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St Maurice and the Theban Legion (d. 287)
Celebrated: 22 Sep (Southern Africa)Maurice (a name which means ‘black’) was a native of Thebes in Lower Egypt. When he was young, he was conscripted into the Roman army together with many youths of his area, and sent, for military service, to Switzerland. Before battle, the emperor ordered his soldiers to offer sacrifice to the […]
St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Celebrated: 21 Sep (worldwide)He was born in Capernaum, and was working as a tax-collector when Jesus called him. He is thought by some scholars to have written an early version of his gospel in Aramaic, a precursor to the Greek version we now have. He is also said to have preached in the East.See the […]
In other years: St Andrew Kim Taegǒn, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions
Celebrated: 20 Sep (worldwide)For centuries, Korea was closed to all outside influences, and all contact with foreigners was forbidden. No missionaries went there. Nevertheless, a number of laymen sought to find out all that they could about the outside world, through the annual embassy to Peking. Some books about Christianity fell into their hands, and […]