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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Anicetus
- Fast, concise facts and information
- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Anicetus
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Pope and Martyr
Saint Anicetus Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Anicetus
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Anicetus: April 17
- Description / Title of the Saint : Pope and Martyr
- Date of Death: Saint Anicetus died 173
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The Story and History of Saint Anicetus
The story and history of Saint Anicetus. Anicetus succeeded St. Pius, and sat about eight years, from 165 to 173. If he did not shed his blood for the Faith, he at least purchased the title of martyr by great sufferings and dangers. He received a visit from St. Polycarp, and tolerated the custom of the Asiatics in celebrating Easter on the 14th day of the first moon after the vernal equinox, with the Jews. His vigilance protected his flock from the wiles of the heretics Valentine and Marcion, who sought to corrupt the faith in the capital of the world.
The first thirty-six bishops at Rome, down to Liberius, and, this one excepted, all the popes to Symmachus, the fifty-second, in 498, are honored among the Saints; and out of two hundred and forty-eight popes, from St. Peter to Clement XIII. seventy-eight are named in the Roman Martyrology. In the primitive ages, the spirit of fervor and perfect sanctity, which is nowadays so rarely to be found, was conspicuous in most of the faithful, and especially in their pastors. The whole tenor of their lives breathed it in such a manner as to render them the miracles of the world, angels on earth, living copies of their divine Redeemer, the odor of whose virtues and holy law and religion they spread on every side. Feast Day of Saint Anicetus
The Feast Day of Saint Anicetus is April 17. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint Anicetus- Short, concise biography of Saint Anicetus
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Anicetus
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Anicetus - April 17
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 173
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Anicetus
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Pope and Martyr
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