Feast of Saint Benjamin

St. Benjamin was a Deacon who was martyred in 424. He was a Persian (current day Iran) who was arrested and tortured, but finally gained his freedom as long as he promised not to preach anymore. St. Benjamin couldn't do it; he was re-arrested, tortured, and finally impaled on a stake.

Not to be confused with the son of Jacob and Rachel and forebearer of one of the tribes of Israel...