Interim Saints - March 8th
PHILEMON and APOLLONIUS, martyrs (A.D. 305)
Apollonius, a deacon, paid Philemon, a piper, to offer sacrifice in his
name. Philemon went in disguise, but refused to sacrifice, saying that
he was a Christian. The disguise was seen through, and the magistrate
pointed out that Philemon was not even baptized. "Then the poor man .
. . cried to the Lord Jesus Christ to accept and baptize him. And as
he prayed, there came down a soft sparkling spring shower, and the
piper, stretching his hands to heaven, cried joyously, 'He has heard
me, and has baptized me in the cloud.' Apollonius was also
apprehended, and both were executed.
FELIX, bishop (A.D. 654)
S. Felix was a native of Burgundy, where he made the acquaintance of
Sigebert, prince of the East Angles, who had been banished by Redwald .
. . Felix went about, preaching, founding churches and schools, and,
through his exertions, the Christian faith took deep root in the land.
DUTHAC, Bishop of Ross (about A.D. 1250)
S. Duthac was a member of an illustrious Scottish family. Several
legends are told of his life in th Aberdeen Breviary, and little else
is known of his acts.
JOHN OF GOD (A.D. 1550)
S. John, surnamed of God, was born in Portugal, in 1495. He founded
"the Order of Charity, in 1540, which, by the benediction of heaven,
has since been spread all over Christendom." Indeed we have a hospital
run by the S. John of God brothers in my own diocese of Middlesbrough.
SENAN OF INISCATTHY, abbot and bishop (about A.D. 546)
Ba dhea-dhuine é, agus é lán den Spiorad Naomh agus den chreideamh.
Sin é.
Liam An Oirthir.
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