Interim Saints - June 5th
MARCIAN, NICANDER and companions, martyrs (date uncertain)
Saints Marcian, Nicander, Apollonius, Leonidas, Arius, Gorius,
Hyperechius, Seleniades, Irene and Pambo, were the names of ten martyrs
in Egpyt, probably in the persecution of Diocletian.
DOROTHEUS, martyr, bishop of Tyre (A.D. 362)
Dorotheus, bishop of Tyre . . . was present at the Council of Nicæa.
When Julian came to the throne he went to Odyssopolis, in Sicily,
whither he had retired before, in the persecution of Diocletian. There
he suffered much ill-usage and died, at the advanced age of a hundred
and seven.
BONIFACE (Winfrith), bishop of Mainz (A.D. 755)
>From the Breviary: Born in England about the year 673. He became a
monk in the monastery of Exeter, and in 719 he went to Germany to
preach the faith. He had great success and was consecrated Bishop of
Mainz and with the help of his companions he founded or restored
dioceses in Bavaria, Thuringia and Franconia. He presided over a
number of councils and promulgated laws. While he was engaged in the
evangelization of Friesland he was killed by the pagans in the year
754, and his body was buried in the monastery of Fulda.
Oriens.
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