Saint of the Day: St. Paphnutius; student, in the desert, of St. Anthony; became bishop of the Upper Thebaid, and suffered persecution under Emperor Maximinus; upon returning to his flock, he zealously defended the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy, and was an outstandin present at the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Paphnutius; student, in the desert, of St. Anthony; became bishop of the Upper Thebaid, and suffered persecution under Emperor Maximinus; upon returning to his flock, he zealously defended the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy, and was an outstandin present at the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.