Ferial–W (IV)
ST. LUCIAN, Martyr. St. Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed all his
Ferial–W (IV)
ST. APOLLINARIS, THE APOLOGIST, Bishop. Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second
Ferial–W (IV)
SS. JULIAN and BASILISSA, Martyrs. St. Julian and St. Basilissa, though married, lived, by mutual consent, in perpetual chastity; they sanctified themselves
Ferial–W (IV)
ST. WILLIAM, Archbishop. William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon
Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – St. Hyginus, Pope & Martyr–R (Comm.)
Pope Hyginus was the Bishop of Rome from c. 138 to c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the
The Feast of the Holy Family–W (II)
The special devotion which sets forth the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as the model of virtue for all Christian
Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord–W (II)
In spite of the small scandal that Jesus' baptism must have created what was the sinless one doing having Himself baptized? It
St. Hilary, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III) – St. Felix, Priest, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. HILARY was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and educated a pagan, it was not till near middle age that
St. Paul the First Hermit, Confessor–W (III) – St. Maurus, Abbot–W (Comm.)
ST. PAUL was born in Upper Egypt, about the year 230, and became an orphan at the age of 15. He was
St. Marcellus I, Pope, Martyr–R (III)
POPE MARCELLUS I (January 6, 255 – January 16, 309) was pope from May or June 308 to his death in 309.