Saints of 24 July

St James

The vigil of St. James, apostle.

St Christina, virgin and martyr (Tyro)

At Tyro, in Tuscany, on lake Bolsena, St. Christina, virgin and martyr. Believing in Christ, and breaking up her father's gold and silver idols to give them to the poor, she was cruelly scourged by his command, subjected to other most severe torments, and thrown with a heavy stone into the lake, from which she was drawn out by an angel. Then under another judge, who succeeded her father, she bore courageously still more bitter tortures. Finally, after she had been shut up by the governor Julian in a burning furnace for five days without any injury, and after being cured of the sting of serpents, she ended her martyrdom by having her tongue cut out, and being pierced with arrows.

St Vincent of Rome

At Rome, on the Tiburtine road, St. Vincent, martyr.

Eighty-three holy soldiers, martyrs (Amiterno)

At Amiterno, in Abruzzo, the martyrdom of eighty-three holy soldiers.

St Victor of Mérida

At Merida, in Spain, St. Victor, a military man, who, with his two brothers, Stercatius and Antinogenes, by various torments consummated his martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian.

Ss. Niceta and Aquilina, martyrs (Lycia)

In Lycia, the holy matryrs Niceta and Aquilina, who were converted to Christ by the preaching of the blessed martyr Christopher, and gained the palm of martyrdom by being decapitated.

Ss. Meneus and Capito

Also, the holy martyrs Meneus and Capito.

St Ursicinus of Sens

At Sens, St.Ursicinus, bishop and confessor.

St Sharbel Makhlūf

At Annaya in Lebanon, St Sharbel Makhlūf, Maronite monk and hermit, renowned for austerity and wonders. Canonised 1977.