Saints of 15 July

St Henry (Bamberg)

At Bamberg, St. Henry 1., emperor, who kept perpetual chastity with his wife Cunegunde, and induced St. Stephen, king of Hungary, with nearly all his kingdom, to receive the faith of Christ.

Ss. Eutropius, Zosima and Bonosa (Porto)

At Porto, the birthday of the holy martyrs Eutropius, and the sisters Zosima and Bonosa.

St Catulinus of Carthage

At Carthage, blessed Catulinus, deacon, whose glories were proclaimed by St. Augustine in a sermon to his people, and the Saints Januarius, Florentius, Julia and Justa, martyrs, who were entombed in the church of St. Faustus.

Ss. Philip, Zeno, Narseus

At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Philip, Zeno, Narseus, and ten children.

St Abudemius of Tenedos

In the island of Tenedos, St. Abudemius, a martyr, who suffered under Diocletian.

St Antiochus of Sebaste

At Sebaste, St. Antiochus, a physician, who was decapitated under the governor Adrian. On seeing milk flowing from his wounds instead of blood, Cyriacus, his executioner, was converted to Christ and endured martyrdom.

St Felix of Pavia

At Pavia, St. Felix, bishop and martyr.

St James of Nisibis

At Msibis, the birthday of St. James, bishop of that city, a man celebrated for great holiness, miracles and erudition. He was one of those who confessed the faith during the persecution of Galerius Maximian, and afterwards, in the Council of Nicaea, condemned the perverse heresy of Arius, by opposing to it the doctrine of consubstantiality. It was also owing to his prayers, and those of bishop Alexander, that Arius received at Constantinople the condign punishment of his iniquity, the extravasation of his intestines.

St Athanasius of Naples

At Naples, in Campania, St. Athanasius, bishop of that city, who suffered much from his wicked nephew Sergius, by whom he was driven from his see. Consumed with afflictions, he departed for heaven at Veroli, in the time of Charles the Bald.

St Rosalia, virgin (Palermo)

At Palermo, the finding of the body of St. Rosalia, virgin of Palermo. Being miraculously discovered in the time of the Sovereign Pontiff, Urban VIII., it delivered Sicily from the plague in the year of the Jubilee.