SAINTS JANUARY 07

SAINTS JANUARY 07

ST. LUCIAN, ANTIOCHIAN PRIEST, MARTYR

A scholarly and austere priest of Antioch in Syria, a precise exegete of the Old and New Testaments, Lucian died a martyr at Nicomedia on 7 January 312, during the persecution of the Roman emperor Maximinus. Another emperor, Constantine, would be baptized near his grave.  Jan 7

ST. POLIEUTO, MARTYR Jan 7

Bl. Edward Waterson, 1593 A.D. An English martyr and a convert. He was born in London, England, and ordained in Reims, France. In 1592, he was returned to England to serve hidden Catholics. Edward was arrested the following year and executed at Newcastle. He was beatified in 1929.7

St. Brannock.  A Welsh monk who migrated to Devon, England. He founded a monastery at Braunton, and was famed for his holiness and zeal.  

St. Cronan Beg, 7th century. A bishop of Aendrum, County Down, Ireland. He is mentioned in connection with the controversy of 640.  

St. Kentigerna, 734 A.D. Widowed hermitess, mother of St. Coellan and daughter of Kelly. The prince of Leinster, Ireland. When her husband died she went to Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. A church there is dedicated to her memory.  

St. Raymond of Pennafort, Roman Catholic Friar and the patron saint of lawyers, especially canon lawyers. Feastday January 7