August 7

THE CHURCHES REMEMBER...

ANGLICANS:
John Mason Neale (d. 1866), priest, hymn writer

WESTERN CATHOLICS:
Sistus II, pope, and companions (d. 258), martyrs
Gaetan of Thiene (d. 1547), priest (Roman and Ambrosian calendars)
Mamete (?), martyr (Spanish-Mozarabic calendar)

COPTS AND ETHIOPIANS (1 misra/nahasse):
Pistis, Elpis and Agape of Thessaloniki (2nd cent.), martyrs
Apoli of Basta (3rd-4th cent.), martyr (Coptic Church)
Anne, Mary's mother (Coptic Catholic Church)

LUTHERANS:
Aphra (d. 304), martyr at Trier

MARONITES:
Dometius the Persian (d. 363), martyr

ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND GREEK CATHOLICS:
Dometius the Persian, hieromartyr
Synaxis of the saints of Smolensk (Russian Church)
Theodora of Sihla (17th cent.), hermit (Romanian Church)