During his reign a controversy arose concerning the manner of reinstating those who had fallen from the faith under the duress of persecution. Cornelius Pope Cornelius (251-253) was the successor to Pope Fabian. Pope Victor III was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. His body is entombed in the chapter-house of Monte Cassino (where he did his greatest work), but it was briefly moved to Rome during World War II for safekeeping. Victor is one of the few Popes to be buried outside of St. Reluctant and also gravely ill, Victor had a short and unremarkable Papacy. He was described as a man of “unusual holiness” and he much preferred to remain the abbot of his beloved Monte Cassino monastery than become Pope. Historically today is also the feast of Bl. Geminianus whose cult is associated with that of St. Euphemia was also venerated in the West, especially in Italy. Over her tomb was built the basilica in which assembled the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Euphemia, a virgin of Chalcedon martyred under Diocletian, was widespread in the East. The name of this early Christian missionary to Scotland lives on here in New Scotland, where under his patronage, our Cathedral stands as a monument to the faith and courage of generations past.Īccording to the previous liturgical calendar (1962), today is the feast of the commemoration of Sts. He landed there in 397 at Whithorn near Solway Firth, where he built a stone cathedral called Candida Casa (‘White House’). He became a priest and was ordained a bishop, probably by Pope Siricius, after which he was sent to evangelize Scotland. He was born in Cumbria of Christian parents c. Today in Scotland is the feast of the first apostle of Christianity in Scotland, St. Saints Cyprian and Cornelius are mentioned in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) of the Mass. He was beheaded in exile at Civitavecchia, Italy in 253.
Cyprian, Cornelius confirmed his papal authority. He had to oppose Novatian, the first anti-pope, who believed that apostates who repented could not be forgiven. Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian. Today the Church commemorates two friends in the service of Christ and his Church.
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