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  SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of November WELCOME! SAINT AMANTIUS, BISHOP OF RODEZ Encyclopedia of Saints Saint Amantius, commemorated on November 4, was the first Bishop of Rhodez ( apud Ruthenos ) [Rodez] in France, and also a native of that city. He joined the clergy at a young age and was considered worthy for the episcopal position there because of his virtues. With tireless zeal, he worked for the conversion of the pagans, who were still very numerous in his diocese at that time, and won many for the true faith through the power of his preaching. He also possessed the gift of miracles. Among other things, the honey that was stolen from his garden is said to have turned to pitch for the thief and back into honey when it was returned. He died towards the end of the fifth century (according to other sources, in 825) and was succeeded by Saint Quintian (Quinctian) , who in 511 planned to have his body solemnly raised, but according to  Gregory ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 14th of June WELCOME! SAINT QUINCTIAN, BISHOP OF RODEZ Bishop's seat in the church of Notre Dame de Rodez  Saint Quinctian (Quintianus, Quinctianus ), commemorated on June 14, July 11, and November 13 and 10, a native African, Bishop of Rouergue ( apud Ruthenos ), whose capital is Rodez [Rhodez] in France, is  specifically mentioned in the  Roman Martyrology * under this title. He acted as a worthy successor of Saint Amantius , whose relics he wished to enshrine. Since the Goths persecuted him as a supporter of King Clovis, he fled at night to Clermont, where, after the death of  Euphrasius around the year 514, King Theodoric appointed him bishop of Clermont .  While still Bishop of Rodez, he participated in the Council of Adge in 506 and in the first Council of Orléans in 511. He was the fifteenth in the line of bishops of this see. He often moved the king's heart to mercy and once, during a time o...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 7th of August WELCOME! SAINT LIZIER, BISHOP OF COUSERANS A bust of Saint Lizier According to Migne *, Saint Lizier is commemorated on August 7; other writers list him on August 27. Also known as Licerius, Glycerius, French St-Lizier or Licar, this Saint was Bishop of  Conserans or  Couserans (Consoranum, Conserannum), now St. Lizier de Conserans on the Salat River, in the Ariège department of France. Born the son of noble parents in Spain, he received a thorough education. However, he left his parents early and went to Saint Faustus, Bishop of Tarbes. After the death of Saint Faustus, he joined  Saint Quinctian [Quentin, Quintianus ], Bishop of Rodez ( Rutena ), who ordained him a priest and later (around 504) Bishop of Conserans. In the latter capacity Lizier attended the Council of Agde (Agatha) in 506. God glorified his servant through several miracles. Even in his youth, he healed a friend who had b...

 %%% WELCOME! THE DIOCESE OF COUSERANS The ancient Cathedral of Our Lady, (ancient Cathedral Saint Lizier) Established as early as the 5th century, the diocese governed the surrounding mountain valleys for over 1,300 years. Located in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France and centered around the towns of Saint-Girons and Saint-Lizier , the former province of Couserans is located in the modern Ariège department (Occitanie region).  The magnificent Cathedral  Saint Lizier  (Cathédrale Saint-Lizier) in  Saint-Lizier  served as the seat of the bishop and is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site and is a stop along the Way of Saint James (Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route), which is frequented by large numbers of Christian pilgrims year after year.  Having been dissolved during the French Revolution by forces hostile to the Catholic Church, these days the ancient diocese is part of Catholic Diocese of Pamiers. Source: Google   ///

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of October WELCOME! SAINT VIRGILIUS, BISHOP OF ARLES Saint Virgilius, commemorated on October 10 and 19, as well as March 5, was initially abbot of the Saint Symphorian  monastery  in Autun. His investiture and residence at the monastery in  Lérins  are uncertain. As prelate, he succeeded  Saint Honoratus , unless Licerius was his immediate predecessor. It is not entirely clear when he ascended to the episcopal see of Arles. When  Saint Gregory the Great  became pope in 590, Virgilius had already held his office for a few years. Even during his lifetime,  Gregory  called him a holy man, adorned with all virtues , and placed the bishops in the realm of King Childebert II under his see. The missionaries who traveled to England were especially commended by the pope to his protection. Indeed, Saint Virgilius was such an extraordinary man that he himself was considered a miracle...

  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...