Saint of the Day – 31 October – St Stachys (1st Century) the 1st Bishop of Constantinople.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Constantinople, St Stachys, Bishop, who was Consecrated as the first Bishop of that City by the blessed Apostle, Andrew.”
Stachys is a Greek name, meaning “ear of corn, or fruit.” He is mentioned in Romans 16:9: “Greet Urban and my dear Stachys.”
We know nothing else about him except the accounts handed down to us by the Greeks – the Apostle St Andrew Consecrated him as the first Bishop of Byzantium or Argyropolis. Stachys founded a Church at Argyropouli, and many people gathered there to hear him preach.
It is not clear if Stachys was the same person whom Paul calls “dear” in the Epistle to the Romans but he is always associated in traditions with five other disciples, (Ampliatus, Urban of Macedonia, Apelles of Heraklion, Aristobulus of Britannia and Narcissus of Athens) that are the very same names mentioned together with him by Paul in Romans 16:8–11.
Vigil of All Saints Day or All Hallow’s Eve: Eve of the Feast of All Hallows, that is, All Saints Day. Halloween is a day on which many quaint customs are revived. It is popular in the United States and Scotland and in the US has become the second largest secular holiday of the year.
St Lucilla of Rome Bl Maria de Requesens St Narcissus
St Quentin (Died c287 Martyr, Roman Senator, Missionary. Died in c287 after horrible torments he was finally beheaded. Patronages – against coughs, whooping courgh, colds, against dropsy, against sneezing, of bombardiers, of Chaplains, locksmiths, porters, surgeons, tailors, various Italian Towns. The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Saint Quentin, in France, St Quentinus, a Roman citizen and Senator, who endured Martyrdom under the Emperor Maximian. By the revelation of an Angel, his body was found incorrupt after the lapse of 55 years.” Wonderful St Quentin: https://anastpaul.com/2024/10/31/saint-of-the-day-31-october-saint-quentin-died-c287-martyr/
St Wolfgang (c934 –994) “The Great Almoner,” Bishop of Regensburg , Monk, Missionary, Ascetic, Apostle of Charity. He is regarded as one of the three great German Saints of the 10th Century, the other two being Saint Ulrich and Saint Conrad of Constance. He was Canonised in 1052 by Pope Leo IX. St Wolfgang’s life: https://anastpaul.com/2019/10/31/saint-of-the-day-31-october-saint-wolfgang-of-regensburg-c-934-994/
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