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May 10 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
May 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 11 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 10, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 27. Saints * Saint Simon the Zealot, Apostle (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σίμων ὁ Ἀπόστολος ὁ Ζηλωτής ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Martyr Hesychius the Palatine of Antioch (c. 304) * Saint Isidora the , of Tabennisi, Egypt (c. 365) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euthymius The Great
Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Euthymius' '' vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism. He nevertheless played a decisive role in helping the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) prevail in Jerusalem, in spite of the majority of the monks in the region opposing it. Life The '' vita'' of Euthymius has been written by Cyril of Scythopolis. Melitene Euthymius was born in Melitene in Lesser Armenia in 377, in a pious family of noble birth. According to Christian tradition, his parents, Paul and Dionysia, had prayed for a son at the church of Saint Polyeuctus in Melitene. When the child was born, they named him ''Euthymius'', meaning "good cheer". Euthymius was educated by Bishop Otreius of Melitene, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 4 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
May 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 5 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 17 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 21. Saints * ''Virgin-martyr Pelagia of Tarsus in Asia Minor'' (287)May 4 The Roman Martyrology. * Hieromartyr Albian (Olbian), Bishop of Anaea in Asia Minor, and his disciples (284-303) * Martyrs Aphrodisius, Leontius, Anthony, Valerian, Macrobius, and 60 others, s at Scythopolis of |
May 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
May 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 4 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 16 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 20. Saints * ''Martyrs Timothy the Reader and his wife Moura of Antinoöpolis in Egypt'' (304)May 3 The Roman Martyrology. * ''Martyrs Diodoros and Rodopianos, at Aphrodisia in Anatolia, by stoning'' (285-305) (''see also '') * Martyr and Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare
Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 10,302, making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. It is home to Kildare Cathedral, historically the site of an important abbey said to have been founded by Saint Brigid of Kildare in the 5th century. The Curragh lies east of the town. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional centre in its own right, a commuter town for the capital. Although Kildare gives its name to the county, Naas is the county town. History Founding by Saint Brigid Rich in heritage and history, Kildare Town dates from the 5th century, when it was the site of the original 'Church of the Oak' and monastery founded by Saint Brigid. This became one of the three most important Christian foundations in Celtic Ireland. It was said that Brigid's mother was a Christian and that Brigid was reared in her father's family, that is with the children of his lawful wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conleth
Saint Conleth () was an Irish hermit and metalworker, also said to have been a copyist and skilled illuminator of manuscripts. He is believed to have come from the Wicklow area. Life While living in seclusion at Connell (barony), Old Connell on the River Liffey in what is now Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge Conleth was persuaded by Saint Brigid to make sacred vessels for her convent. Conleth, Tassach of Elphin (Saint Patrick's craftsman), and Daigh (craftsman of Ciarán of Saigir) were acclaimed the "three chief artisans of Ireland" during their period. Conleth was head of the Kildare school of metal-work and penmanship. According to Brigid's biographer, Cogitosus, a community of monks grew up which, under his guidance, excelled in the making of beautiful chalices and other metal objects needed in the church, and in the writing and ornamentation of missals, gospels, and psalters. A product of Saint Conleth's metalwork for which he is noted is the crozier that he fashioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Martial
Martial of Limoges (3rd century), whose name is also rendered as Marcial, Martialis, and Marcialis, and is also called "the Apostle of the Gauls" or "the Apostle of Aquitaine," was the first bishop of Limoges. Venerated as a Christian saint, Martial of Limoges is considered to have been canonized Pre-Congregation, and his feast day is on 30 June. He appears on the Limoges coat of arms. Life There is no accurate information as to the origin, dates of birth and death, or the acts of this bishop, although he is said to have come from the "East." According to Gregory of Tours, during the time of the Emperors Decius Pope Fabian sent out seven bishops from Rome to Gaul to preach the Gospel: Gatien to Tours, Trophimus to Arles, Paul to Narbonne, Saturnin to Toulouse, Denis to Paris, Austromoine to Clermont, and Martial to Limoges. According to the Golden Legend, when Martial first went to Limoges as a missionary, he visited the temple, where the priests beat him before having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurelian Of Limoges
Saint Aurelian of Limoges () is venerated as a Christian saint. Christian tradition makes him the second bishop of Limoges, and the successor of St. Martial. According to tradition, Aurelian was originally a pagan priest who wanted to throw Martial into prison. However, Aurelian was struck dead as he attempted to do so. Martial brought him back to life, baptized him as a Christian, ordained him as a priest, and consecrated him as bishop. A biography of Martial, the ''Vita Aureliana'', is attributed to Aurelian. However, the work was written much later, perhaps by the chronicler Adhémar de Chabannes or earlier, around 955, before the birth of Adhémar. The work was designed to 'prove' that Martial had been present at the Last Supper and at the crucifixion, and was indeed one of the original apostles. Aurelian’s relics are at the church known as the Chapelle Saint-Aurélien (built between the 14th-17th centuries), in Limoges. It is the property of the Confrérie Saint Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lentini
Lentini (; ; ; ) is a town and in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse. History The city was founded by colonists from Naxos as Leontini in 729 BC, which in its beginnings was a Chalcidian colony established five years earlier in Magna Graecia. It is virtually the only Greek settlement in Sicily that is not located on the coast, founded around 10 km inland. The site, originally held by the Sicels, was seized by the Greeks owing to their command on the fertile plain in the north. The city was reduced to subject status in 494 BC by Hippocrates of Gela, who made his ally Aenesidemus its tyrant. In 476 BC, Hieron of Syracuse moved the inhabitants from Catana and Naxos to Leontini. Later on, the city of Leontini regained its independence. However, as a part of the inhabitants' efforts to retain their independence, they invoked more than once the interventions of Athens. It was mainly the eloquence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphius, Philadelphus And Cyrinus
Saints Alphius, Philadelphus and Cyrinus (), martyrs in the Byzantine traditions of southern Italy, were three brothers from Vaste, in the diocese of Otranto, who died with their mother, Benedicta, during the persecution of Decius, ca 251 AD. The details concerning these martyrdoms are traditional, drawn up at a later date in the Benedictine ''Acta'' of Saint Alphius. According to the ''Acta'', Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, ranging in age from nineteen to twenty-two, and their mother Benedicta were arrested with other Christians during the persecutions under Decius. They were taken to Pozzuoli, near Naples, where one of the Christians, Onesimus, was executed. The brothers were taken on to Sicily, where they were martyred at Lentini; there they are among the patron saints. Alphius had his tongue torn from his mouth. Philadelphus was burned on a stake and Cyrinus was boiled alive in oil. No details of her execution are given for Benedicta. Their feast day is 10 May in Trecastag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calepodius
:''Calepodius was the name of a 4th-century bishop of Naples.'' Saint Calepodius (; died 232 AD) was a priest who was killed during the persecutions of Christians by the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the catacombs of Rome, the cemetery of Calepodius on the Aurelian Way, was named after him. His Hagiography recalls that he was tortured and then thrown into the Tiber river with a mill stone tied round his neck. Veneration His relics, along with those of Saint Callistus and Cornelius the Centurion, Saint Cornelius, were translation (relics), translated in the 10th century to the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere (St. Mary beyond the Tiber) and deposited under the high altar. Some relics of the three saints were translated to Fulda and Cysoing, and some of Callistus’ relics were also translated to Notre-Dame de Reims. However, some of Callistus’ relics are still kept with those of Calepodius in Santa Maria in Trastevere. Saint Callistus is venerated on May 10 with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaïs (saint)
St. Thaïs, of fourth-century Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert, was a repentant courtesan. Hagiography, biography Ancient writings St. Thaïs reportedly lived during the fourth century in Roman Egypt. Her story is included in hagiographic literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek church. Two such biographical sketches exist. The first, in Greek, perhaps originated during the fifth century. It was translated into Latin as the ''Vita Thaisis'' Life of Thaïs"by Dionysius Exiguus during the sixth or seventh century. The other sketch comes to us in medieval Latin from Marbod of Rennes (d. 1123). Thaïs also appears in Greek martyrologies by Maurolychus and Greven, but not in Latin martyrologies. The lives of the desert saints and hermits of Egypt, including St. Thaïs, were collected in the ''Vitae Patrum'' ("Lives of the Fathers"). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
