ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of January WELCOME! SAINT JULIAN, BISHOP OF MANS Saint Julian , (January 27), Apostle and first Bishop of Mans ( Cenomanorum ) in France, is considered by some to be Simon the Leper, at whose home in Bethany Jesus dined (according to Matthew 26:6). Some accounts say he was sent to France to preach the Gospel by Saint Peter, while others attribute this mission to Saint Clement. According to the biography by the monk Lethaldus - which Bollandus * presents based on three ancient manuscripts under the date of January 27 (I. 762) - Saint Julian was a highly respected Roman. He was chosen by God as an Apostle for Le Mans, just as Saint Photinus was for Lyon, Saint Trophimus for Arles, Saint Paul for Narbonne, Saint Saturninus for Toulouse, Saint Austremonius for Auvergne (Clermont), Saint Martial for Limoges, Saint Gatianus for Tours, and Saint Dionysius for Paris. The biography itself does not state exactly when Saint ...
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of September WELCOME! JUDITH, QUEEN OF POLAND Judith (September 5), Queen of Poland,who bears the title "Saint" in the Acta Gynaeceorum and is recorded as having died in 1017. However, since her public veneration cannot be confirmed in the cited sources, the Bollandists * list her among their Praetermissi (II. 487). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 502) *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