Following closing upon the Feast of St. Lawrence, who we celebrated on August 10th, we are called to celebrate the Holy life and witness of St. Hippolytus, who, while guarding the prison cell of Lawrence, was brought to faith and was baptized by him. When his faith was discovered, he earned the Martyrs crown just days after Lawrence earned his. We also celebrate St. Cassian, who was a school master in Italy, who died at the hands of his students for his Christian faith.