Sunday, 3 May 2020

Pope Saint Alexander I, Saint Eventius And Saint Theodulus. Martyrs. Saint Juvenal. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day 3 May.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Pope Saint Alexander I, and
   Saint Eventius, And Saint Theodulus, Martyrs.
   Saint Juvenal, Bishop And Confessor.
   Feast Day 3 May.

Simple.

Red Vestments.



Painted in The Gallery of The Popes,
Date: 16th-Century.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Pope Saint Alexander I governed The Church under The Emperor Hadrian. He prescribed water to be mixed with the wine at Mass, on account of The Blood and Water that flowed from The Side of Jesus.

His name is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass (Second List). He was Martyred at the same time as the Priests Eventius and Theodulus, in 117 A.D., and their bodies rest in Rome, in the Church of Saint Sabina, where The Station is held on Ash Wednesday.

Saint Juvenal, Bishop of Narni, fell asleep on this day, in The Peace of The Risen Christ, towards 377 A.D.

Mass: Sancti tui.

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