Did
his blood liquefy today in Ravello, Italy?
St. Pantaleon, one of the Fourteen Holy
Helpers, was a physician, who practiced without payment, and who was
martyred under Diocletian.
His cultus is primarily connected with Bithynia, where
Emperor Justinian rebuilt his church at Nicomedia. Churches are dedicated to
him in Constantinople and Rome.
In the East he is known as the Great Martyr and Wonder
Worker.
A reputed relic of Pantaleon's blood kept at Ravello in
southern Italy displays the phenomenon of liquefaction on his feast day, similar
to that of Saint Januarius.
Before the reform of the General Roman Calendar his feast was
celebrated today.
Patron: bachelors; consumption;
doctors; midwives; physicians; torture victims; tuberculosis; protection of
domestic animals.
Symbols: Budding olive branch or olive tree; vials of medicine; lion; club;
sword and vase.
Excerpted from The
Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch
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