Jew of Greek origin, Shepherd of the Church succeeding Pope Anacletus. He was humble and well-read in preaching and defended the faith of Gnostic errors.
Celebrate today: Evaristo.
View moreIn Cartago, commemoration of Saint Rogaciano, presbyter, who, during the persecution under the Emperor Decio, its Bishop, St. Cyprian, entrusted with the administration of the Church of Carthage, and along with saint Felicisimo suffered torture and prisons by the name of Christ (s. III).
In Cartago, commemoration of saint Rogaciano, priest, who, during the persecution under the Emperor Decio, its Bishop, St. Cyprian, entrusted with the administration of the Church of Carthage, and along with saint Felicisimo suffered torture and prisons by the name of Christ (s. III).
In Nicomedia, Bithynia, saints Luciano and Marciano, martyrs, that in time the Emperor Decio, by order of the prefect Sabino, were burned alive (c. 250).
In Nicomedia, Bithynia, saints Luciano and Marciano, martyrs, that in time the Emperor Decio, by order of the prefect Sabino, were burned alive (c. 250).
In the monastery of Hersfeld, in Germania, burial of Saint Witta or Albino, first bishop of Burberg, who, a native of England, was called by St. Boniface and was commissioned to sow the seed of the word of God in the region of Hesse (c. 786).
In Metz, city of Austrasia, St. Sigebaldo, Bishop, founder of several monasteries.
In Narbonne, in the South of Gaul, saint rustic, Bishop, who eager to depose its function to retire to a life of silence, was convinced by the Pope saint León I Magno to the perseverance, comforted, remained in Office and in the work that it had entrusted to him (c. 461).
In Pavia, Lombardy, saint Fulco, Bishop, who, of Scottish origin, was male Pacific, famous for his work and his charity.