Saints of 5 July

St Anthony (Cremona)

At Cremona, in Insubria, St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, confessor, founder of the Barnabites and the Angelic Virgins.. Distinguished for all the virtues and for miracles, he was placed among the Saints by Leo XIII. His body is venerated in the church of St. Barnabas, at Milan.

St Zoe of Rome

At Rome, St. Zoe, martyr, wife of the blessed martyr Nicostratus. Whilst praying at the tomb of the apostle St. Peter, during the time of Diocletian, she was seized by the persecutors, and cast into a dark dungeon; then being suspended on a tree by her neck and hair, and suffocated by a loathsome smoke, she yielded up her soul in the confession of the Lord.

St Domitius of Syria

In Syria, the birthday of St. Domitius, martyr, who by his miracles confers many favors on the people of that country.

St Cyrilla of Cyrene

At Gyrene, in Lybia, St. Cyrilla, a martyr, in the persecution of Diocletian. For a long while she held on her hand burning coals with incense, lest by shaking off the coals she should seem to offer incense to the idols. She was afterwards cruelly scourged, and went to her spouse adorned with her own blood.

St Athanasius of Jerusalem

At Jerusalem, St. Athanasius, a deacon, who was apprehended by the heretics for defending the Council of Chalcedon, and after experiencing all kinds of torments, was put to the sword.

Ss. Agatho and Triphina

In Sicily, the holy martyrs Agatho and Triphina.

Ss. Marinus, Theodotus, and Sedopha

At Tomis, in Scythia, the holy martyrs Marinus, Theodotus, and Sedopha.

St Numerian of Trier

At Treves, St. Numerian, bishop and confessor.

St Michael of the Saints, confessor

St. Michael of the Saints, whose death is mentioned on the 10th of April.

St Philomena of San Severino

At San Severino, in the March of Ancona, St. Philomena, virgin.