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November 27 · Martyrs

Sts. Facundus and…

Sts. Facundus and Primitivus

Traditional feast

November 27
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

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Represents

Martyrs

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 0 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Keep their day. Remember them on November 27 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Martyrology. Authority: — The fabulous Acts.] Facundus and Primitivus were the sons of the martyr Marcellus. They were tried by the praetor Atticus in Galicia. After having undergone many tortures, two angels appeared, bearing crowns. “ Cut off the heads of the criminals,” said the praetor, “that there may be no place on which the crowns can be set.” This was done on the banks of the river Ceia.

Feast days

Feast: November 27

Nine days · Free

Pray the novena
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One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from Sts. Facundus and…'s story, and a nudge to keep going.

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Sources & notes

Feast-day sources

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Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.