Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints for September 10
- Nicolas of Tolentino, confessor;
- Nemesian and Companions, martyrs;
- Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, virgin and martyrs;
- Pulcheria, virgin;
- Finnian of Moville, bishop;
- Salvius of Albi, bishop;
- Theobard, bishop;
- Aubert, bishop;
- Ambrose Barlow, priest and martyr
Sts. Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora (d. ca. 304 A.D.) were, according to Catholic tradition, three orphan sister living in Bithynia. When the persecution of Christians under Emperors Diocletian and Maximian broke out, they were denounced because of their adherence to their faith in Christ. Menodora was beaten to death before her two other sisters. Metrodora was tortured, burned, and beheaded. And Nymphodora was beaten to death.
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