Related Research Articles
September 21 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 23
Cyriacus, sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution. He is one of twenty-seven saints, most of them martyrs, who bear this name, of whom only seven are honoured by a specific mention of their names in the Roman Martyrology.
Nabor and Felix were Christian martyrs thought to have been killed during the Great Persecution under the Roman emperor Diocletian. A tomb in Milan is believed to contain their relics.
·
Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Susanna of Rome was a Christian martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution. Her existing hagiography, written between about 450 and 500 AD, is of no historical value and the relations it attributes to Susanna are entirely fictitious. It is probable that a real martyr named Susanna lies behind the literary invention.
The Roman Martyrology is the official martyrology of the Catholic Church. Its use is obligatory in matters regarding the Roman Rite liturgy, but dioceses, countries and religious institutes may add duly approved appendices to it. It provides an extensive but not exhaustive list of the saints recognized by the Church.
The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia refers to victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia, Bithynia by the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in the early 4th century AD.
November 8 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 10
← October 31 | November 1 | November 2 →
← November 1 | November 2 | November 3 →
← November 2 | November 3 | November 4 →
← November 3 | November 4 | November 5 →
← November 4 | November 5 | November 6 →
← November 5 | November 6 | November 7 →
← November 6 | November 7 | November 8 →
← November 7 | November 8 | November 9 →
← November 9 | November 10 | November 11 →
← November 10 | November 11 | November 12 →
← November 11 | November 12 | November 13 →
References
- ↑ The Roman Martyrology. Translated by O'Connell, Canon J.B. (revised post-typical 4th ed.). Westminster: Newman Press. 1962. p. 245.