Jan 20

Saint Fabián papa

January 20th III century

St. Fabian, Pope and martyr, who, being simple layman, was called to the pontificate by divine indication and, after giving example of faith and virtue, suffered martyrdom in the persecution under the Emperor Decio. [Saint Cipriano], to the praise of his bout, says he left the testimony of having governed the Church of irreproachable and illustrious way. His body was buried on this day in the cemetery of Callixtus, via Apia in Rome.
Name
Fabián (Masculino)
Dead
January 20th 0250 in Roma, in current Italy
Celebration
January 20th
St. Fabian, Pope and martyr, who, being simple layman, was called to the pontificate by divine indication and, after giving example of faith and virtue, suffered martyrdom in the persecution under the Emperor Decio. Saint Cipriano, to the praise of his bout, says he left the testimony of having governed the Church of irreproachable and illustrious way. His body was buried on this day in the cemetery of Callixtus, via Apia in Rome. Roman martyrology