Sarum Calendar: Oct. 8/21, St. Demetrius

In a single Sarum manuscript, October 8 (on the civil calendar Oct. 21) is given as the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, the great-martyr.



Here is shown the reliquary of St. Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher, at Thessalonica in Greece.

Holy Martyr Demetrius, pray to God for us!
Sancte Martyr Demetri, ora pro nobis Deum!