Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 12
St. Eanswida (d. ca. 640 A.D.) was the daughter of a King of Kent. When her father wanted to have her married to a pagan Northumbrian prince, she resisted. But with her father's consent, she founded a convent near Folkestone, Kent, in 630 A.D. She spent the rest of her life there in prayer and penance.
Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 11
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Also included in this roster for today's Saints is Blessed John Perboyre. He joined the Vincetians and was ordained in 1826. He became a professor of a seminary until he was granted permission to go to China as a missionary in 1835 A.D. Blessed John was active in rescuing abandoned Chinese children. When the persecution of Christians began in China, John was arrested and imprisoned. After being subjected to torture so that he will reveal the hiding places of his companions, he was strangled to death for refusing to do so. Blessed John of Perboyre was beatified in 1889 A.D., the first Christian in China to be beatified.
Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 10
Sts. Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (d. ca. 304 A.D.) were, according to Catholic tradition, three orphan sister living in Bithynia. When the persecution of Christians under Emperors Diocletian and Maximian broke out, they were denounced because of their adherence to their faith in Christ. Menodora was beaten to death before her two other sisters. Metrodora was tortured, burned, and beheaded. And Nymphodora was beaten to death.
