SAINTS JANUARY 29

SAINTS JANUARY 29

STS. PAPIAS AND MAURUS, SOLDIERS, MARTYRS ON THE VIA NOMENTANA. At Rome, on the Via Nomentana, the holy martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers, in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. At their first confession of Christ, Laodicius, the prefect of the city, ordered their mouths to be pounded with stones. Jan. 29

Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. They were arrested for converting to the faith, and were tortured with red-hot irons prior to execution. Feastday January 29

Bl. Boleslava Lament, Roman Catholic Virgin, in the midst of political upheaval founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family to promote Christian unity, help the poor and train the girls to Christian life.

ST. CONSTANTINUS, BISHOP OF PERUGIA, Saint Constantine, first Bishop of Perugia in Central Italy, together with numerous Christians of his flock, is stated to have been put to death on account of his religion under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, about A.D. 178. Jan. 29

ST. SULPITIUS SEVERUS. Later generations have known Sulpitius Severus as the historian of San Martin of Tours. Though the holy prelate had the habit of not talking about himself and keeping for himself the special graces God granted him, Sulpitius claimed to have learned some of the facts related in his biography directly from St. Martin himself. Jan 29

St. Voloc, 724 A.D. Irish missionary bishop. He worked to propagate the Christian faith throughout Scotland.  

St. Blath, 523 A.D. The cook in St. Brigid's convent, in Kildare, Ireland, also called Flora. She was renowned for her holiness and for her steadfast loyalty to St. Brigid in good times and in bad.