Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Vincent, deacon and martyr
- Anastasius, martyr
- Blesilla, widow
- Dominic of Sora, abbot
- Berhtwald, bishop
- Valerius of Saragossa
- Vincent Pallotti, priest
St. Vincent Saragossa (d. ca. 304 A.D.) is the patron saint of Portugal. He was a deacon martyred under Dacian, governor of Spain, during the imperial reign of Maximian. How he was martyred came down to the faithful through pious stories. One account says that he was imprisoned, starved, and then racked and roasted on a gridiron. All this because he refused to hand over the sacred books and sacrifice to the pagan gods. Dying from that brutal treatment, he is now regarded also as the patron saint of vine growers and wine makers because of the protection he gives aginst frosts which often occur on, or near his feast, January 22.
St. Vincent of Pallotti (1795-1850 A.D.) was the son of a grocer before he was ordained at twenty-three. Receiving his doctorate in theology, he served in several parishes in his native city. He founded the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, also known as the Pallottines. He was canonized in 1963 A.D. by Pope John XXIII.
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Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [January 22]
- St. Timothy, Apostle
- St. Anastasius, Venerable-Martyr of Persia
St. Anastasius the Persian (died ca. 628 A.D.) is commemorated both in the Roman Calendar and in the Byzantine Calendar on this day. He was a soldier in the Persian army whose original name was Magundat. He was attracted to Christianity when he saw the relics of the True Cross brought back to Persia during its sack of Jerusalem in 614 A.D. Converting to the faith, he was baptized in Jerusalem and took the name Anastasius. He became a monk at Jerusalem in 621 A.D. but was arrested when he began preaching against pagan worship. Tortured to shake him from his conviction to prevent pagan worship, he was strangled and then beheaded after 68 other Christians were martyred in his very presence.
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