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The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Octave Day of the Assumption) and Memorials of the Saints – 22 August

The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Octave Day of the Assumption) – Pope Pius XII instituted the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1944 to be celebrated on 22 August, coinciding with the traditional Octave Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
(In 1969, after Vatican II, the Feast was moved to the Saturday, immediately after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.).
https://anastpaul.com/2017/06/24/the-feast-of-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-24-june-2017-the-saturday-following-the-feast-of-the-sacred-heart/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/09/feast-of-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-8-june/

St Timothy and Companions – they were + St Hippolytus of Porto and + St Symphorian of Autun. The three died at different times in different places – Martyrs:
Their Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/08/22/sain-s-of-the-day-22-august-st-timothy-and-companions-st-hippolytus-and-symphorian/

The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ing

St Andrew of Fiesole (Died c880) Archdeacon, Monk, Missionary, Miracle-worker. Andrew was the Irish-born disciple and assistant of St Donatus (Died c874). He served as Archdeacon of Fiesole, Italy under Bishop Donatus – about St Donatus here: https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/22/saint-of-the-day-22-october-st-donatus-of-fiesole-died-874/:
His body is incorrupt.
A life of Boundless Charity:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/08/22/saint-of-the-day-22-august-st-andrew-of-fiesole-died-c880-archdeacon/

St Anthusa of Seleucia
St Antoninus of Rome
St Arnulf (9th Century) Hermit of Eynesbury Information regarding this Saint have been lost but he has long been venerated in Arnulphsbury, Cambridgeshire, England.
St Athanasius of Tarsus

Blessed Bernard Perani OFM. Cap (1604-1694) Lay Brother

St Dalmau Llebaría Torné
St Epictetus of Ostia
St Ethelgitha of Northumbria
St Fabrician of Toledo
St Felix of Ostia

Blessed Giacomo/James Bianconi OP (1220–1301) Confessor, Priest and Friar of the Order of Preachers, Spiritual Advisor, founder and restorer of Convents and Churches. Pope Urban VIII Beatified the Blessed Giacomo in 1641.
Holy Giacomo:

https://anastpaul.com/2019/08/22/saint-of-the-day-22-august-blessed-giacomo-bianconi-op-1220-1301/

St Gunifort
St Joan Farriol Sabaté

St John Kemble (1599 – 1679) Martyr, Priest. Ordained in 1625, he returned to Monmouthshire and served more than 50 years as an itinerant Priest, winning admirers even among Protestants. After being dragged on a hurdle to Widemarsh Common, Kemble declared on the scaffold that he died for the religion that had made this country Christian and that he forgave all his enemies. He was then obliged to encourage the executioner, who had no stomach for his task. The hanging was horribly botched, so that Kemble took half an hour to die.  Subsequently he was beheaded and his left hand cut off, this may still be seen at the church of St Francis Xavier in Hereford.
Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/22/saint-of-the-day-22-august-st-john-kemble-1599-1679-martyr/

Blessed Timoteo da Monticchio OFM (1444-1503) Priest of the Order of the Friars Minor, he ws endowed with mystical gifts, especially of the Blessed Virgin and of St Francis of Assisi. On 10 March 1870, his Beatification was confirmed by Pope Pius IX. His body is incorrupt.
His Holy Life of Miracles:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/22/saint-of-the-day-22-august-blessed-timoteo-da-monticchio-ofm-1444-1503/

St Thomas Percy
Bl William Lacey

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St Timothy (1st Century) Disciple of St Paul, Bishop and Martyr, DAY ONE of the CANDLEMAS NOVENA and the Saints for 24 January

St Timothy (1st Century) Disciple of St Paul, Bishop and Martyr
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2022/01/24/saint-of-the-day-24-january-saint-timothy-died-c-97/

DAY ONE of the CANDLEMAS NOVENA
Today marks the start of the
Novena in preparation for the great Feast
of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This is an Indulgenced Novena LINKE HERE:
(The Candlemas Novena)

St Artemius of Clermont
St Bartlomiej Osypiuk
St Bertrand of Saint Quentin
St Exuperantius of Cingoli

St Felician of Foligno (c158-c 250) Bishop and Martyr, Confessor.
St Felician’s Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/01/24/saint-of-the-day-24-january-saint-felician-of-foligno-c-158-c-250-martyr/

St Guasacht
Bl John Grove

Blessed Marcolino Amanni of Forli OP (1317-1397) Priest and Friar of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, Mystic, Assistant Prior and Procurator of his Convent. He was confirmed as a saint on 9 May 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV.
His Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2023/01/24/saint-of-the-day-24-january-blessed-marcolino-amanni-of-forli-op-1317-1397/

Blessed Paola Gambara Costa TOSF (1463-1515) a Countess and member of the Third Order of St Francis, Laywoman, Mother, Widow, Apostle of the poor and sick. Her cult was confirmed by Beatification on 14 August 1845 by Pope Gregory XVI.
Her Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/01/24/saint-of-the-day-24-january-blessed-paola-gambara-costa-tosf-1463-1515/

St Projectus Martyr. No other information has survived
St Sabiniana of Troyes Holy woman. No details of her life have survived.
St Suranus
St Thyrsus Martyr. No other information has survived

Bl essed William Ireland SJ (1636-1679) Priest Martyr. He was Beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2024/01/24/saint-of-the-day-24-january-blessed-william-ireland-sj-1636-1679-priest-martyr/

St Zama (Died c268) Bishop

Martyrs of Asia Minor – 4 Saints: A group of ChristiansMmartyred together for their faith. The only details to survive are four of their names – Eugene, Mardonius, Metellus and Musonius. They were burned at the stake in Asia Minor.

Martyrs of Antioch:
Babylas
Epolonius
Prilidian
Urban

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Sain/s of the Day – 22 August – St Timothy and Companions, St Hippolytus and Symphorian

Saints of the Day – 22 August – St Timothy and Companions – they were + St Hippolytus of Porto and + St Symphorian of Autun. The three died at different times in different places but all on the same date, that is, 22 August – Martyrs.

The Roman Martyrology reads of these three today:
St Timothy – “At Rome, on the Ostian road, the birthday of the holy Martyr, Timothy. After he had been arrested by Tarquinius, Prefect of the City and kept for a long time in prison, as he refused to sacrifice to the idols, he was scourged three times, subjected to the most severe torments and finally beheaded.”

St Hippolytus – “At Porto, St Hippolytus, Bishop, most renowned for learning. Having gloriously confessed the Faith, in the time of the Emperor Alexander, he was bound hand and foot, precipitated into a deep ditch filled with water and thus received the Palm of Martyrdom. His body was buried by the Christians at that place.

St Symphorian – “At Autun, St Symphorian, a Martyr in the time of the Emperor, Aurelian. Refusing to offer sacrifices to the idols, he was first scourged then confined in prison and finally ended his Martyrdom by being beheaded.”

The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Timothy (Timotheus), Hippolytus of Rome and Symphorian (Symphorianus, Symphorien), are three Martyrs who, although they were unrelated and were Martyred in different places and at different times, shared a common Feast day in the General Roman Calendar from at least the 1568 Tridentine calendar to the Mysterii Paschali (i.e. Paul VI – Vatican II).

Timothy of Antioch came to Rome in 310 and was Martyred in 311. He was cruelly beaten and quicklime was sprinkled over his torn flesh. At last he was beheaded.

On the same date at Ostia, Hippolytus, Bishop of Porto, was thrown into a hole filled with water and received the Crown of Martyrdom about 225.

Again on the same day, about 180, under the reign of Aurelian, Symphorian, who was still a young man, was beheaded at Autun. While he went to execution his mother said to him: “My son, my son, remember eternal life; look up to Heaven and see the One Who reigns there; life is not taken from thee, it is exchanged for a better one.

Collect:
Deny us not, Thy aid, O merciful Lord but listening to the prayers of Thy blessed Martyrs Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian, stretch forth over us, the Right Hand of Thy merciful forgiveness. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).

Posted in AUGUST - The Immaculate Heart of Mary, FEASTS and SOLEMNITIES, MARIAN TITLES, SACRED and IMMACULATE HEARTS, SAINT of the DAY

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Octave Day of the Assumption) and Memorials of the Saints – 22 August

St Timothy and Companions – they were + St Hippolytus of Porto and + St Symphorian of Autun. The three died at different times in different places – Martyrs

St Anthusa of Seleucia
St Antoninus of Rome
St Arnulf of Eynesbury
St Athanasius of Tarsus
Bl Bernard Perani
St Dalmau Llebaría Torné
St Epictetus of Ostia
St Ethelgitha of Northumbria
St Fabrician of Toledo
St Felix of Ostia

+ St Hippolytus of Porto

St Gunifort
St Joan Farriol Sabaté

St John Wall
St Josep Roselló Sans
St Julio Melgar Salgado
St Maprilis of Ostia
St Martial of Ostia
St Maurus of Rheims
St Philibert of Toledo
Bl Richard Kirkman
St Saturninus of Ostia
Bl Simeon Lukach
St Sigfrid of Wearmouth
+ St Symphorian of Autun

St Thomas Percy
Bl William Lacey