• The Roman Martyrology (Latin: Martyrologium Romanum) is the official martyrology of the Catholic Church. Its use is obligatory in matters regarding the...
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  • Historical martyrologies, also sometimes called passionaries, also include stories or biographical details. The martyrology, or ferial, of the Roman Church...
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  • listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; still others are particular to local places...
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    Pope Soter (category 2nd-century Romans)
    martyrdom, but the Roman Martyrology does not give Pope Soter the title of martyr. The book detailing the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar states:...
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  • The Roman Martyrology, which is a non-exhaustive list of saints venerated by the Catholic Church, includes the following feast days for saints who died...
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    Saint Winifred (category Welsh Roman Catholic saints)
    which led Caesar Baronius to list her as an "English saint" in his Roman Martyrology of 1584. In 1138, relics of Winifred were carried to Shrewsbury to...
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    his monastery at Milton Abbas in Dorset. In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology of the Catholic church, Samson is listed under 28 July. He is mentioned...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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  • Form of the Roman Rite, the Christmas Proclamation is chanted during Midnight Mass. As the official Latin text of the Roman Martyrology has been updated...
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    Saints Faith, Hope and Charity (category Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era)
    their mother, Sophia ("Wisdom"). Although earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology commemorated Saints Faith, Hope and Charity on 1 August and their...
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    his memorial is not included in the General Roman Calendar, but he is listed in the Roman Martyrology. He is the patron saint of altar servers and first...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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    Saint Valentine (category Saints from Roman Italy)
    him as a saint, listing him as such in the February 14 entry in the Roman Martyrology, and authorising liturgical veneration of him on February 14 in any...
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    including those known in the Roman Martyrology as the martyrs of Madauros, Charalambos and Perpetua and Felicity in Roman-ruled Africa. These were probably...
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    (Finistère), and Saint-Thélo (Côtes-du-Nord). In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, Teilo is listed under 9 February with the Latin name Teliávus. He...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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    Servulus of Rome (category Italian Roman Catholic saints)
    Saint Clement's Church in Rome. His feast day is 23 December. The Roman Martyrology of 1916 has an entry under the Twenty-third Day of December, At Rome...
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  • Saint Ischyrion (category Saints from Roman Egypt)
    his life for his Faith in the Decian persecution (A.D. 250). The Roman Martyrology of 1846 states under December 22, At Alexandria, St. Isychyrion, martyr...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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    Pope Anacletus (category 1st-century Romans)
    (Ancient Greek: Ἀνάγκλητος) means "unimpeachable" or "blameless". The Roman Martyrology mentions the pope as "Cletus". The Annuario Pontificio gives both...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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    Orthodoxy. His feast is commemorated on 3 February in the revised Roman Martyrology of the Roman Catholic Church and on 16 February (Julian Calendar) in the...
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    included in the list of recognized saints, called the "canon". In the Roman Martyrology, the following entry is given for the Penitent Thief: "At Jerusalem...
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  • In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Roman Martyrology is a directory of liturgical commemorations for each day of the year. There are two editions...
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    FLESH." "[Roman and all Western Martyrologies. Also the Eastern Menaeas. The Carthaginian Kalendar of the 5th cent., and the ancient Roman Kalendar of...
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    Pope Alexander I (category 2nd-century Romans)
    Theodulus Martyrs" with no suggestion that any of them was a pope. The Roman Martyrology lists them as Eventius, Alexander and Theodulus, the order in which...
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