July 13th

Saint Ezra

Saint · Common of Holy Men and Women · Judea

The commemoration of Saint Ezra, priest and scribe, who, in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians, returning from Babylon into Judea, gathered together the scattered people and strove with all his zeal to search out, to fulfill, and to teach the law of the Lord in Israel.

Latin Original

Commemorátio sancti Esdrz, sacerdótis et scribe, qui, témpore Artaxérxis regis Persárum, Babylóne in Iudéam rédiens pópulum dispérsum congregávit et omni stádio enísus est, ut legem Dómini investigáret, impléret et docéret 1n Israel.