Saints of 6 May

St John (Rome)

At Rome, the feast of St. John before the Latin Gate. Being bound and brought to Rome from Ephesus by the order of Domitian, he was condemned by the Senate to be cast, near the said gate, into a vessel of boiling oil, from which he came out more healthy and vigorous than before.

St Evodius of Antioch

At Antioch, St. Evodius, who, as the blessed Ignatius wrote to the people of Antioch, was consecrated first bishop of that city by the apostle St. Peter, and ended his life by a glorious martyrdom.

St Lucius of Cyrene

At Cyrene, St. Lucius, bishop, who is mentioned by St. Luke, in the Acts of the Apostles.

Ss. Heliodorus and Venustus

In Africa, the holy martyrs Heliodorus and Venustus, with seventy-five others.

St Theodotus of Cyprus

In Cyprus, St. Theodotus, bishop of Cyrinia, who having undergone grievous afflictions under the emperor Licinius, at length yielded his soul to God, when peace was restored to the Church.

St John (Damascus)

At Damascus, the birthday of the blessed John Damescene, renowned for sanctity and learning, who, by both the written and the spoken word, courageously resisted Leo the Isaurian, in defending the worship paid to sacred images. By order of this emperor his right hand was cut off, but commending himself to an image of the blessed Virgin Mary, which he had de: fended, his hand was immediately restored to him entire and sound.

St Protogenes of Carrhae

At Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, St. Protogenes, bishop.

St Eadbert of England

In England, St. Eadbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, eminent for doctrine and piety.

St Benedicta of Rome

At Rome, St. Benedicta, virgin.

St Matthew (Salerno)

At Salerno, the Translation of St. Matthew, apostle. His sacred body previously transferred from Ethiopia to various countries, was finally taken to Salerno, and there with great pomp placed in a church dedicated under his invocation.

St Dominic Savio

At Mondonio in Piedmont, St Dominic Savio, a boy of fifteen, pupil of St John Bosco, of singular purity of heart. Canonised 1954.