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PHOCAS, martyr (about A.D. 320)
At Antioch, after many sufferings endured for the name of Christ, Phocas triumphed over the Old Serpent, a victory which is testified, to this day, by a miracle. for whoever is bitten by a serpent, having touched, full of faith, the door of the basilica of the martyr, is immediately cured, the poison at once losing its power; so says the Roman Martyrology. [...]51_5Mar200009:25:08+0000(GMT)[log in to unmask] |