Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Josaphat, bishop and martyr
- Nilus the Elder
- Emilian Cucullatus, abbot
- Machar, bishop
- Cunibert, bishop
- Cumian, abbot
- Livinus, bishop and martyr
- Lebuin or Liafwine or Livinius
- Benedict of Benevento and companions, martyrs
- Astrik or Anastasius, bishop
- Cadwallader
St. Josaphat Kuncevych (died 1623 A.D.); born in Poland, raised Ukranian Orthodox, becoming a Basilian monk of the Ruthenian Rite at Vilna; bishop of Polotsk; his fidelity to the Roman See and his desire for union between the Ukranian Church and Rome led to his murder at Vitebsk; first formally canonized saint of the Eastern Rite (1867 A.D.).
St. Benedict of Benevento (d. ca. 1003) lived in a monastery under St. Romuald near Ravenna, Italy. He was sent to Poland with other monks to evangelize the Slavs, at the request of Emperor Otto III. They set up a foundation at Kazimierz. It was here that Benedict, together with Christian, Isaac, John and Matthew, were murdered by pagan robbers on November 11.
St. Cadwallader or Caedwalla (ca. 659-689 A.D.) became King of the West Saxons in 685 or 686 A.D. Under him Wessex became a powerful kingdom. In 688 A.D., he resigned his throne, went to Rome, and had himself baptized on Easter Eve, April 10, by Pope Sergius I, taking the name Peter. He died a few days later and was buried in St. Peter's on April 20.
No comments:
Post a Comment