Saint of the day August 17


 Saint of the day August 17


ST. EUSEBIUS, POPE AND MARTYR, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Eusebius


St. Hiero, 885 A.D. Irish martyr, also called Iero. He was an Irish missionary to Holland, where he was martyred https://celticsaints.org/2018/0817c.html


St. Drithelm, 700 A.D.  A wealthy man of Northumbria, England, who supposedly died, experienced a powerful vision of heaven, hell, and purgatory, and then was found to be alive. He divided his possessions among his wife and children and made benefices for the poor before becoming a monk at Melrose Abbey. He lived as a hermit there with great austerities. St. Bede gives an account of his life.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryhthelm


St. James the Deacon, 769 A.D. Italian monk and deacon. A companion of St. Paulinus in the missionary effort in Northumbria, England, he was so dedicated to the evangelizing cause that he remained in the region despite the constant dangers of the severe pagan reaction.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Deacon


Sts. Paul and Juliana, Roman Catholic Martyred brother and sister, they were put to death at Ptolemais, in Palestine, during the persecution launched by Emperor Aurelian. Feastday Aug. 17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_and_Juliana#:~:text=Paul%20and%20Juliana%20were%20brother,hands%20of%20Aurelian%2C%20in%20270.&text=Juliana%20is%20one%20of%20the,Peter's%20Square.&text=The%20height%20of%20the%20statue%20is%203.1%20m.


ST. HYACINTH OF CRACOW, DOMINICAN PRIEST, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_of_Poland


ST. CLARE OF MONTEFALCO, AUGUSTINIAN ABBESS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Montefalco

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