June 22nd

Saint Nicetas of Remesiana, Bishop

Saint · Common of Bishops · Remesiana (Bela Palanka), Serbia · d. c. 414

The commemoration of Saint Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana in Dacia, whom Saint Paulinus of Nola praises in verse, because he had taught the Gospel to barbarians made into sheep and had led them into the sheepfolds of peace, and because men once untaught and brigands had learned to make Christ resound with a Roman heart.

Latin Original

Commemorátio sancti Nicétze, episcopi Remesiánz in Diácia, quem cármine sanctus Paulínus Nolánus laudat, quod bárbaros oves factos Evangélium edocuiísset atque in pacis caulas duxisset et quondam imperíti ac latrónes Christum corde románo resonáre didicíssent.