Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; bishop of Smyrna, disciple of St. John the Apostle, friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; martyred in the Smyrna stadium at the age of 86
Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1910-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919 Marto; two of the three Portuguese shepherd children who received apparitions of Our Lady near Fatima in 1917; Mary asked the children to pray the rosary to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war; they were to pray for sinners and for the conversion of Russia
Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 612-682; converted many in Benevento, and was eventually selected as its bishop; attended the Council of Constantinople in 680
Saint of the Day: St. Flavian of Constantinople; patriarch of Constantinople beginning about 446 A.D.; refused to give the emperor a bribe, and thus received hostile treatment from the imperial court; condemned Eutyches and the heresy of Monophysitism, leading to his being deposed, exiled, and beaten; he died in exile about 449 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Juliana of Nicomedia; as a Christian convert, she refused to marry a pagan; she was imprisoned, tortured, and martyred in about 304 A.D.; patroness for safe delivery of women in labor, and for protection from fever and contagious diseases
Saint of the Day: St. Claude de la Colombiere, 1641-1682; friend and spiritual companion of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and helped promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; sent to England where he was imprisoned, and then banished
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