SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of January WELCOME! VENERABLE ANNO, ABBOT The venerable Anno, commemorated on January 7 , was Abbot of the monastery of Micy ( Miciacum ) in the Diocese of Orléans, and simultaneously of the monastery of Jumièges ( Gemeticum ), assuming leadership around the year 943. He possessed the spirit of poverty and charity to such a high degree that he habitually refreshed strangers with wine, while he and his brethren - who were devoted to him with deep love and reverence - drank only water. After governing for more than thirty years and restoring to an excellent state the monastery - which had previously been so close to ruin that it had effectively been auctioned off to the highest bidder - he died in the odor of sanctity in the year 973, deeply mourned by his brethren. His body was found incorrupt when it was exhumed some years later.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsbu...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of October WELCOME! SAINT BERARIUS, BISHOP OF LE MANS Saint Berarius, commemorated on October 17, Bishop of Le Mans, was a native of Aquitaine; he ascended the episcopal see of Le Mans around the year 652 and held the office until his death (c. 678). The most significant event of his episcopate is undoubtedly the transfer of certain relics of  Saint Scholastica  to Le Mans. While local chroniclers maintain that  Saint Scholastica ’s entire body was brought to their city in the 7th century, the  Bollandist * Stilting - in his account of the life of  Saint Aigulf ( September 3 ) - demonstrated that only a portion of her remains was brought to Le Mans; furthermore, in more recent times, the  Bollandist * van Hecke, while discussing the life of Saint Berarius, cited a previously unknown bull of  Pope Zachary (741 - 752) indicating that the relics of Saints  Benedict  and...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of September WELCOME! BLESSED MARY DE CERVELLIONE, VIRGIN Blessed Mary, commemorated on September 19 and September 25, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman named William de Cervello (Cervellione) and his wife Mary, was born in Barcelona in 1230, after the marriage had long been childless. From infancy, Mary showed an inclination toward piety, manifested in great love for God, prompt obedience to her parents, generosity toward the poor, and strict chastity. As a young woman coming of age, she could have made a respectable marriage twice, but she preferred perpetual virginity to the married state. Her father died in 1260. From then on, mother and daughter practiced even greater austerity for the sake of God. They lived near the religious house of the Order of Mercy ( de Mercede ) and devoted themselves to works of Christian charity. When her mother also died, on December 27, 1264, Blessed Mary took the habit of the afor...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 15th of February WELCOME! SAINT GEORGIA, VIRGIN Monastery yard in the snow Saint Georgia (commemorated on February 15 ; also  March 11 and September 25 ) was a pious virgin whose memory - as stated in the  Roman Martyrology * - is celebrated in Auvergne ( apud Arvernos ). According to  Saint Gregory of Tours , she lived in seclusion and "consecrated every day to the Lord in fasting and prayer." It so happened that, after her passing, when her body was about to be carried to the church of the nearest town, many doves flew along and accompanied the corpse; during the funeral, however, they remained on the church roof and then flew up to heaven. Later writers transformed the doves into angels, thereby completing the "heavenly funeral rite." The time in which she lived is unknown; since even  Saint Gregory of Tours  could only recount legends about her (he explicitly uses the word " fertur " ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 16th of May WELCOME! SAINT DOSMUS Saint Dosmus ( May 16 ) is a saint whose body was discovered in 1530 in the church at Chaume. Very frequently he is confused with Saint Domnolus , Bishop of Le Mans. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Dosmus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 15th of February WELCOME! ANNO, BISHOP OF MINDEN Anno (or Hanno) was the 26th Bishop of Minden and a diligent collector of saints' relics. He died in the year 1185, the day after the Feast of  Saint Valentine (on February 15 ). Some refer to him as "Saint," others as "Blessed"; yet his name appears in none of the various martyrologies - indeed, not even Bucelin *, who is otherwise very generous with such titles, accords him one. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org