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- Hieromartyr Januarius and those with him (305)
- These martyrs gave glorious witness to Christ during the
persecutions of Diocletian. St Januarius, Bishop of Benevento in Italy,
was arrested and cast into a burning furnace, but he stood in the midst
of the flames, singing praises to God, and emerged unharmed. After
other cruel tortures, he was bound and cast in prison in Pozzuoli, along
with his deacon Faustus and his reader Desiderius. With them in prison
were two deacons from Pozzuoli, Proclus and Sossus, and two laymen,
Eutychius and Acutius. All seven were cast to wild beasts; but when the
animals came near the Saints, they fell affectionately at their feet
and refused to harm them. Finally, all seven Christians were beheaded.
Some Christians from Naples secretly took the body of Januarius and
buried it in their church. Countless wonders have been worked at his
grave, including the restoration of a dead man to life.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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