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Saint of the Day – 18 August – Saint Firminus of Metz (Died c496) Bishop and Conmfessor.

The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Metz, Firminus, Bishop and Confessor.”

Firminus was the 11th Bishop of Metz. In the official chronology of the Bishops of the Diocese, he succeeds Adelphus and precedes Leontius. His position was assigned by the oldest catalogue of the Bishops of the City, compiled around 776 and which has come down to us in the “Sacramentary” of Drogo,the Bishop of Metz between the years 823 and 855.

We know very little about our Saint today. Firminus is presumed to have been Greek in origin and that he governed the Diocese at the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th Centuries.

He seems to have been the Bishop for fifteen years and to have died on 18 August, in an unspecified year. but is was probably just before the assent of the new Bishop, Leontius, hence we place his death in c496.

His body was buried in the crypt of the Church of Saint Clement, the first Bishop of Metz. The stained glass window above resides in this Church too. His remains were transferred to the upper part of theChurch, where they were venerated until the end of the 18th Century. His Relics, after that time, as in many other cases, were destroyed by the satanic horrors and violent excesses of the French Revolutionaries.

The Feast of Saint Firminus, in the Proper of Metz is fixed on the 18 August.

PENTECOST XIII

Within the Octave of the Assumption of Our Lady

St Agapitus the Martyr (c 259- c 274) Martyr, Roman Youth aged 15: Born in c259 in Palestrina, Italy and died in c 274 by being thrown to wild animals in the arena. When the animals would not touch him, he was beheaded at Palestrina, Italy.
His Short Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/08/18/saint-of-the-day-18-august-st-agapitus-the-martyr-c-259-c-274/

St Helena (c250 – c 330) Empress, Mother of Saint Constantine, Founder of the True Cross of Christ. 
St Helena’s Story:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/18/saint-of-the-day-18-august-st-helena-c%e2%80%89250-c-%e2%80%89330/

St Macarius the Wonder-Worker (Died 850) Monk, Abbot, Defender of Icons, Miracle worker
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/08/18/saint-of-the-day-18-august-saint-macarius-the-wonder-worker-died-850/

St Crispus of Rome
St Daig Maccairaill
Bl Domenico de Molinar
St Eonus of Arles
St Ernan
St Evan of Ayrshire
St Firminus of Metz (Died c496) Bishop and Conmfessor.
St Florus of Illyria
Bl Francis of Francavilla
Bl Gaspar di Salamanca
St Hermas of Rome
St John of Rome
St Juliana of Myra
St Juliana of Stobylum
St Laurus of Illyria
St Leo of Myra

Blessed Leonard of Cava (1232-1255) Abbot of the renowned Cava Monastery. An Administrator par excellence, a Peace-maker, a Monk devoted to the Rule of St Benedictine. He was known as a man of extraordinary gentleness and peace.
Blessed Leonard’s Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/08/18/saint-of-the-day-18-august-blessed-leonard-of-cava-1232-1255-abbot/

St Maximus of Illyria
Bl Milo of Fontenelle
St Polyaenus of Rome
St Proculus of Illyria

Blessed Rinaldo of Concorezzo (c1245 – 1321) Bishop of Vicenza from 1296 until his 1303 appointment as the Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia holding that until his death, Doctor of Canon Law, Papal envoy, Arbitrator and Peace-maker. Archbishop Rinaldo was also a close friend of Dante Alighieri.
His Courageous Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/18/saint-of-the-day-18-august-blessed-rinaldo-of-concorezzo-c-1245-1321/

St Ronan of Iona
St Serapion of Rome

Massa Candida: Also known as Martyrs of Utica and the White Company: Three hundred 3rd Century Christians at Carthage, who were ordered to burn incense to Jupiter or face death by fire. Martyrs. Saint Augustine of Hippo and the poet Prudentius wrote about them. They were forced to cast themselves into a pit of burning lime c 253 at Carthage, North Africa.