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September 24 · Martyrs

Sts. Paphnutius and…

Sts. Paphnutius and Companions

Traditional feast

September 24
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 September 24 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Martyrology. By the Greeks on Sept. 25. The Acts in Greek are fabulous.] S. Paphnutius, a hermit in the Thebaid, had learned that numerous Christians were languishing in irons, in the persecution of Diocletian, and that under the stress of their sufferings many renounced Christ; filled with zeal, he delivered himself up to the Prefect, that he might be imprisoned with them, and encourage them to play the man for Christ. He was so successful in the dungeon that several who were wavering were confirmed in their faith, and gave up their souls to God by cruel deaths along with their guide Paphnutius, who after the rack suffered death by the sword.

Feast days

Feast: September 24

Nine days · Free

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Sources & notes

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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.