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	Phocas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		By 600, he was a non-commissioned officer in the Roman army that served in the Balkans, and apparently was viewed as a leader by his fellow soldiers: he was a member of a delegation sent by the army in that year to Constantinople to submit grievances to the government about Comentiolus, the army's commander.
		Phocas is the dedicatee of the last monument erected in the Roman forum.
		Phocas gave the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV for use as a church; in thanks, Boniface erected in the forum the so-called Column of Phocas, which featured an inscription on its base in the emperor's honor.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Phocas (1157 words)

	phocas: Saints of July 14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Saint Phocas, listed as a martyr under Trajan, was the bishop of Sinope on the Black Sea.
		Patron Saint Index profile of Saint Phocas the Gardener; illustrated.
		Saints O'the Day Saint Anthony Zaccaria (Optional Memorial) July 5 Agatho and Triphina MM (RM) Died 306.
	www.sdcrally.com /phocas.html (208 words)

	Patron saint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St.
		Joseph is the patron saint of Belgium, and St.
		Patrick is patron saint of Ireland, for example.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patron_saint (1480 words)

	Saint Phocas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Phocas was a gardener who provided a hospice for travellers at Sinope by the Black Sea.
		The soldiers killed Phocas, and buried him in the grave that he had dug in his garden during the night.
		Phocas is the patron saint of gardeners and sailors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Phocas (137 words)

	Welcome to This Is Folkestone Kent .. people, places, and events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Phocas, who was thus able to act with increasing terror, sought support from Gregory, whose blessing was tantamount to absolution for all offences.
		Phocas recognised the papal primacy of jurisdiction in the church and gave Gregory the impression of subordination.
		Gregory was deceived by Phocas, who conferred on him, rather than on John IV (the Faster), the patriarch of Constantinople, the disputed title of "ecumenical patriarch." The deposed and executed emperor Maurice, a devout humane ruler, had not previously granted the sought-after title to the patriarch of Constantinople.
	www.thisisfolkestone.co.uk /gregory.htm (1944 words)

	Saints of July 5
		Saint Athanasius was not the first holy man to live on Mount Athos, for since the 9th century anchorites, such as Peter the Athonite and Euthymius the Thessalonian, had lived in caves among the rocks.
		Although the aged widow of Cyrene, Saint Cyrilla, was condemned to death, she seems to have died in the torture chamber rather than as planned.
		Edana, an Irish saint, is the patron of the parishes of Tuarnia in western Ireland in the dioceses of Elphin and Tuam.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0705.htm (1645 words)

	Saints of July 14
		Saint Philip Neri, he resigned from Saint James and in 1584 was ordained a priest by the exiled Thomas Goldwell of Saint Asaph, the last English bishop of the old hierarchy.
		Saint Felix is said to have been the first bishop of Como, He was an intimate friend of Saint Ambrose (Benedictines).
		One of the alleged sons of Saint Symphorosa (Benedictines).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0714.htm (3827 words)

	Saints' Biographies -- P
		There is a life of Paul, written by Saint Jerome, but it is a fanciful document, populated with centaurs and temptations by satyrs, and gives Saint Paul a raven as a familiar, along the same lines as Elijah (Jerome does not record whether Paul's raven ever croaked, "Nevermore", however).
		Saint Antony was, at first, reluctant to take on the old peasant, and subjected Paul to numerous tests of his spirituality, obedience, determination and perseverance (a sort of desert Selection Board) before accepting him.
		Saint Dionysius of Alexandria mentions a fearsome outbreak of the plague at Alexandria during his lifetime.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /lop_myd/saints/biogs/p.htm (1485 words)

	St. Phocas
		Phocas of Sinope was born in the Mideast and was a martyr held in ancient veneration.
		Phocas is said to have lived as a hermit beside the gate of Sinope, a city on the shores of the Black Sea.
		Phocas saw in his flowers a constant reminder of the beauty, goodness and power of God.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id240.htm (592 words)

	Piotr Grotowski. The Legend of St. George Saving A Youth from Captivity and Its Depiction in Art / Byzantine Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Among the representations of the saint in the art of the Eastern Church are occasional depictions of George on horseback accompanied by the considerably smaller figure of a young boy holding a vessel similar to a jug or a kettle, and sometimes a towel.
		To explain the presence of the boy in images of Saint George, he argued that this person should be seen in the religious context of crusader culture as a squire, or as a representation of the princess.
		The theme of a boy accompanying the saint was combined here with the legend of the fight against a dragon, resulting in an ahistorical amalgamation of two events: the first one taken from Life of the saint and the posthumous one known from the Miracula.
	archaeology.kiev.ua /byzantine/art/grotowski.htm (15194 words)

	SIMPLICITY AND CONFIDENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Phocas the Martyr was greatly to be admired for his simplicity, according to what Surius relates.
		This Saint always held it as of the utmost importance to have God as his only object in all he did; neither could he bear that those under his charge should swerve in the least from this aim.
		When this good Saint was told, by a friend of his, that he would have been successful in politics, "No," he replied, "the mere name of prudence and policy frightens me, and I understand little or nothing about it.
	www.catholictradition.org /simplicity-confidence.htm (2779 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The Priestmartyr Phocas was born in the city of Sinope.
		Saint Peter, formerly a Publican, was the chief collector of taxes in Africa in the service of the emperor Justinian (527-565).
		The Monk Jona of Yashezersk was born in the village of Shoksha, 16 versts from the monastery afterwards established by him.
	cs-people.bu.edu /butta1/divenbog/SEPT/22-SEPT.DOC (2232 words)

	St. Irene Chrysovalantou l Calendar l St. Athanasios of Athos
		Saint Athanasius of Athos, in holy Baptism named Abraham, was born in the city of Trebezond.
		During this time Nicephorus Phocas, having had enough of military exploits, remembered his vow to become a monk and from his means he besought St. Athanasius to build a monastery, i.e., to build cells for him and the brethren, and a church where the brethren could commune of the Divine Mysteries of Christ on Sundays.
		The saint established at the monastery a cenobitic monastic Rule on the model of the old Palestinian monasteries.
	www.stirene.org /Archives/July/0705-StAthanasiosAthos.htm (1305 words)

	St Phocas the unfortunate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Once they had gone to sleep, Phocas went into his garden and dug a grave for himself, before spending the rest of the night in prayer.
		When the soldiers arose the next day, their host told them that Phocas was now at their disposal, and revealed his true identity to them.
		Phocas himself resolved their dilemma, by explaining that to die for his faith would be the highest honour.
	www.hero.ac.uk /sites/hero/uk/culture___sport/archives/2003/st_phocas_the_unfortunate3504.cfm (1066 words)

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		For Roman Catholics, the Orthodox, and to some extent, Anglicans, All Saints is a day to remember, thank God for, but also to venerate and pray to the saints in heaven for various helps.
		The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon (one of the most impressive buildings in Rome) as a gift from the Emperor Phocas.
		Even in countries where All Saints’ Day is not a public holiday, such as the Czech Republic, masses of people visit cemeteries, and government officials will turn part of the day into a secular remembrance.
	www.uel.ac.uk /equality/documents/AllSaintsDay.doc (407 words)

	Phbadius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		In the East he is the patron saint of mariners, who are accustomed to revere him with hymns, call upon him when in distress at sea, and share with him a part of their profits by giving them to the poor.
		Another Phocas must be a martyr of Antioch, a touch of the door of whose tomb, according to Gregory of Tours, was a cure for serpent bites.
		Vita of Phocas the martyr of Antioch is in
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc09/htm/ii.lx.htm (341 words)

	Orange Labyrinth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		He taught several Irish saints and is commemorated in Devon, Cornwall and Brittany.
		Phocas invited them to stay the night, promising directions in the morning.
		Patron saint of nurses and the sick, John of God was born in Portugal in 1495.
	www.orangelabyrinth.co.uk /web.php?id=625&month=3 (1495 words)

	All Saints' Day (Christian, Roman Catholic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		All Saints' Day is a Christian holy day observed by many Western churches on November 1 and by Eastern churches on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
		The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas.
		During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly.
	www3.kumc.edu /diversity/ethnic_relig/allsaint.html (136 words)

	Mount Athos \| Megiste Lavra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The policy of support of Phocas was continued by his successors Tsimiskes and Basil II (nicknamed) the Bulgar-slayer, in spite of opposition to St Athanasius in some quarters.
		After the death of St Athanasius, the rule over the Lavra was taken over, at the command of the Saint, by the founder of the Iveron Monastery, St John, and the patrician Nicephorus Uranus.
		Apart from the solemnion (an annual grant of gold pieces) established by Phocas and Tsimiskes, Basil II gave the Monastery an island (near Skiathos).
	www.mountathos.gr /active~mode~en{1bb71778-73e0-407e-946b-ba79377d6121}Print.html (700 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Stewardship: Patron Saints of Gardeners
		Saint Faro offered him as much land as he could dig up with his staff in a day.
		He is also Patron Saint of Cabdrivers in Paris where the cab cars are called fiacres.
		Phocas: Was a gardener from Sinope, on the Black Sea; suffered martyrdom for being a Christian and before the soldiers beheaded him he dug his own grave.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980901/STEWARDSHIP/GARDEN.HTM (314 words)

	ClockNote is a skinable personal information manager (PIM) - US HOLIDAYS - All Saint's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		During Pope Gregory III's reign, the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly.
		There is also mention of a common day in a sermon of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and in the 74th homily of Saint John Chrysostom of Constantinople.
		Other saints were added gradually, and increased in number when a regular process of canonization was established.
	www.clocknote.com /database/us/allsaints.htm (450 words)

	info: NICEPHORUS I
		Nicephorus Phocas - Read about this emperor whose military achievements contributed to the resurgence of Byzantine power in the 10th century..
		Nicephorus I aka Nikeforos Fokas, Nicephorus Phocas (died July 26, 811) was a Byzantine emperor ( 802 - 811).
		He was a native of Seleucia in Pisidia, who was raised by the empress Irene to the office of logothetes or lord high treasurer.
	www.topofthetop.net /Nicephorus_I (510 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: All Saints Day
		First, the Emperor Phocas gave the ancient Pantheon at Rome to Pope Boniface IV, who then converted it into a church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and all the saints.
		The feast day commemorates and celebrates all the saints and martyrs who have no official feast day on the calendar, and who may only be known as saints to God and the angels.
		The feast is used to honour family members who have died in the past year as well as the saints and martyrs.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980901/SAINTS/ALL_SNTS.HTM (566 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John the Almsgiver
		On the death of the Patriarch Theodorus, the Alexandrians besought Emperor Phocas to appoint John his successor, which was accordingly done.
		In his youth John had had a vision of a beautiful maiden with a garland of olives on her head, who said that she was Compassion, the eldest daughter of the Great King.
		He was the original patron saint of the Hospitallers, and was commemorated by the Greeks on 12 Nov. His life, written by Leontius of Neapolis, in Cyprus, was translated into Latin by Anastasius the Librarian in the ninth century and was referred to at the Seventh General Council.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08486a.htm (542 words)

	Printable Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine vision.
		The Master hath established thee as a divinely-radiant luminous, and spiritual sun shining upon the multitude of the Church's faithful, O glorious Martyr Phocas; for He hath accepted thy life, faith and contests as fragrant myrrh, since He alone is abundant in mercy.
		This saint was known for the many miracles he worked and for his apostolic zeal in shepherding the flock of Sinope.
	www.goarch.org /en/chapel/saints.asp?printit=yes&contentid=214 (204 words)

	Boniface IV, Saint -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Receiving permission from Byzantine emperor Phocas, he converted the Roman Pantheon into the church of Sta.
		The celebration of days in honour of the saints or “heroes of the faith” is an extension of the devotion paid to Christ, since they are commemorated for the virtues in life and death that derive from...
		One of the Roman Catholic church's bravest saints was a missionary priest named Boniface.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9080606 (596 words)

	Descendants of JEHAN and PERRINE TERRIOT
		was born in Oct 1850 in Sainte Helène de Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada and died on 21 Feb 1929 in Sainte Helène de Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada, at age 78.
		was born on 13 Aug 1848 in Saint Pascal de Kamouraska Parish, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada and died on 23 Feb 1927 in Saint Pascal de Kamouraska Parish, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada, at age 78.
		was baptized on 30 Jun 1867 in Saint Épiphane, Îsle Verte, Rimouski, Québec, Canada, and died on 27 Dec 1923 in Saint Épiphane, Îsle Verte, Rimouski, Québec, Canada, at age 56.
	www.terriau.org /archive/d9.htm (4143 words)

	Jere's Ars Magica Saga: Byzantine Timeline
		Saint Nina converts the Georgians to Orthodox Christianity.
		Saint Constantine the Philosopher and Saint Methodios create a writing system for the Slavs; the Cyrillic alphabet will follow.
		Constantinople is threatened by the insurgents Bardas Phocas and Bardas Skleros.
	www.geocities.com /leucretia/bginfo/timeline.html (3719 words)

	Catholic Article - All Saint's Day - www.catholicmatch.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The Church calendar is full of days dedicated to a particular saint, usually on the day of their death since this was the day they were born to new life in Christ.
		And some like Saint Augustine who through the intercession of his mother, (who became St. Monica) was converted to Christianity and became a Doctor of the Church.
		If we want to be a saint, we should align ourselves with the saints and learn from their trials and triumphs.
	www.catholicmatch.com /pl/pages/community/articles/details.html?id=263 (799 words)

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