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St. Stephen the Younger
Born: 714 at Constantinople Died: scourged, stoned and dragged to death through the streets of Constantinople in 764 Patronage: coin collectors, numismatists, smelters Saint Stephen the Younger was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). He was executed in 764, […]
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St. Secundinus
Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at Dunshaughlin, 27 Nov., 457. Son of Restitutus, a Lomard, and Liamain, sister of St. Patrick, he was one of nine brothers, eight of whom became bishops in Ireland. His early life and training is obscure, but he appears to have studied in Gaul, and to have […]
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St. Serapion of Algiers
Born: 1179 England Died: 14 November 1240 (aged 61) Scotland Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 March 1625, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 14 April 1728, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII Feast: 14 November Patronage: Against arthritis, Diocese of Azul Saint Serapion of Algiers (1179 […]
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St. Simon the Apostle
Born: Judea Died: 65 or 107 place of death disputed. Possibly Pella, Armenia; Suanir, Persia; Edessa; Caistor Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Catholic Church (Eastern & Roman) Anglicanism Lutheran Church Major shrine: relics claimed by many places, including Toulouse; Saint Peter’s Basilica Feast: October 28 (Western Christianity) May 10 (Byzantine Christianity) Pashons 15 […]
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