SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 16th of March WELCOME! SAINT MAURILIUS, BISHOP OF CAHORS 📷 FiniaM Saint Maurilius (commemorated on March 16 ; French: Morillon ), the eighth Bishop of Cahors, flourished in the sixth century and was exceptionally charitable toward the poor.  Saint Gregory of Tours  applies to him the words of Job: "I was the comfort of widows, the eye of the blind, the foot of the lame, and the father of the poor." We learn from the same writer that this holy Bishop of Cahors knew a considerable portion of Holy Scripture by heart. While the Gallia Christiana * (I, 119) does indeed allude to the aforementioned details, it does not accord him the title "Saint."  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 327) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 26th of August WELCOME! SAINT VICTOR, BISHOP OF LE MANS, CONFESSOR Saint Victor, Bishop and Confessor (August 26, formerly August 25).  This saint served as Bishop of Le Mans in France from the year 390 to 422 and received holy orders from the great  Saint Martin of Tours . According to legend, he was working in his vineyard when  Saint Martin  passed by him on his journey to Le Mans. From that time on, he was to labour in the vineyard of the Lord. The veneration accorded to him as a saint bears witness to the zeal with which he performed this task. We may well doubt the accuracy of further details in the legend - namely, that the saint was already a subdeacon, that he was still living with his wife Maura, and that their son was already ten years old but not yet baptised. Saint Victor was laid to rest in the Church of the Holy Apostles, where his predecessor Liborius also reposed. His son Victorius becam...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 21st of September WELCOME! SAINT FRANCARIUS, CONFESSOR Saint Francarius, commemorated on September 21 , is known in French as Saint Francaire or Fragaire . Castellanus * identifies him as a confessor at Clesse ( Clissonium ) in the French region of Poitou. However, the Bollandists * were unable to locate any more detailed information about him . (VI. 184.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Francarius 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.c...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 3rd of June WELCOME! SERVANT OF GOD RAGHEED GANNI, PRIEST AND MARTYR Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni was born on January 20 , 1972 in Mosul, Iraq. From his earliest childhood, he had loved the Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church and eventually felt called to the sacred priesthood. In 1996, Bishop Georgios Jarmo sent him to Rome to begin his priestly formation journey. During his study in Rome he resided at the Pontifical Irish College where he played football for the College. He continued his studies in theology at the University of Saint Thomas Aquinas . On October 13 , 2001, he received his priestly ordination. Fr Ragheed celebrated his first Mass in the Chapel at the Irish College. Today he is one of the nine figures represented in the apse of that chapel where the relics of  Saint Oliver Plunket rest in the altar. Despite being offered to work as a priest in Europe, Fr Ragheed perceived the strong need to return to Mosul...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd January WELCOME! SAINT EUGENIA, MARTYR OF AFRICA   Saint Eugenia, commemorated on January 3 , a martyr in Africa, was a companion of Saint Martialis .  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eugenia 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 JULY Saints celebrated on the 24th of July WELCOME! ALPHONSUS III, CAPUCHIN Alphonsus III, Duke of Este and later a Capuchin friar, was the son of Cesare d'Este and Virginia de' Medici. Born in 1591, he married Isabella of Savoy at the age of sixteen. In 1623, he assumed the government of the Duchy of Modena and initially ruled his subjects tyrannically. However, the death of his wife brought about a change of heart. After founding several charitable institutions, he abdicated in 1629 in favour of his son Francis I and became a Capuchin friar at the monastery in Marano. Under the name Fr Joannes Baptista , he fulfilled all the duties of a zealous monk and died in 1644 at Castelnovo, in the odor of sanctity.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-acade...