February Saints
7-Feb
Death: 304, A martyr for the faith, In 303 the emperor commanded that Adaucus' town in Phrygia be burned to the ground by Roman soldiers. Adaucus and all the other Christians in the region perished as a result.
8-Feb
Death: 249
Martyr of Alexandria, Egypt, She was martyred in the reign of Emperor Trajanus Decius by being dragged through the streets of Alexandria with her feet tied to a horse.
9-Feb
Martyr with St. Ammonius and thirty-eight other Christians.
10-Feb
Death: 1645, Dominican martyr of Spain.
11-Feb
A monk and bishop, Adolf became a canon in Cologne, Germany, but then entered the Cistercian monastery, where he became known for his piety. In 1216, he was named the bishop of Osnabrück and maintained charitable programs there, dying on June 30, 1224.
12-Feb
Death: 901, Patriarch of Constantinople. He was born in 829 of Phrygian descent near Constantinople and entered a local monastery. There he became abbot until chosen as patriarch of Constantinople in 893, a successor of Photius, whose schisms he attempted to heal.
13-Feb
Death: 1st Century, Martyr and one of the seventy-two disciples mentioned by St. Luke. He was a Jewish convert to the faith, noted as a prophet. The martyr died for the faith in the city of Antioch.