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Tue30 June
Ordinary Time
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
The Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church honors of the nameless followers of Christ brutally killed by the mad Emperor Nero as scapegoats for the fire in Rome. The pagan historian Tacitus and St. Clement of Rome tell of a night of horror (August 15, 64 A.D.) when in the imperial…
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