Saints of 12 February

The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (Mount Senario)

In Tuscany, on Mount Senario, the seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary. After a most austere kind of life, they died a death precious in the Lord, with a reputation for merits and prodigies. As one spirit of true fraternal love united them in life, and as the people joined them together in the same veneration after death, Leo. XIII. placed them together in the catalogue of the Saints.

St Eulalia of Barcelona

At Barcelona, in Spain, in the time of the emperor Diocletian, St. Eulalia, virgin, who, being racked, torn with iron hooks, cast into the fire, and crucified, received the glorious crown of martyrdom.

St Damian of Africa

In Africa, St. Damian, soldier and martyr.

Ss. Modestus and Julian

At Carthage, the holy martyrs Modestus and Julian.

St Modestus of Benevento

At Benevento, St. Modestus, deacon and martyr.

Ss. Modestus and Ammonius, children and martyrs (Alexandria)

At Alexandria, the holy children Modestus and Ammonius.

St Meletius of Antioch

At Antioch, St. Meletius, a bishop, who often suffered exile for the Catholic faith, and finally died at Constantinople and went to his reward. His virtues have been highly extolled by St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory of Nyssa.

St Anthony of Constantinople

At Constantinople, St. Anthony, a bishop in the time of the emperor Leo VI.

St Gaudentius of Verona

At Verona, St. Gaudentius, bishop and confessor.