Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 3

Friends at Court

. OLEANINQS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR April 21, Suniday.-^Third Sunday after Easter. Feast of - the Patronage of St. Joseph. ' ,„ 22, Monday.— SS. Soter and Cai'us, Popes and Martyrs. „ 23, Tuesday.— St. George, Martyr. „ 24, Wednesday.— St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Mar- ,, 25, Thursday.— St. Mark, Evangelist. — „ 26, Friday.— SS. Ciefcus and Marcellinus, Ponesand Martyrs. - „ 27, Saturday.— St. Anastasius, Pope and Confessor. SS. Soter and Caius, Popes -and Martyrs. We know very little of these two -Pen tiffs except' the '- manner of thdr deaths. St, Soter won the crown of martyrdom in 177; St. Caius, after many sufferings^ for the faith, died in, 296, in the reign of Diocletian whose kinsman he was. SI. George, Martyr. St. George has been recognised as patron' of England since the time- cf the Crusades. Unfortunately, no authentic details of his life have come down to us He is believed to have, been a so-ldier, and to have suffered martyrdom a/bout 303. In emblem of the victory he thus gained over the Evil One, he is often represented in pictures" as a knight tilting against a dragon. °- -- SS. Cletus and Maroeilinus, Popes and Martyns. St. Cletus, the third of Rome, suffered martypdom under Domitian about the year 89. St Mar-ee-llinus occupied the throne of St. Peter during a period of eight years. He diedMn 304, after having ;' endured m £ n £ . sufferings for the faith .in the cruel .persecution