Saint of the Day – 22 June – Saint Giovanni d’Acquarola (Died c849) Bishop of Naples who served as the Bishop of Naples from 26 February 842 until his death. Died on 17 Decenber c849 at his See in Naples. Patronage – co-with many others, of Naples. Also known as – Giovanni Scrib, John IV, John the Peacemaker, John the Serene.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Naples, in Campania, St John, Bishop. who was called to the Kingdom of Heaven by blessed Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, who is also celebrated today.”
He had the Relics of St Aspren translated to a Chapel in the Church of Santa Restituta in Naples.
Giovanni also assisted Duke Andrew II in negotiating an economic treaty called the Pactum Sicardi with Sicard, the Lombard Prince of Benevento, hence the honourary title ‘the Peacemaker.’
The Solemnity of Corpus Christi, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Corpus Christi The Feast is liturgically celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday which this year was 19 June. https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/16/the-festival-of-corpus-christi/
St Paulinus of Nola (c354-431) Bishop, Confessor, Poet, Writer, Apostle of Charity, Preacher, Orator, Senator and Governor. St Paulinus was an inspiration to many—including six great Saints of the Church, who referenced him in letters of encouragement to others: St Augustine, St Jerome, Melania, St Martin of Tours, St Gregory and St Ambrose. St Augustine wrote, “Go to Campania– there study Paulinus, that choice servant of God. With what generosity, with what still greater humility, he has flung from himself the burden of this world’s grandeurs to take on him the yoke of Christ and in His service how serene and unobtrusive his life!” This glorious Saint Paulinus!: https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/22/saint-of-the-day-22-june-st-paulinus-of-nola-c-354-431/ AND: https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/22/saint-of-the-day-22-june-st-paulinus-of-nola-c-354-431-2/
St Aaron of Brettany St Aaron of Pais-de-Laon St Alban of Britain Bl Altrude of Rome St Consortia St Cronan of Ferns
St Eberhard (1085-1164)Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria, Defender of the Papacy, Apostle of the poor and sick, Papal Legate and negotiator. Born in 1085 at Nuremberg, Germany and died on 21 June 1164 at the Cistercian Monastery of Rein, Austria of natural causes. Patronages – Bamberg, Germany, Salzburg, Austria. His Holy Life: https://anastpaul.com/2024/06/22/saint-of-the-day-22-june-saint-eberhard-of-salzburg-1085-1164-bishop/
St Eusebius of Samosata St Exuperantius of Como St Flavius Clemens St Giovanni d’Acquarola (Died c849) Bishop of Naples
St Gregory of Agrigento St Heraclius the Soldier St Hespérius of Metz
Blessed Pope Innocent V OP (c 1225-1275) Papal Ascesion 21 January 1276 unril 22 June 1276 (the date of his death. Friar of the Order of Preachers, Theologian, renowned Preacher, Scholar, Writer,, Dominican Office bearer, disciple of St Albert the Great and collaborator and friend of St Thomas Aquinas.and St Bonaventure. His Life: https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/22/saint-of-the-day-22-june-blessed-pope-innocent-v-op-c-1225-1275/
St John IV of Naples St Julius of Pais-de-Laon Bl Kristina Hamm Bl Marie Lhuilier St Nicetas of Remesiana St Precia of Epinal St Rotrudis of Saint-Omer St Rufinus of Alexandria
Martyrs of Samaria – 1480 Saints: 1480 Christians massacred in and near Samaria during the war between the Greek Emperor Heraclius and the pagan Chosroas of Persia. c 614 in the vicinity of Samaria, Palestine.
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