May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 17
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 29 by Old Calendarists
Saints
- Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (ca. 1st c.?)[1][2]
- Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138)[1][3]
- Hieromartyr Alexander of Jerusalem, Archbishop (251)[4][note 1]
- Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, martyr, the first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304)[1][6][7]
- Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa[1][7][8]
- Saint Papylinus the Martyr[9]
- Martyrs Vitus (Guy), Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (ca. 303)[10][11]
- Martyrs Bachtisius, Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339)[11][12][note 2]
- Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367)[13]
- Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, Benjamin, and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375), including:[14][7][note 3]
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- 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins.
- Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376)[1]
- Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker[15][note 4]
- Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, a friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c.370-c.440)[1][7]
- Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (ca.450)[1]
- Blessed child Saint Musa of Rome (5th c.)[10][11]
- Saint Carantac (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th c.)[1][17]
- Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (ca.540-549)[1][7][18]
- Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560)[1]
- Saint Brendan the Navigator, abbot of Clonfert (ca.577)[1][7][19]
- Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581)[1][7][20]
- Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th c.)[11]
- Saint Carantoc, an abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th c.)[1][21][note 5]
- Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (ca.600)[1][7][22]
- Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (610 or 614)[7][11][23][note 6]
- Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (ca.689)[1]
- Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th c.)[1]
- Martyr Peter of Blachernae (761)[25][note 7]
- Saint Thomas, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820)[11]
- Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842)[26][note 8]
- Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925)[28]
- Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel (May 19), Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda.[29]
- New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595)[30]
- New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617)[10][11][31]
- New Martyr Vukasin of Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941)[32]
Other commemorations
Notes
References
Sources
- May. Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
- May 16/29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- May 29 / May 16. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- May 16. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 16. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources