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Sunday, August 30, 2026
The Great Cloud of Witnesses

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

Saints Felix and Audactus Read more

Saints Felix and Audactus

Felix and Adauctus (d. 303) were legendary Christian martyrs who were said to have suffered during the Great Persecution during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The Acts, first published in Ado's Martyrology, relate as follows: Felix, a Roman priest, and brother of another priest, also named Felix, being ordered to offer sacrifice to the gods, was brought by the prefect Dracus to...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 1030
Saints Hypatius and Andrew Read more

Saints Hypatius and Andrew

Martyrs of Constantinople, Hypatius was a bishop and Andrew a priest. They were natives of Lydia. They died defending sacred images from Emperor Leo III the Isaurian. Their beards were covered in pitch and then set aflame, the skin of their scalps was torn off, and then they were beheaded. Their feast is kept on August 29.

Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 840
St. Augustine of Hippo Read more

St. Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo, also known as Aurelius Augustinus, was a renowned Catholic theologian, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church. He was born on November 13, 354, in Tagaste, Numidia, which is now present-day Souk-Ahras, Algeria. His parents were Saint Monica, a devout Christian, and his pagan father, Patricius. Growing up, Augustine was raised as a Christian but lost his faith during...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 954
St. Monica Read more

St. Monica

St. Monica (322-387 A.D.) was raised in a Christian home in Tagaste, North Africa. Early in life she struggled with alcoholism, sneaking draughts of wine from the family cellar, before being caught and overcoming the habit. She was later given in marriage to an ill-tempered and adulterous pagan Roman official. She suffered greatly on account of her husband, and that of her unkind mother-in-law...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 924
St. Orontius of Lecce Read more

St. Orontius of Lecce

St. Orontius of Lecce (1st c.) was the son of the Roman imperial treasurer in Lecce, Italy. Upon his father's death he inherited the position. Orontius was converted to the Christian faith along with his nephew, Fortunatus, by Justus, a disciple of St. Paul the Apostle. Orontius was later denounced to the authorities as a Christian and was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan gods. He refused...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 776
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