Friday, 10 December 2021

Saint Melchiades. Pope. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 10 December.


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

Saint Melchiades.
   Pope and Martyr.
   Feast Day 10 December.

Simple.

Red Vestments.



Pope Saint Melchiades was Pope from 311 A.D. - 314 A.D.
The alternate spelling of his name, Miltiades, is used on this illustration.
This illustration is from The Lives And Times Of The Popes by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911.
It was originally published in 1842.
Date: 6 June 2013.
Author: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849).
(Wikimedia Commons)


English: Emblem of The Papacy.
Triple Tiara and Keys.
Deutsch: Emblem des Pontifikats.
Français: emblème pontifical.
Italiano: emblema del Papato.
Português: Emblema papal.
Date: 19 January 2007.
Source: various elements taken from:
Author: Cronholm144 created this image using a file by
(Wikimedia Commons)

"At Rome, the death of Saint Melchiades, Pope, who, after undergoing great sufferings in the Persecution of Maximian, saw Peace restored to The Church and died peacefully in 314 A.D." (Roman Martyrology).

Mass: Státuit.


“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE





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