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ST QUINTIN, MARTYR - 31st OCTOBER
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1. St Quintin [d. A.D. 287] was a Roman, descended of a senatorian family, and is called by his historian the son of Zeno.
Full of zeal for the kingdom of Jesus Christ, St Quintin staid at Amiens, endeavouring by #StQuintin #Oct31
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1. St Quintin [d. A.D. 287] was a Roman, descended of a senatorian family, and is called by his historian the son of Zeno.
Full of zeal for the kingdom of Jesus Christ, St Quintin staid at Amiens, endeavouring by #StQuintin #Oct31
2. his prayers and labours to make that country a portion of our Lord’s inheritance.
God made him powerful in words and works, and his discourses were accompanied by great numbers of miracles, and illustrated and enforced by a most holy and mortified life.
In the year 286,
God made him powerful in words and works, and his discourses were accompanied by great numbers of miracles, and illustrated and enforced by a most holy and mortified life.
In the year 286,
3. Rictius Varus, prefect of the praetorium, heard of the great progress the Christian faith had made at Amiens, and ordered St Quintin to be seized, and assailed his constancy by subjecting him to tortures.
The holy martyr, strengthened by Him whose cause he defended,
#Jesus
The holy martyr, strengthened by Him whose cause he defended,
#Jesus
