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Saint of the Day – 20 June – Saint Novatus of Rome (Died c151) Confessor

Saint of the Day – 20 June – Saint Novatus of Rome (Died c151) Confessor, Layman.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Rome, the demise of St Novatus, son of the blessed Senator, Puden and brother of the saintly Priest, Timothy and of the Holy Virgins of Christ, Pudentiana and Praxedes, who were instructed in the Faith by the Apostles. Their house was converted into a Church and bore the title of Pastor.

St Novatus by Bernardino Nocchi (1803), Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.

Novatus, who is mentioned on 20 June with his brother, the Martyr Timothy, was the son of St Pudens and Claudia Rufina and the brother of Sts Pudentiana and Praxedes.

His paternal grandfather was Quintus Cornelius Pudens, the Roman Senator, who with his wife, Priscilla, was among St Peter’s earliest converts in Rome and in whose house the Apostle dwelt while in that City.

Sts Timothy and Novatus also at the Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.

A portion of the superstructure of the modern Church of St Pudentiana (on the Via Urbana) is thought to be part of the Senatorial Palace or of the baths built by Novatus, see the Church below.

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Tuesday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Notre-Dame-de-Grace / Our Lady of Grace in Honfleur, France (1524) and Memorials of the Saints – 20 June

Tuesday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Notre-Dame-de-Grace / Our Lady of Grace in Equemauville, Honfleur, France – also known as Our Lady of Consolation (1524) 20 June (The Crowning) and 23 October:
HERE:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/20/notre-dame-de-grace-our-lady-of-grace-our-lady-of-consolation-honfleur-france-1524-and-memorials-of-the-saints-20-june/

St Pope Silverius (Died 538) Martyr ruled the Holy See from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 538, a few months before his death.
Biography:

https://anastpaul.com/2019/06/20/saint-of-the-day-20-june-st-pope-silverius-died-538-martyr/

St Adalbert of Magdeburg (910-981) “Apostle of the Slavs” – Bishop, Monk, Missionary.
Biography:

https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/20/saint-of-the-day-20-june-st-adalbert-of-magdeburg-910-981-apostle-of-the-slavs/

St Bagne of Thérouanne
St Edburga of Caistor
St Florentia of Seville

Blessed Francisco Pacheco SJ (1566-1626) Martyr, Priest of the Society of Jesus, Missionary to India, China and Japan, Provincial Superior. Fr Pacheco and his eight Jesuit companions, together with the nine lay Christians, were included among the 205 Martyrs Beatified by Blessed Pope Pius IX on 7 May1867.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/20/saint-of-th-day-20-june-blessed-francisco-pacheco-sj-1566-1626/

St Gemma of Saintonge
St Goban of Picardie
St Helen of Öehren

St John of Matera (c 1070-1139) Monk, Abbot, Mystic, renowned Preacher, Miracle-worker, gifted with bilocation.
His Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/06/20/saint-of-the-day-20-june-saint-john-of-matera-c-1070-1139/

St Macarius of Petra
St Methodius of Olympus

Blessed Michelina of Pesaro TOSF (1300-1356) Widow, Religious of the Third Order of the Friars Minor, Stigmatic, Penitent, Apostle of all in need, Founder of the Confraternity of the Annunciation, to care for the poor, nurse the sick and bury the dead. Patronages – Pesaro, widows, against mental illness, against death of children. Beatified on 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII.
Her Holy Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/20/saint-of-the-day-20-june-blessed-michelina-of-pesaro-tosf-1300-1356/

St Novatus of Rome (Died c151) Confessor

Martyred in London:
Bl Anthony Turner
Bl John Fenwick
Bl John Gavan
BL Thomas Whitbread
Blessed William Harcourt

Irish Martyrs – 260 Beati – This is the collective title given to the 260 or more persons who are credited with dying for the Faith in Ireland between 1537 and 1714.

Martyrs of Lower Moesia:
Martyred on the Black Sea at Lower Moesia (in modern Bulgaria), date unknown.
St Cyriacus
St Paul

Martyred in Nagasaki: 9 Beati : burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan. Their ashes were thrown into the sea and no relics remain. They were Beatified on 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

  • Blessed Baltasar de Torres Arias
  • Blessed Francisco Pacheco
  • Blessed Gaspar Sadamatsu
  • Blessed Giovanni Battista Zola
  • Blessed Ioannes Kisaku
  • Blessed Michaël Tozo
  • Blessed Paulus Shinsuke
  • Blessed Petrus Rinsei
  • Blessed Vincentius Kaun