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~ 22 March ~

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  1. The commemoration of Saint Epaphroditus, whom the Apostle Paul calls brother, coworker, and companion in combat.

  2. Near Narbonne (France), along the Via Domitia, the burial of Saint Paul, bishop. († 3rd cent.)

  3. In the area Galatia (Türkiye), Saints Callinicus and Basilissa, martyrs. († unknown date)

  4. In Ancyra in Galatia (now Ankara, Türkiye), Saint Basil, presbyter and martyr, who strongly resisted the Arians during the whole reign of the Emperor Constantius, and then, in the time of the Emperor Julian, having prayed to God that no Christian should depart from the faith, was arrested and handed over to the proconsul of the province, and, after many torments, consummated his martyrdom. († 362)

  5. Commemoration of Saint Lea, Roman widow, whose virtues and departure from this world to God received the praise of Saint Jerome. († c. 383)

  6. In Osimo (Italy), Saint Benvenuto Scotivoli,[1]  bishop, who, appointed by Pope Urban IV for this see, conciliated peace among the citizens and, in accordance with the spirit of the Friars Minor, wanted to die on the bare earth. († 1282)

  7. In London (England), Saint Nicholas Owen, a religious of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who for many years built shelters to hide priests; and for this reason, during the reign of King James I, after being imprisoned and severely tortured and finally thrown on the rack, went gloriously to meet Christ the Lord. († 1606)

  8. * In Angers (France), Blessed François Chartier, priest and martyr, who, during the French Revolution, was beheaded in hatred of the priesthood.  († 1794)

  9. * At the Stutthof concentration camp, in Sztutowo (Poland), Blesseds Marian Górecki and Bronisław Komorowski, priests and martyrs, who, during the military occupation of their homeland by followers of a doctrine hostile to religion, were shot in hatred of the Christian faith. († 1940)

  10. * In Münster (Germany), Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen, bishop, who reflected the image of the Good Shepherd among the people of God. He openly fought against the errors of National Socialism and against the violation of human rights and the rights of the Church. For his courage, he was called “the lion of Münster.” († 1947)

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[1] There have been presuppositions that Pope Martin IV (reigned 1281-85) canonized Benvenuto Scotivoli, his friend and contemporary, claims that the eminent Franciscan historian Luke Wadding (1588-1657) accepted as true. However, there exists no proof that a formal canonization ever took place. Nonetheless, Cardinal Cesare Baronio inserted his elogium in the 1586 edition of the Roman Martyrology.

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