unless stated otherwise.
Saint Eleutherius.
Pope And Martyr.
Feast Day 26 May.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Pope Saint Eleutherius
from "The Lives and Times of the Popes"
by Chevalier Artaud de Montor, New York:
Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911.
Published 1842.
Date: 6 June 2013.
Author: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849).
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Saint Eleutherius governed The Church during the period that followed the persecution of the Emperor Commodus.
Faith, at the time, made great progress in the whole World. After a Pontificate lasting fifteen years, he died in 189 A.D., and was buried on The Vatican Hill, near the body of Saint Peter.
Mass: In Paschaltide: Protexisti.
Mass: Out of Paschaltide: Státuit.
