Time After Pentecost (Part Three). Historical Note.

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

Illustrations: Zephyrinus,
unless stated otherwise.

The last scene of the Apostolate of Saint Andrew was Achaia, where he died a Martyr at Patras.

Saint Thomas took himself to Persia and India, where he was put to death at Calamina.

Saint James the Less, brother of Saint Jude, and Bishop of Jerusalem, was stoned to death about 62 A.D. by order of The High Priest, Hanan II.

In the division of the Apostolate, Scythia fell to Saint Philip. He converted this Country and then went to Hierapolis in Phrygia, where he was crucified and stoned.

According to The Breviary, Saint Bartholomew traversed that part of India which lies beyond The Ganges, this region falling to him by lot. He then directed his steps towards Armenia, where he was skinned alive and beheaded.

A Tradition assigns Ethiopia to the author of the first Gospel, Saint Matthew, who was Martyred while Celebrating The Holy Mysteries.

“The Taking Of Christ”.

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Date: 1602.

Collection: National Gallery of Ireland.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The East was assigned to Saint Jude, brother of Saint James the Less, who wrote a Catholic Epistle and who died a Martyr like Saint Simon the Canaanite.

Saint John had fixed his Seat at Ephesus, from whence he governed the Churches of Asia Minor. It was there that he wrote his Gospel and probably, as Preface and Introduction to it, his First Epistle.

The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints.

The name of “Auxiliary Saints” is given to a group of fourteen Saints particularly noted for the efficacy of their intercession. They are often represented together.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Brought to Rome, under Emperor Domitian, he was thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil (Feast 6 May) and emerged unscathed. He was then banished to Patmos. He died at Ephesus under Emperor Trajan in 100 A.D. or 101 A.D.

With very few exceptions, such as Saint Gregory the Wonderworker (Feast 17 November), Saint Mary Magdalen (Feast 22 July), Saint Martha (Feast 29 July), Saint Petronilla (Feast 31 May), the Saints of the first four Centuries A.D., in The Roman Calendar, suffered Martyrdom.

[Editor: The Epistles and Gospels referred to in this Article are those read on Sundays After Pentecost.]

This concludes the Time After Pentecost.