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ST REINOLDUS, MARTYR - 7 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of January WELCOME! SAINT REINOLDUS, MARTYR Saint Reinold's Church, Dortmund, view from the northeast, 1894 S. Reinoldus (Reynoldus), M. ( January 7 ).   This holy monk and martyr, also known as Rainaldus , was, according to some legendary accounts, the youngest of the four sons of Haymon¹ . He renounced military life and entered Saint Pantaleon's Monastery in Cologne. His abbot appointed him overseer of the stonemasons. It seems he administered this position with considerable severity, for, around the year 960, the workers conspired against him, beat him to death, and threw his body into the river Rhine. His holy body, weighed down with stones, resurfaced and was presented to the citizens of Dortmund. He is the patron saint of stonemasons and of the city of Dortmund. Here stands a beautiful church dedicated to him, the city's most interesting architectural monument, containing relics brought here in 1059 by Ar...
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ST HYMNEMUND, ABBOT OF ST MAURICE - 3 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of January WELCOME! SAINT HYMNEMUND, ABBOT OF ST MAURICE (ST MORITZ) Saint Hymnemund is also known as Hymnemondus, Hymnemodus , French Hynnemond . According to the Bollandists (February II, 545) , he was the first abbot of St Moritz ( Agaunum )[St Maurice] in the [Swiss] Canton of Valais, after this monastery had been refounded by Saint King Sigismund of Burgundy around the year 515 or 516. The  Bollandists * mention him in connection with   Saint Abbot Severinus and refer to him as Hynmemodus .  The monastery in which Saint Hymnemund had previously resided was called Grave ( monasterium Gravense, Grevencense ), according to Burgener * also Boigin and Grigni ( Griniacense ), and was located in the city of Vienne.  When Saint King Sigismund took Abbot Hymnemund with him to St Moritz at the time of the Council of St Moritz, the latter wished that Achivus would become his successor as abbot of Gr...
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ST REGINOLD, ARCHITECT AND MARTYR - 7 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of January WELCOME! SAINT REGINOLD, ARCHITECT AND MARTYR Saint Reginold ( Reginoldus ), architect, is venerated as a martyr in Cologne. His feast day is January 7 . See also  Saint Reinoldus . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 59) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Reginold 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
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BL. MARY OF THE DIVINE HEART - 8 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 8th of June WELCOME! BLESSED MARY OF THE DIVINE HEART Bl. Mary of the Divine Heart   Blessed Mary of the  Divine Heart , born Maria Droste zu Vischering in Münster , on September 8, 1863, came from a wealthy, noble German family. Her parents were devout Catholics: Count Clemens Droste zu Vischering and of Countess Helen von Galen.  In 1883, at the chapel of the Castle of Darfeld, she is said to have had a vision of Jesus Christ who told her: " Thou shalt be the wife of my heart ". On August 5 of that same year, Maria told her parents of her desire to become a religious. She joined the Catholic Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the  Good Shepherd . In 1894 she was sent to Portugal, where she was initially assistant to the mother superior of the convent in Lisbon. In May 1894, Sister Mary was appointed to the office of the Mother Superior of the convent in Porto. She is best known for having influenced...
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ST AVERTANUS, CARMELITE - 25 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 25th of February WELCOME! SAINT AVERTANUS AND SAINT ROMAEUS, CARMELITES Saint Avertanus and  Romaeus (February 25).  Saint Avertanus, a lay brother of the Carmelite Order, was born in Limoges, France, and entered the order at the prompting of an angel. He possessed a high degree of chastity and prayed so much on his knees that he developed calluses. On his pilgrimage to Rome, where he intended to venerate the holy relics, he was struck by a fever and died in a suburb of Lucca, Italy, after having had an apparition of Christ. At his death, the city's bells are said to have rung of their own accord.  His companion on this journey was the blessed  Romaeus .  Inconsolable at the death of Saint Avertanus and himself utterly exhausted from the journey, he too fell ill and died on the eighth day after the death of his holy companion, surrounded by Jesus Christ and a countless host of saints, amon...
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ST ROMAEUS, CARMELITE - MARCH 4

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 4th of March WELCOME! SAINT ROMAEUS, CARMELITE Encyclopedia of Saints Saint Romaeus (commemorated on February 25 or 26, and March 4), was a Carmelite of Lucca and pilgrimage companion of Saint Avertanus . In his order's  Martyrology * he is listed on March 4. His relics were kept at Saint Peter's Basilica (Maggiore) until 1513; they are now venerated at Saint Peter de la Cortina .  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 125.) *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 Romaeus 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 Germ...
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ST DALMATIUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA, MARTYR - 5 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December WELCOME! SAINT DALMATIUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA, MARTYR On December 5, we also commemorate Saint Dalmatius. Bishop and Martyr of Pavia in Italy, he gave his life for Christ under Emperor Maximian. His name is also  listed in the  Roman Martyrology * on December 5 .  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 718) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of Saint Dalmatius, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we may be inspired by his example. 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
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