St. Augustine of Hippo (detail)
by Sandro Botticelli
“These then, whom Herod’s cruelty tore as sucklings from their mothers’ bosom, are justly hailed as ‘infant martyr flowers’; they were the Church’s first blossoms, matured by the frost of persecution during the cold winter of unbelief.” (St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of Grace)
The Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs, is December 28. The Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 – 430) is August 28.
