Saturday, July 13, 2024

Memorial of Saints (July 13)

Henry II: (died 1024 A.D.); together with his wife, St. Cunegunda, he assisted the poor; as emperor, he respected the Church’s freedom, fostering ecclesiastical and monastic reform; founded the see of Bamberg as a center for missions to the Slavs; patron of Finland and Benedictine oblates.

also on July 13:

  • Silas or Silvanus;
  • Maura and Brigid;
  • Eugenius of Carthage, bishop;
  • Mildred, virgin;
  • James of Voragine, bishop;
  • Francis Solano

Silas or Silvanus (1st century A.D.) was one of the leaders of the Church of Jerusalem. He went with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch to communicate the decisions of the Council of Jerusalem to the Gentile community. Tradition says that he became the first bishop of Corinth and that he died in Macedonia.

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