SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY   Saints celebrated on the 14th of July WELCOME! BLESSED ROSNATA, MARTYR Blessed Rosnata, Martyr (July 14, or June 12), was the founder of the Premonstratensian convent of Teplá (Tepla) in Bohemia. (See also  B. Hrosnata , Vol. IV, pp. 773 and 774). To supplement this account, we add a few events from his life. He was a blossoming young man when he accompanied his sister Woislawa to meet her future husband, Duke Otto of Krakow. It happened that during a walk along the banks of the Vistula (Weichsel), he slipped and fell into the river. Boats immediately tried in vain to pull him back in. Then one of his companions jumped into the river and saw a tuft of hair above the water at the spot where he presumed to have sunk. He reached for it and, to his astonishment, pulled the young man from the water still alive. He recounted how  a woman of wondrous beauty held back the water rushing to his mouth with her hand, thus preventing his drownin...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 11th of March WELCOME! SAINT ROSINA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR The sign at the Rosina Chapel, text translated below¹ Saint Rosina (March 11), is listed as a "virgin and martyr" in an ancient handwritten calendar of saints, albeit without an original source being provided. Unless it was supported by an older martyrology of some authority, this calendar entry would be quite worthless to us. Further research led us to a certain list compiled according to Nadasius and Sautel ( annus sacer ), also handwritten, There, Saint Rosina is mentioned as just a "virgin" (rather than "virgin and martyr"). Upon seeking out the sources the latter list was supposed to be based upon, we discovered that she could not be found in Nadasius ' work; whether she is mentioned by Sautel , we do not know, as his book was not available to us. We cannot confirm the assumption that the name is an abbreviation of Euphrosyna , partly...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of December WELCOME! BLESSED HERMANN, ABBOT OF ST. PANTALEON On December 29 and December 30 we remember Hermann (Hermannus) , Abbot of St. Pantaleon in Cologne (Germany). He is listed in the Elenchus * of the Bollandists * and also mentioned by Bucelin * on December 29. Lechner's* work features this holy abbot on December 30; both the latter and Bucelin * call him Blessed Hermann . A Count of Zütphen by birth, he was known as "the Humble." Blessed Hermann died in 1120 and was buried in the Chapel of the Cross he had built.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 674) *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 Blessed Hermann may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Je...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 11th of May WELCOME! SAINT WALTER, ABBOT OF ST. PETER  Monastery yard in the snow Saint Walter ( Gualterius, Galterus, Galterius, Gualterus, Gauterus, French : Gautier or Gauthier ) was born into a noble family in Guyenne (Aquitaine) around the year 990. His father Raymond and his mother Gualburga (Walburgis) raised him with great care. Later he came under the guidance of the pious Israel , canon regular of Dorat ( Scotoria ) in the diocese of Limoges, and then entered the canonry himself. There he distinguished himself by his pious conduct; he sought to imitate the particular virtues of all, in order to gather within himself the good he found in everyone. Later, he was elected abbot of Lesterp (Stirps, Stirpum)[Saint-Pierre de Lesterps (St. Peter)].  In this new sphere of activity, he behaved with such great wisdom toward everyone that each individual considered himself indebted to him as his special patron, and ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 24th of November WELCOME! ALBERT, COUNT OF MONTEACUTO Albert (Albertus) , Count of Monteacuto, is remembered on 24 November. He was held in such high esteem by  Saint Francis of Assisi  that he was visited by him whenever he travelled through his territory. Albert received the habit of the Third Order from  Saint Francis ' very own hands.  When  Saint Francis  once again came to see him and said that he would probably no longer be able to visit him due to his physical weakness, Count Albert requested a keepsake from the famous Saint and was given the habit he had been wearing. This habit remained in Albert's family for 280 years until this treasure came into the possession of the Friars Minor in Florence, where it is still located. This was the very same habit that  Saint Francis  wore when he received the  stigmata on Mount Alverno. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 2nd of March WELCOME! BEATRICE HERMOSILLIA, VIRGIN Beatrice (Beatrix) Hermosillia (March 2), a virgin, gave all her possessions to the poor and lived solely on manual labour and alms. With the help of the citizens of Valladolid, she built a monastery of the Third Order of  Saint Francis of Assisi , and in 1462, she and several others took their vows there. She died on March 2, 1485, after a life of the strictest mortification and penance, and was buried in the monastery church.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 422) 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