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Januer Nohacem Sogglem Santam

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(Roman mosaic: St. Julianus (half-seen on the left), St. Marcianilla (center), & St. Basilissa. The boy is Marcianus & Marcianilla's son, St. Celsus, chained to St. Julian). Primary Liturgical Feast: St. Adrian of Canterbury, a Cyrenian, abbot in England. The 21 #HolyMartyrs of Africa Saints Artaxes, Epictetus, Felicitas, Felix, Fortunatus, Jucundus, Pictus, Quietus, Quinctus, Rusticus, Secundus, Sillus, Vincent, Vitalis & seven others. The HolyMartyrs of Antinoe or of Antioch under Emperors Diocletianus & Maximianus & under the prefect Marcianus, Saints Julianus & Companions (Basilissa, his virgin wife, Anthony, a priest, Anastasius, whom Julian raised from the dead, Marcionilla & her young son, the boy Celsus, wife & son of the persecutor Marcianus, seven brothers, & many others, who were discovered sheltering from the Diocletianic persecution). The HolyMartyrs of Dachau, Saints Joseph Pawlowski & Casimir Grelewski, murdered by...

Januer Attacem Sogglem Santam

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Today is January 8, birthday of my wife from the Anglo-Goan Benjamin family.  •Today is the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help of New Orleans.  •Primary Liturgical Feast: St. Semeias the Prophet at the time of the schism of the Israelites into two kingdoms. •The #HolyMartyrs of Beauvais, 290 AD, Saints Julianus, Lucianus & Maximianus. •The HolyMartyrs Saints Timotheus, Euctus or Polyeuctus, Rusticus, Piscus or Cipiscus, Secundus, Lucius, Felix, Januarius & Palladius, their acts are lost.  •The HolyMartyrs of Lybia ("Lybia"), Saints Theophilus, deacon, & Helladius, under the pagan Roman Empire. •The HolyMartyrs of Terni, Saints Claudius, a Roman military officer, his subordinates Carbonanus, , Planus & Tibudianus, in 270AD, under Emperor Claudius, when found helping seized Christians. •St. Aemilianus the Martyr, details lost. •St. Afflinus, bishop, mentioned by the Cologne Martyrology, but details lost.  •St. Agathon of #Scete, a #Desert...