Saint Apollonius the Apologist is one of the noble witnesses of the early Church, remembered especially for his learned defense

“I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. I was exalted like

Introit Introitus SeduliusHail, holy Mother, who in childbirth brought forth the King Who rules heaven and earth world without end.Ps

Saint Anicetus (often rendered Anicetus, not “Anticetus”) was a Pope and martyr of the early Church, whose life stands as

On this Feria, with the Commemoration of St. Anicetus, the Church places before us two luminous passages: the triumph of

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