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The Fourteenth Day of November

At Caccamo in Sicily, Blessed John Liccio, confessor, of the Order of Preachers. He was notable for his eloquence in speaking of divine things, for charity toward his neighbor, for the propagation of the Rosary, for striving after regular observance, and for other virtues. At the age of one hundred and eleven, he quietly rested in the Lord. A semi-duplex feast.

St. Josaphat, of the Order of St. Basil, a Polish archbishop and martyr, whose birthday is remembered on November 12.

At Gangra in Paphlagonia, St. Hypatius, bishop. While on the way home from the great Nicene Council, he was stoned by Novatian heretics and thus died a martyr.

At Heraclea in Thrace, the birthday of the holy martyrs Clementinus, Theodotus, and Philomenus.

At Alexandria, St. Serapion, martyr. In the reign of the Emperor Decius, the executioners inflicted on him the most cruel sufferings. After they had broken the joints of all his limbs, they flung him off the roof of his house, and so he became a glorious martyr of Christ.

At Troyes in Gaul, St. Venerandus, martyr, under the Emperor Aurelian.

In Gaul, St. Veneranda, virgin. She received the crown of martyrdom under the Emperor Antoninus and the governor Asclcpiades.

At Emesa in Phoenicia, the suffering of many holy women. They were most brutally tortured and slain for the Christian faith under the cruel Arab chief Mady.

At Bologna, St. Jucundus, bishop and confessor.

At Eu in Gaul, St. Laurence, Bishop of Dublin.

At Tours in Gaul, St. Britius, bishop, who, on November 13, died in the Lord. A memory.

At Algiers in Africa, Blessed Serapion. He was the first one of the Order of our Lady of Ransom to merit obtaining the palm of martyrdom.

Because he redeemed the faithful from captivity and preached the Christian faith, he was crucified and then cut to pieces limb from limb.

V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.

R. Thanks be to God.

Posted by billw at November 14, 2002 06:04 AM