Japan, he went to Macao but then returned to Japan in disguise. Giving in to temptation, he left the Jesuits for one dark day but then repented and gave himself utterly to the Christian cause in the islands. Seized by authorities, he was burned alive at Nagasaki with several companions after authorities refused to allow his family to buy his freedom.Sept. 6

ST. ZACHARY, PROPHET, Zechariah was the last of the Minor Prophets. He began his ministry around the year 520 B.C., and lived during the period of the reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. With visions and parables, he exhorted the people to penance, that the promises of God might be fulfilled.  

ST. ONÉSIPHORE, DISCIPLE OF SAINT PAUL

St. Maccallin, Irish bishop of Lusk, Great Britain, Sometimes called Macallan and Macculin Dus. He is also venerated in Scotland.