Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints
- Lucian and Marcian, martyrs;
- Rusticus of Narbonne, bishop;
- Cedd, bishop;
- Eata, bishop;
- Bean, bishop
St. Rusticus of Narbonne (d. ca. 461 A.D.) became a well-known preacher in Rome before he became a monk at Lérins. He was ordained and made bishop of Narbonne in 427 A.D. St. Rusticus wanted to resign because of internal conflicts among the orthodox of his see and the spread of Arianism in the wake of a Gothic siege. However, Pope Leo I dissuaded Rusticus. Rusticus attended the synod at Arles which approved St. Leo's Epistola dogmatica that denounced Nestorianism.
(Nestorianism claimed that there were two distinct persons in Christ - one human, the other divine. The Church, however, held the orthodox claim that Christ was a divine person who assumed a human nature). St. Celestine I held a council in Rome in 430 A.D. to condemn the Nestorian heresy. It was finally achieved in the General Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. - which formally condemned Nestorianism. Despite being officially condemned by the Catholic Church, Nestorianism persisted in its influence. Learn more.
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