Saint of the Day – 21 September – St Eusebius Martyr of Phoenicia. We have no dates for this Saint and little information of any kind, except that which we obtain from the Martyrology and a little from the Bollandists.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Phoenicia, St Eusebius, Martyr, who of his own accord went to the Prefect and declared himself a Christian, was subjected by said Prefect to many torments and finally beheaded.”
According to the Roman Martyrology, in which he is commemorated as above and an Eastern Calendar cited by the Bollandist Stilting, which discusses the same date, Eusebius voluntarily presented himself to the Governor of Phoenicia, who questioned him to ascertain whether he was a following of Christ and a member of His Flock.
Upon his confirmation he was whipped until he bled, salt was placed on his bleeding wounds and numerous torments were inflicted upon him to break his faith but, to no avail.
The Martyr exulted as if it were someone else’s body which was suffering.
St Meletius of Cyprus – Bishop and Confessor in Cyprus. Martyr. No further information has survived.
Martyrs of Gaza – 3 Saints: Three brothers, Eusebius, Nestulus and Zeno, who were seized, dragged through the street, beaten and murdered by a pagan mob celebrating the renunciation of Christianity by Julian the Apostate. They were burned to death in 362 on a village garbage heap in Gaza, Palestine.
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