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Saint for the Day - September 25 - St. Firmin &
St. Finbar
ST. FIRMIN was a native
of Pampelone in Navarre, initiated in the Catholic
faith by Honestus, a disciple of St. Saturninus of
Toulouse, and consecrated bishop by St. Honoratus,
successor to St. Saturninus, in order to preach the
Gospel in the remoter parts of Gaul. He preached the
Faith in the countries of Agen, Anjou, and Beauvais,
and being arrived at Amiens, there chose his
residence, and founded there a numerous church of
faithful disciples. He received the crown of
martyrdom in that city, whether under the prefect
Rictius Varus, or in some other persecution from
Decius, in 250, to Diocletian, in 303, is uncertain.
ST. FINBARR, who lived in the sixth century, was a
native of Connaught, and instituted a monastery or
school at Lough Eire, to which such numbers of
disciples flocked, as changed, as it were, a desert
into a large city. This was the origin of the city
of Cork, which was built chiefly upon stakes, in
marshy little islands formed by the river Lea. The
right name of our Saint, under which he was
baptized, was Lochan; the surname Finbarr, or Barr
the White, was afterward given him. He was Bishop of
Cork seventeen years, and died in the midst of his
friends at Cloyne, fifteen miles from Cork. His body
was buried in his own cathedral at Cork, and his
relics, some years after, were put in a silver
shrine, and kept there, this great church bearing
his name to this day. St. Finbarr's cave or
hermitage was shown in a monastery which seems to
have been begun by our Saint, and stood to the west
of Cork.
Saint for the Day - St. Firmin & St. Finbar
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Daily Reflection
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"Answer me, O sinner!" St. Thomas
would say, "what can you purchase
with your money better or more
necessary than the redemption of
your sins?" |
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