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July 9 · —

Sts. Three Soldiers

Sts. Three Soldiers, Me

Traditional feast

July 9
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

Feast

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 July 9 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Roman Marlyrology, Ado, Usuardus, Ac. Authority An Oration attributed, but perhaps wrongly, to S. John Chrysostom, on SS. Peter and Paul; and the fabulous Passion o', the Apostles, Peter and Paul, by the Pseudo-Linus.] The Apostle Paul is said to have converted on his way to execution three soldiers, who are traditionally called Longinus, Megistus, and Acestus. The legend relates that the day after the death of S. Paul, they came to the tomb of the apostle, and saw there S. Luke and S. Titus praying, and S. Paul standing between them. The appearance of the apostle frightened SS. Luke and Titus, and starting up, they ran away, but were pursued by the three soldiers, who called after them for baptism. This was accorded them, and two days after, the three soldiers were executed.

Feast days

Feast: July 9

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. Three Soldiers's story, and a nudge to keep going.

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St. Oudoc of Llandaff

July 9 · Bishop
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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.