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December 1 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
November 30 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 2 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 14 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For December 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 18. Saints * ''Prophet Nahum'' (7th century BC) * St. Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus (c. 107–17) * Saints Ananias and Solochonus, Archbishops of Ephesus. ''(see also: December 2)'' * ''Hieromartyr Ananias of Persia'' (345) * Saint Porphyrios, Patriarch of Antioch (404-413) * ''Righteous Philaret the Merciful, of Amnia in Asia Minor'' (792) * Saint Anthony the New, monk of Kios in Bithynia (865) * Saint Theokletos, Archbishop of Sparta and Lacedaemonia (870) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porphyrus Of Antioch
Porphyrus of Antioch was a Patriarch of Antioch. He succeeded Flavian I in 404 and died in 412 to be replaced by Patriarch Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al .... In the aftermath of John Chrysostom's deposal by the Synod of the Oak and a subsequent Synod in 404, John's opponents Severian, Acacius and Antiochus sought to place priests opposed to John into positions of influence. When Flavian I died shortly after the exile of JohnKelly, J. N. D., p. 252 they pushed through a rapid election & consecration of Porphyrus while many residents were at the Olympic games customarily held in July or August. The populace was offended that Constantius, Flavian's adjunct and a supporter of John's, was not installed. References Bibliography * Kelly, J. N. D. (1995). ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javron-les-Chapelles
Javron-les-Chapelles () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... See also * Communes of the Mayenne department References Javronleschapelles {{Mayenne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micy
Micy Abbey or the Abbey of Saint-Mesmin, Micy (french: Abbaye Saint-Mesmin de Micy), sometimes referred to as Micy, was a Benedictine abbey near Orléans at the confluence of the Loire and the Loiret, located on the territory of the present commune of Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin. Since 1939 it has hosted a community of Carmelites History Early period According to the Life of Saint Maximin written in the 9th century, Euspicius, archpriest of Verdun, went to meet Clovis I who had come to the city to punish it for having revolted. Euspicius having obtained the royal pardon, the king attached himself to him as well as his nephew Mesmin. In 508, Euspicius was looking for a place of retreat and found an unoccupied royal villa called Micy near Orleans, at the confluence of the Loire and Loiret rivers. He received the domain of Micy from Clovis in order to establish a monastery there. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cassian
John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman ( la, Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, ''Ioannus Cassianus'', or ''Ioannes Massiliensis''; – ), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for his role in bringing the ideas and practices of early Christian monasticism to the medieval West. Biography Cassian was born around 360, most likely in the region of Scythia Minor (now Dobruja, a historical region shared today by Romania and Bulgaria), although some scholars assume a Gallic origin. The son of wealthy parents, he received a good education: his writings show the influence of Cicero and Persius. He was bilingual in Latin and Greek. Cassian mentions having a sister in his first work, the ''Institutes'', with whom he corresponded in his monastic life; she may have ended up with him in Marseilles. As a young adult he traveled to Palestine with an older friend Germanus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leontius Of Fréjus
Saint Leontius (french: Léonce de Fréjus) (d. 488) was a bishop of Fréjus, in Provence. He was probably born at Nîmes, towards the end of the fourth century;Clugnet, Léon. "St. Leontius." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 20 October 2017 he died in his episcopal town in 488, according to some authorities, though others say 443 or 448. His is 1 December. The date of his episcopal ordination is uncertain, but most likely it took place between the years 400 and 419. He was clearly a man of eminent sanctity, and an episcop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Evasius
Saint Evasius ( it, Sant'Evasio; probably third century AD) is believed to have been a missionary and bishop of Asti, in north-west Italy. He was forced to flee to the great Padan forest known as the Selva Cornea, where he and numerous followers were beheaded by pagan, or alternatively by Arian enemies, in the area of what is now Casale Monferrato. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and is the patron of a number of towns in Piedmont and Lombardy. His cult is liveliest at Casale, where his remains are conserved in the cathedral dedicated to him. Life No account of Evasius's life is regarded by scholars of hagiography as reliable. According to the ''Historia e vita di Sant'Evasio Vescovo e Martire'' by the Augustinian Fulgenzio Emiglio, published in 1708, he was born in Benevento, moved to Rome in 260 and was sent as a bishop to Asti in 265. There he suffered persecution at the hands of pagan opponents of Christianity and was forced to leave the town. The e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Sardica
The Council of Serdica, or Synod of Serdica (also Sardica located in modern day Sofia, Bulgaria), was a synod convened in 343 at Serdica in the civil diocese of Dacia, by Emperors Constans I, augustus in the West, and Constantius II, augustus in the East. It attempted to resolve the Arian controversy, and was attended by about 170 bishops. It was convened by the two augusti at the request of Pope Julius I. Background The first ecumenical council (Nicaea I) canon 5 decreed that bishops should convene in biannual synods within every province to act as a court of second instance and review cases with excommunication sentences pronounced by individual bishops. But, there was no appeal to a court of final instance "if an unjust sentence was imposed" by a provincial synod acting as a court of second instance. Nicaea I canon 5 "implied that" provincial synods "had an acknowledged authority to" judge the acts of individual bishops of their province. Provincial synods' authority "was becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursicinus Of Brescia
Ursicinus of Brescia was an Italian saint, and bishop of Brescia in Lombardy. 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 November 2016 He participated in the in 347, in which year he died; his may still be seen. His feast day
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Ansanus
Saint Ansanus ( it, Sant'Ansano) (died 304 AD), called ''The Baptizer'' or ''The Apostle of Siena'', is the patron saint of Siena, a scion of the Anician family of Rome. Legend His legend states that he was born of a noble Roman family in the third century. While still a child, Ansanus was secretly baptized by his nurse Maxima (venerated as ''St. Maxima of Rome'') and was secretly brought up as a Christian. Ansanus openly declared his Christian faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, when he was nineteen years old. According to tradition, St. Ansanus preached the Gospel in Bagnoregio (then Bagnorea) and the church of Santa Maria delle Carceri outside the Alban Gate was said to have been built above the prison in which he was confined. According to tradition, Ansanus and Maxima were scourged; Maxima died from this. Ansanus, however, survived this torture, as well as the next one: being thrown into a pot of boiling oil. He was then taken to the city of Siena as a prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numerian
Numerian ( la, Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus; died November 284) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.Leadbetter, "Carus." Early life and Carus' reign Numerian was the younger son of Carus.Leadbetter, "Carus." In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum proclaimed as emperor Numerian's father, the praetorian prefect Marcus Aurelius Carus, after a mutiny against the emperor Probus, in which the latter was killed. By one account, Carus had ''himself'' rebelled against the emperor, and Probus' army, stationed in Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia), decided they did not wish to fight Carus and assassinated their emperor instead. According to the ''Historia Augusta'' and the view accepted by Gibbon, whose opinion is primarily dependent on the ''Historia Augusta'' as a source, Carus was not responsible for Probus's death, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castritian
Castritian ( la, Castritianus, it, Castriziano) was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1. Life Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Castritian, except that he was bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century, and that his corpse was allegedly buried in a cemetery in the area of Porta Romana, not far from the present Basilica of Saint Calimerius. His relics were later translated into the church of San Giovanni in Conca, which was demolished between the 19th and 20th century. Middle age texts, such as the ''Historia Dataria'' dated 11th-century, add biographic details which are to be considered legendary. Among these legendary traditions, is the length of his episcopate (41 years), the start of his reign shortly after the Emperor Domitian in 97 and the consequent date of death in 138. Also legendary is his consecration as church of a house donated by a certain Philips, even if moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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