Saint FINGAR (GWINNEAR, GUIGNIER), Irlandais de nation, ermite en Bretagne, martyr à Hayle près de Penzance en Cornouailles avec sa soeur sainte FIALA, moniale, et une autre moniale irlandaise, sainte HIA (JIA, JIES), éponyme de Sainte-Jies en Bretagne (vers 455).
Troparion of Ss Fingar and Phiala tone 4
Heeding Patrick's preaching you accepted Christ as God and Saviour,/
earning the wrath of your pagan father, O blessed Fingar and Phiala./
Preferring the treasures of asceticism and rejecting a kingly heritage,
together with seven bishops and a godly host,/ you were found worthy of
the crown of martyrdom./ Therefore we pray you to intercede with Christ
our God for us/ that we may live only for Him and be found worthy of His
great mercy.
Saint HIBALD (HYGBALD), abbé dans le comté de Lincoln, éponyme de Hibaldstow (vers 690).
Troparion of St Hybald of Bardney. Tone 4.
Thou didst love Christ all thy life, O blessed one, / and longing to work
for Him as a hermit / thou didst struggle by the pools and carrs of Lindsey
with good works, prayer and labour. / With penitent heart and great love for
Christ / thou worked with missionary zeal for the Lord. / Wherefore we cry
to thee: / beseech the Lord that our labours may be blessed and that our
souls may be saved.
Troparion of St Hybald of Bardney. Tone 4.
Thou didst love Christ all thy life, O blessed one, / and longing to work
for Him as a hermit / thou didst struggle by the pools and carrs of Lindsey
with good works, prayer and labour. / With penitent heart and great love for
Christ / thou worked with missionary zeal for the Lord. / Wherefore we cry
to thee: / beseech the Lord that our labours may be blessed and that our
souls may be saved.
All Saints of Lincolnshire
For all that Lincolnshire seems to be a pretty out of the way place, as far as Orthodox Christianity is concerned, it was once a hub of activity and holiness. There are at least 101 Orthodox Saints closely associated with Lincolnshire. One could add many others who passed through (several of them giving their names to places on the way; for example St. Helen who found the Holy Cross and her son St. Constantine who passed this way having become Emperor in York.
TROPARION to All the Saints of Lincolnshire
Tone 8
As the bountiful harvest of your sowing of salvation, the county of Lincolnshire offers to you, Lord, all the saints who have shone in these lands. By their prayers, keep the church and our land in abiding peace
through the Theotokos, O most merciful one.
Tone 8
As the bountiful harvest of your sowing of salvation, the county of Lincolnshire offers to you, Lord, all the saints who have shone in these lands. By their prayers, keep the church and our land in abiding peace
through the Theotokos, O most merciful one.
Saint Cormac, December 14
On December 14 the later Irish calendars commemorate a Saint Cormac, described as a Bishop. The Martyrology of Gorman records his memory in poetic style: 'Cormac be on our behalf for indulgence' with a note adding that he is a bishop. The Martyrology of Donegal records: 'CORBMAC, Bishop, of the race of Eoghan, son of Niall.' Pádraig Ó Riain comments in his Dictionary of Irish Saints that this episcopal holy man belonged to a branch of the Ceinéal Eoghain located on the eastern side of the Inishowen barony of County Donegal. Apart from the commemoration of Bishop Cormac in the calendars on this date, however, nothing else is known of him.
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