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Pre-Schism Saints of the Orthodox Roman Patriarchate*
12th September (30th August O.S.):




AGILUS (AIL, AILE, AISLE, AYEUL), a young nobleman of the Frankish Court, who received monastic tonsure from St. Columbanus the Younger (21st November) at Luxeuil. He remained at Luxeuil under the founder's successor, St. Eustace (29th March), accompanying him to preach in Bavaria (A.D. 612). Upon his return to Burgundy he was made Abbot of Rebais. St. Agilus reposed A.D. 650.BONIFACE AND THECLA, the parents of the Twelve Brothers commemorated on 1st September who were martyred under Maximian in Hadrumetum, now Soussa in Tunisia, circa A.D. 250.BONONIUS, a native of Bologna, he recieved monastic tonsure at St. Stephen's, later serving as Abbot of Lucedio in Piedmont. St. Bononius reposed A.D. 1026.FANTINUS THE WONDERWORKER, born in Calabria, he recieved monastic tonsure at the age of thirteen, and later served as Abbot of St. Mercurius, but spent much of his life as an anchorite. Towards the end of his life he was forced to flee to Greece by the Saracens who distroyed his monastery. St. Fantinus reposed peacefully at an advanced age in Greece, circa A.D. 980.FELIX AND ADAUCTUS, martyrs beheaded in Rome under Diocletian circa A.D. 304. St. Felix was a priest, and as he was being led to execution, a bystander confessed Christ and was martyred with him. Because this second martyr's name was not known, he was called Adauctus, i.e., the one added. They were buried on the Ostian Way.FIACRE (FIACRIUS, FIAKER, FÈVRE), a native of Ireland who was given land by St. Faro of Meaux (28th October) in Prodilus (Brodoluim), (present-day Breuil), in the province of Brie. He lived here for the rest of his life, reposing circa A.D. 670, attracting many disciples for whom he built the monastery of Breuil.GAUDENTIA AND COMPANIONS, (Date Unknown), a holy virgin in Rome, who, according to tradition, was martyred with three others.LOARN, (Fifth Century), St. Loarn, a native of the west of Ireland, was converted by St. Patrick (17th March) when the great Apostle missionised that area. The Martyrology of Tallaght records that St. Loarn was noted for his holiness of life and for unspecified supernatural gifts, he received from God. Though not generally known to have been a priest, the Martyrology of Donegal lists him as “a Priest of Achadh-mor”.PAMMACHIUS, a Roman senator who was married to one of the daughters of St. Paula (26th January). Upon the death of his wife, he became a monk and spent the rest of his life, and great wealth in the service of the sick and the poor. St. Pammachius reposed A.D. 410.PELAGIUS, ARSENIUS AND SYLVANUS, hermits near Burgos in Old Castile in Spain, who were martyred by the Moors circa A.D. 950.PETER OF TREVI, a native of Carsoli in Abruzzo, who worked to enlighten the peasants of Tivoli, Anagni and Subiaco, reposing whilst still young in Trevi near Subiaco, A.D. 1050.RUMON, (Sixth Century), St. Rumon is said to have been a bishop and patron saint of Tavistock in England, and Romansleigh Devon is named for him. However, there is no historical record of his life extant and it is possible that he is the same saint as the St. Ronan whose feast is observed on 1st June. In the absence of any definitive documentation, this theory is purely conjectural.

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11th September (29th August O.S.):




ADELPHUS, (Fifth Century), tenth (?) Bishop of Metz.ALBERIC, a monk who lived at Bagno de Romagua in Emilia-Romagn, and reposed circa A.D. 1050.CANDIDA, (Date Unknown), one of a group of martyrs who suffered on the Ostian Way outside the gates of Rome. Her relics were enshrined in the church of St. Praxedes.EDWOLD, St. Edwold was most likely the brother of St. Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia (20th November). He lived as a hermit at Cerne, in Dorsetshire, in the latter half of the ninth century, and after his death was venerated as a saint. No further information on his life is known to us. EUTHYMIUS, (Fourth Century), a Roman who fled to Perugia with his wife and his child, St. Crescentius (14th September), during the persecution of Diocletian. He reposed in Perugia where he is venerated.MEDERICUS (MERRY), born in Autun of a noble family, he received monastic tonsure at St Martin's in Autun, where he eventually became abbot. The last few years of his life were lived as an anchorite just north of Paris, where the church of Saint-Merry now stands. St. Medericus reposed circa A.D. 700.SABINA, commonly thought to be the sister of St. Sabinian of Troyes (29th January), where she was venerated along with him. St. Sabina reposed circa A.D. 275. SABINA, it seems she was a wealthy Roman widow who was converted by the pious example of her Orthodox servant. She was most likely martyred during the persecution of Hadrian (circa A.D. 126), and the famous basilica on the Aventine in Rome is dedicated to her. SEBBE (SEBBA, SEBBI), St. Sebbe was joint King of Essex with his brother Sighere, from A.D. 664 to 683. Following Sighere’s repose in A.D. 683, St. Sebbe ruled as sole King until A.D. 694, when he abdicated the throne and entered the monastery of Westminster (Westminster Abbey), which he had founded. St. Sebbe spent the next three years in prayer and repentance. He reposed A.D. 697 and was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. His tomb survived the fire at St. Paul’s in A.D. 1087, and his relics were translated to a black marble sarcophagus in the mid-twelfth century A.D. Unfortunately, his relics did not survive the Great Fire of London in A.D. 1666. A plaque commemorating St. Sebbe was erected in the Wren designed cathedral. VELLEICUS (WILLEIC), (Eighth Century), an Anglo-Saxon abbot who joined St. Swithbert (16th March) in his evangelisation of the Germans. St. Velleicus also served as Abbot of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine.

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10th September (28th August O.S.):




ADELINDIS, the foundress of Buchau on the Federsee in Wurtemburg, when she was widowed she entered the monastery, and may have served as its Abbess. St. Adelindis reposed circa A.D. 930.AMBROSE, Bishop of Saintes for fourteen years. He reposed circa A.D. 450, and is mentioned in the Life of his successor, St. Vivian (vide infra).


AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, the son of St. Monica (27th August), though his youth was filled with vice, through his mother's prayers and the influence of St. Ambrose (7th December), he embraced Christ, and was baptised. He became a priest, and then Bishop of Hippo. St. Augustine devoted himself to defending Orthodoxy, although he later had to retract some of his early ideas which were in error. St. Augustine reposed A.D. 430 and his relics are enshrined in the basilica of St Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia.

         

FACUNDINUS, a Bishop of Taino in Umbria, who reposed circa A.D. 620. FORTUNATUS, GAIUS AND ANTHES, martyrs near Salerno in Italy under Diocletian (A.D. 303). Their relics were enshrined in Salerno in A.D. 940, where they were much venerated.GORMAN, a monk at Reichenau in Germany, who worked to enlighten the area of Schleswig in Denmark, where he went on to serve as Bishop, reposing A.D. 965.HERMES AND COMPANIONS, a group of martyrs in Rome under the judge Aurelian, circa A.D. 120.JULIAN OF AUVERGNE, (Third Century), an officer in the imperial army and a secret Christian, who, at the outbreak of persecution, probably under Decius, fled, but then gave himself up and was martyred near Brionde.PELAGIUS, a boy martyred in Istria under Numerian (circa A.D. 283). His relics were translated to Città Nuova in Istria, and then in the early tenth century a part of them to Constance, where he is patron saint.VIVIAN, successor of St. Ambrose (vide supra) as the Bishop of Saintes. During the invasion of the Visigoths, he was able to protect his people. St. Vivian reposed circa A.D. 460.

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9th September (27th August O.S.):




AGILO, a monk of St. Aper in Toul who was invited to restore monastic discipline at Sithin Abbey (later St. Bertin Abbey) in present-day Saint-Omer, France. St. Agilo reposed A.D. 957.CAESARIUS OF ARLES, born in Châlon-sur-Saône in Burgundy, he received monastic tonsure at Lérins when young, and was consecrated Bishop of Arles circa A.D. 502, ruling for forty years. He presided over several Councils and founded a convent that came to be called after him at Arles, where his sister St. Caesaria (12th January) became abbess. He was known for being zealous about decorum in liturgy, and excelled as a preacher, some of his homilies still exist. During the distress caused by the siege of Arles (A.D. 508), he sold the treasures of his church to help the poor. St. Caesarius reposed A.D. 543.DECUMAN (DAGAN), St. Decuman is remembered as a Welshman who lived as a hermit in present day Watchet, Somerset, England. There the church of St. Decuman is located at the place where he is believed to have been martyred (circa A.D. 716). Unfortunately, there are no reliable facts of his life extant, and the few details that remain are based upon local tradition and legend.EBBO, born in Tonnerre, he was a monk at Saint-Pierre-le-Vif in Sens. He went on to be serve as Bishop of Sens, which he saved when it was besieged by the Saracens (A.D. 725). St. Ebbo reposed A.D. 740.ETHERIUS (ALERMIUS), a seventh century Bishop of Lyons, who perhaps consecrated St. Augustine (27th May), the Apostle of England. He reposed A.D. 602.EUTHALIA, (Date Unknown), a virgin-martyr at Leontini in Sicily.GEBHARD, the sixth Bishop of Constance in Germany, from A.D. 979 until his repose A.D. 995. He also founded the monastery of Petershausen near Constance where he was buried.JOHN, Bishop of Pavia in Lombardy from A.D. 801 until his repose A.D. 813. No further details of his life are extant.LICERIUS (LIZIER), most likely born Lérida (Ilerda) Spain, he went to France where he was consecrated Bishop of Couserans in A.D. 506, reposing circa A.D. 548.MALRUBIUS, not to be confused with the St. Maelrubius whose feast is 21st April, this saint lived as an anchorite in present-day Kincardineshire in Scotland. During the Viking invasions, St. Malrubius abandoned the life of a hermit to give aid to his oppressed countrymen and attempt to enlighten the invaders. His good works resulted in his martyrdom at the hands of the Vikings circa A.D. 1040.MONICA, born in Carthage of Christian parents, she married a pagan and had three children. Through her patience and gentleness she converted her husband, and through her prayers and tears her wayward son, who became Blessed Augustine of Hippo (28th August). St. Monica reposed in Ostia near Rome (A.D. 387), and her relics are preserved in Rome.NARNUS, (Date Unknown), the first Bishop of Bergamo in Lombardy.RUFUS AND CARPOPHORUS (CARPONE), martyrs in Capua under Diocletian (A.D. 295).RUFUS OF CAPUA (Date Uncertain), a Bishop of Capua and disciple of St. Apollinaris of Ravenna (23rd July).SYAGRIUS (SIACRE), Bishop of Autun from circa A.D. 560 until his repose A.D. 600.

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8th September (26th August O.S.):




ALEXANDER, patron of Bergamo in the north of Italy, where a church has been dedicated to him since the fourth century A.D. The details of his life are uncertain, though there is a legend that he was a member of the Theban Legion (22nd September) who escaped (several times), spending the last few years of his life in Bergamo, preaching Christ, before he was finally arrested and martyred A.D. 303.ELIAS, a Bishop of Syracuse in Sicily, who reposed A.D. 660.FELIX OF PISTOIA, a ninth century hermit in Pistoia in Tuscany.IRENAEUS AND ABUNDIUS, martyred in Rome by drowning in the public sewers during the persecution of Valerian, circa A.D. 258.


NINIAN, St. Ninian was a native Briton. According to St. Bede the Venerable (25th May), St. Ninian received his education and Episcopal consecration, at Rome, and was then sent back to his native land as a missionary. St. Ninian founded the Episcopal See of Withern, or “Candida Casa” (so-called because St. Ninian’s Cathedral was built of white stone, the first to be so in Britain), at present-day Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway. This church, dedicated to St. Martin of Tours (11th November), is the first recorded Christian church to have been built in Scotland. From his cathedral, and the monastery attached to it, St. Ninian and his monks enlightened the northern Britons and the Picts, and St. Ninian became known as the Apostle of Cumberland and of the Southern Picts of Scotland. It is generally believed that St. Ninian reposed circa A.D. 432, though an eighth century poem, the Miracula Nynie Episcopi, claims he was a contemporary of a local king called Tudwal; a king of that name ruled at Dumbarton circa A.D. 550. St. Ninian was buried at his church. In the Middle Ages his tomb became a place of pilgrimage.
TROPARION of ST. NINIAN — TONE I O Ninian, thou faithful servant of Christ, equal of the apostles, as a vessel overflowing with the love of Christ thou didst enlighten the land of the Picts with the Faith; wherefore, we beseech thee most earnestly: Entreat the life-creating Trinity, that the Scottish land may regain its ancient piety, that peace be granted to the world, and salvation to all who honour thy holy memory.
PANDWYNA, a native of either Scotland or Ireland, St. Pandwyna was forced to flee to England, where it is believed that a relative was Abbess of Eltisley, Cambridgeshire (about 9 km east of St. Neots). There she received monastic tonsure and spent the rest of her life as a nun. St. Pandwyna reposed circa A.D. 904, and was initially buried near St. Pandonia Well in Eltisley. Her relics were later translated to the village church, St. Pandionia & St. John the Baptist.RUFINUS, (Fifth Century), a Bishop of Capua in present-day Italy, and where his relics are enshrined in the cathedral.SECUNDUS, (Third Century), a soldier of the Theban Legion martyred near Ventimiglia in Liguria.VICTOR (VITORES), it is believed St. Victor was a priest in Spain who was martyred by the Moors in the ninth or tenth century.ZEPHYRINUS, Pope of Rome from A.D. 198/9 until his repose A.D. 217. He was known as defender of Orthodox Christology against heresies.

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7th September (25th August O.S.):




AREDIUS (YRIEIX, YRIEZ), Abbot of Limoges, and chancellor to Theudebert II, King of Austrasia. He was the founder of Atane, and is the namesake for the various French towns and villages called St. Yrieix. St. Aredius reposed A.D. 591. EBBA THE ELDER, St. Ebba the Elder was a sister of SS. Oswald (5th August) and Oswin (20th August) and received monastic tonsure at Lindisfarne. She went on to become the founding Abbess of the double monastery at Coldingham in Scotland. St. Ebba maintained friendships with SS. Cuthbert (20th March) and Adamnán of Iona (23rd September), and was the spiritual mother of St. Etheldreda (23rd June). St. Ebba reposed A.D. 683.
TROPARION of ST. EBBA THE ELDER — TONE VIII In thee, O mother, that which is fashioned according to the image of God was preserved; for, having taken up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thine example didst teach that the flesh is to be disdained as passing, but that the soul must be cared for as a thing immortal. Wherefore, thy spirit doth rejoice with the angels, O venerable Ebba.
EUSEBIUS, PONTIAN, VINCENT, AND PEREGRINUS, martyrs in Rome circa A.D. 192.GENESIUS (GENÈS) OF ARLES, a notary in Arles who was martyred (circa A.D. 303) under Maximian Herculeus for refusing to record an imperial decree against Orthodox Christians, and declaring that he himself believed in Christ.GENESIUS THE ACTOR, an actor who, while performing a satire of Orthodox Baptism, had a conversion experience, proclaimed his faith in Christ, and was at once martyred, circa A.D. 300.GERUNTIUS OF ITALICA, a missionary in Spain during the first century A.D., he served as Bishop of Talco (Italica, near Seville), and was martyred, circa A.D. 100.GREGORY OF UTRECHT, born in Trier, he met St. Boniface (5th June) while still a child, and later became a monk. He went on to serve as Abbot of St Martin's at Utrecht, and then as Bishop of Utrect for twenty-two years. St. Martin's was a nursery of many saints.HUNEGUND, forced to marry against her will, she persuaded her bridegroom to accompany her on a pilgrimage to Rome. Whilst there she recieved monastic tonsure and returned to Picardy where she entered the monastery of Homblières, later serving as its Abbess. St. Hunegund reposed A.D. 690.MAGINUS (MAGÍ), born in Tarragona in Spain, he worked to enlighten the people in his native region, and was finally beheaded under Diocletian, circa A.D. 304.MARCIAN OF SAIGNON, a native of Saignon in the Vaucluse in Provence, who founded the Monastery of St. Eusebius in Apt, reposing A.D. 485.NEMESIUS AND LUCILLA, Nemesius, a deacon, and Lucilla, his daughter, were martyred in Rome under Valerian, A.D. 260.PATRICIA, a noblewoman from Constantinople, possibly related to the imperial family, fled to Rome in order to escape marriage. Whilst in Rome she recieved monastic tonsure. returning to Constantinople, she renounced any claim to the imperial crown, and distributed her wealth to the poor. St. Patricia then set out on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, however her ship encountered a storm and she was shipwrecked on the shores of Naples, shortly afterwards she succmbed to disease and reposed circa A.D. 665. St. Patricia is one of the patron-saints of Naples.WANNUS (GUARINUS, WARREN), (Seventh Century), the son of St. Sigrada (8th August), he was martyred in France by the tyrant Ebroin who was at war with his brother St. Leodegarius (2nd October).

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6th September (24th August O.S.):




AUREA, martyred in Ostia near Rome circa A.D. 270.BREGWIN, little is known of the life of St. Bregwin, as there are no contemporary records extant, though some of his letters to St. Lull of Mainz (16th October) still survive. His Life by Eadmer, a twelfth century English historian, theologian, ecclesiastic, and bishop, offers little more than the dates of his tenure as the twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury, and allusions to ‘many miracles’. St. Bregwin reposed A.D. 764; he was buried in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist at the East end of Canterbury Cathedral.OUEN (AUDÖENUS, ALDWIN, OWEN, DADO), the founder of the monastery of Rebais in France, and then Bishop of Rouen. He attended the Council of Châlons (A.D. 644). St. Ouen reposed A.D. 684 at what is now the Paris suburb of Paris of St. Ouen.PATRICE (PATRICK, PATRICIUS), (Date Unknown), he is believed to have been an Abbot of Nevers in present-day France, nothing further about his life is known.PATRICK, this saint is known as St. Patrick the Elder to differentiate him from his celebrated namesake and possible relative, St. Patrick of Ireland (17th March). Few details of his life are known to us. It is variously reported that he reposed (circa A.D. 450) at Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny in Ireland, or at Glastonbury, Somerset, in England, though it seems that at some point his relics were enshrined at Glastonbury. Neither of these Irish St. Patricks are to be confused with the St. Patrick (vide supra), Abbot of Nevers in France, who is also commemorated on 24th August.PTOLEMY, (First Century), traditionally thought to have been a disciple of the Apostle Peter (29th June), he served as Bishop of Nepi in Tuscany, where he was martyred.ROMANUS OF NEPI, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany. He is generally considered to have been a disciple of St. Ptolemy (vide supra).
SANDRATUS (SANDRADUS), a monk of the monastery of St. Maximinus at Trier, who was sent by the Emperor Otto I to restore the monastery of St. Gall (A.D. 972). Shortly afterwards he became Abbot of Gladbach, and then Abbot of Weissenburg (A.D. 981) as well. St. Sandratus reposed A.D. 986.YRCHARD (IRCHARD, YARCARD), (Fifth Century), St. Yrchard was a disciple of St. Ternan (12th June) who consecrated him missionary bishop to work amongst the Picts. Nothing further about St. Yrchard is known to us.

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5th September (23rd August O.S.):




ALTIGIANUS AND HILARINUS, two monks killed by the Saracens at Saint-Seine in Burgundy A.D. 731.EBBA (ÆBBA) THE YOUNGER AND COMPANIONS, St. Ebba the Younger was Abbess of Coldingham, an abbey in the Scottish Borders, which had been founded two centuries prior by St. Ebba the Elder (25th August). During a Viking raid on Scotland in A.D. 879, St. Ebba mutilated her nose and upper lip with a razor, in the hopes of discouraging the invaders from raping her. With her encouragement, the entire community followed suit. The act is one of the possible origins of the expression ‘cutting off the nose to spite the face’. While it did result in revolting the Vikings, they set fire to the monastery in retaliation, killing the entire community.
TROPARION of ST. EBBA THE YOUNGER — TONE I Having finished your course and kept the Faith unto the end In the agony of immolation ye died for Christ The Lamb and Shepherd, slain as reason-endowed ewe-lambs Wherefore, magnifying Him with joyous soul We celebrate your holy memory today, O right wondrous and glorious Ebba and all those of thy flock who suffered with thee.
EUGENE (EOGHAN, EUNY, OWEN), born in Leinster, Ireland, St. Eugene spent a great deal of time missionising, with great success both in Britain and on the Continent. He returned to his native land where he was consecrated the first Bishop of Ardstraw, which later became the See of Derry of which St. Eugene is patron saint. St. Eugene reposed circa A.D. 618.FLAVIAN (FLAVINIAN, FLAVIUS) OF AUTUN, the twenty-first Bishop of Autun. It is generally believed he lived in the first half of the seventh centuryMINERVIUS, ELEAZAR AND COMPANIONS, a group (including eight children) of third century martyrs in Lyons.QUIRIACUS, MAXIMUS, ARCHELAUS, AND COMPANIONS, bishop, priest and deacon respectively, from Ostia near Rome, who were martyred along with a number of Christian soldiers under Alexander Severus, circa A.D. 235.TYDFIL, according to legend, St. Tydfil was a daughter of King St. Brychan of Brycheiniog (6th April). She is said to have been martyred, with others, circa A.D. 480, by marauding Picts and Saxons at the location now known as Merthyr Tydfil in Mid Glamorgan, Wales.VICTOR OF VITA, a bishop of either Carthage or Utica in North Africa, he reposed circa A.D. 535.

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Pre-Schism Saints of the Orthodox Roman Patriarchate*
4th September (22nd August O.S.):




ANDREW OF TUSCANY, an Irishman who went to Rome on a pilgrimage and settled in Fiesole in Tuscany, where he restored the monastery of San Martino in Mensula. St. Andrew reposed circa A.D. 880 ANTONINUS, an executioner in Rome, who was converted to Christ. He reposed A.D. 186.ARNULF, (Eighth or Ninth Century), There is no reliable historical information on the life of St. Arnulf, and his existence may be entirely apocryphal. One legend states that he was a hermit near St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. Another possibility is that the existence of St. Arnulf is nothing more than a legend which grew up around a French tradition that the relics of St. Arnulf of Metz (18th July) were translated to England.ETHELGITHA, St. Ethelgitha was an abbess of a convent in Northumbria, England who reposed circa A.D. 720. Nothing further is known of her life.FABRICIAN AND PHILIBERT, (Date Unknown), martyrs in Toledo, Spain.GUNIFORT, (Date Unknown), a pilgrim of unclear origins, but most likely from the British Isles perhaps. He was martyred in Pavia.HIPPOLYTUS OF PORTO, a Bishop of Porto in Italy who was martyred by drowning under Alexander, circa A.D. 236. MARTIAL, SATURNINUS, EPICTETUS, MAPRILIS, FELIX, AND COMPANIONS, martyrs (circa A.D. 300?), with St. Aurea (24th August) honoured in Ostia near Rome.MAURUS AND COMPANIONS, a group of fifty martyrs (circa A.D. 260?) in Rheims in north-eastern Gaul. Their leader, Maurus, was a priest.SIGFRID, a disciple of St. Benedict Biscop (12th January) at Wearmouth Abbey, St. Sigfrid succeeded St. Eosterwine (7th March) as Abbot of Wearmouth. St. Sigfrid reposed in A.D. 688, and in time, his relics were enshrined with those of SS. Benedict Biscop and Eosterwine in the Abbey church.SYMPHORIAN, a member of a senatorial family in Autun, who was martyred under Marcus Aurelius (circa A.D. 200) for refusing to sacrifice to a pagan goddess.TIMOTHY, a martyr in Rome under Diocletian (circa A.D. 306). His relics were enshrined in a chapel near the church of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls and venerated there.

* - Prior to the Schism the Patriarchate of Rome was Orthodox and fully in communion with the Orthodox Church. As Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco +1966 said "The West was Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable Liturgy is far older than any of her heresies."


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Pre-Schism Saints of the Orthodox Roman Patriarchate*
3rd September (21st August O.S.):




ANASTASIUS, a military tribune, who on seeing the courage of the young St. Agapitus (18th August) cried out: “The God of Agapitus is my God.” On that account he was arrested by order of the Emporer Aurelian and put to death (A.D. 274) at a place called Salone, about twenty kilometres from Palestrina, near Rome.AVITUS I OF CLERMONT, the eighteenth Bishop of Clermont, and contemporary of St. Gregory of Tours (17th November), whom he ordained to the deaconate. St. Avitus reposed circa A.D. 600.CYRIACA (DOMINICA), a wealthy widow in Rome and patroness of St. Laurence of Rome (10th August), who is believed to have used her home in Rome, to give food to the poor. St. Cyriaca suffered martyrdom A.D. 249.EUPREPIUS, (First Century), the first Bishop of Verona in the north of present-day Italy.LEONTIUS THE ELDER, a sixth century Bishop of Bordeaux in France, and the predecessor of St. Leontius the Younger (11th July). St. Leontius reposed circa A.D. 541.LUXORIUS, CISELLUS AND CAMERINUS, early-fourth century martyrs in Sardinia beheaded under Diocletian (A.D. 303). St. Luxorius had been a soldier in the imperial army, the other two were boys whom he helped to accept martyrdom.PATERNUS, a native of Alexandria who went to Rome, where he was arrested in Fondi, and martyred for Orthodoxy there, circa A.D. 255.PRIVATUS, a third century Bishop of Mende in the Languedoc, who was captured by invading barbarians. He was offered his life if he agreed to reveal where his flock was hiding. This he refused to do and he was beaten to death, A.D. 260.QUADRATUS, a third century martyred Bishop of Utica in North Africa who taught both clergy and laity to confess Christ. St. Quadratus was greatly revered in Africa.SIDONIUS (APOLLINARIS), Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was a soldier who was born in Lyons. He married the daughter of Avitus, Emperor of the West, after which he served the State, and later was consecrated Bishop of Clermont. As bishop he saved his people from Goths under Alaric.

* - Prior to the Schism the Patriarchate of Rome was Orthodox and fully in communion with the Orthodox Church. As Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco +1966 said "The West was Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable Liturgy is far older than any of her heresies."


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