Saint of the Day – 10 September – Saint Peter Martinez (Died c1000) Archbishop of Antealares at Compostela, Monk, Abbot, leader of the Spanish Reconquista. Born in Galicia, Spain, Also Known as – Peter of Mozonzo.
Peter’s religious life began in around 950, as a Benedictine Monk at the Monastery of Saint Mary of Monzonzo where he later became the Abbot.
In 986, he was appointed the Archbishop of Saint Martin of Antealares in Compostela. Peter played an important role in the Spanish Reconquista, which drove the Moors out of Spain.
Some believe he might have been the Author of the Salve Regina although it is most widely believed that it was composed by Blessed Herman of Reichenau (1013–1054) with the Doxology being spontaneously added by the Mellifluous Doctor, Saint Bernard (1090-1153).
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Martyrs of Bithynia – 3 Sister Saints: Three young Christian sisters Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximian and governor Fronto: Menodora, Metrodora, Nymphodora. They were Martyred in 306 in Bithynia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey).
Martyrs of Japan – 205 Beati: A unified feast to memorialise 205 Missionaries and native Japanese known to have been murdered for their Faith between 1617 and 1637.
Martyrs of Sigum – 8 Saints: A group of Nicomedian Martyrs, condemned for their faith to be worked to death in the marble quarries of Sigum. There were Priests, Bishops and Laity in the group but only a few names have come down to us: Dativus, Felix, Jader, Litteus, Lucius, Nemesian, Polyanus, Victor. They were worked to death c 257 in Sigum.
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