Today, Friday March 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of San Emeterio.
Emeterio and Celedonio were sons of a Roman centurion. They began their military career, but when they saw how life in Rome worked and its social corruption, they decided to change their lives.
They opted for the Christian faith, suffering persecution and torture until the day they died. Before dying, and according to tradition, they threw a ring and a handkerchief as a symbol of their devotion to God.
They were executed in the town of Calahorra (La Rioja) in the 4th century. City that every year around these dates celebrates a great party in honor of San Emeterio.
The Catholic saints are the group of people recognized by the Church as saints or blessed on a specific date. The Roman Martyrology is the document that names and distributes in the calendar the almost 7,000 saints and blessed recognized by the Church.
The saints and saints are prominent men and women in the various religious traditions for their special relationships with the divinities or for a particular ethical elevation. While the consideration of blessed constitutes the third step on the path to canonization
Today's saints day, March 3, also celebrates the following saint's days:
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