ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 4th of July WELCOME! SAINT ALBERT, BISHOP OF LODI Lodi Cathedral Saint Albert ( Albertus ), Bishop of Lodi ( Laude Pompeia ) in northern Italy, was born in Ripalta ( Ripa Alta ) in the Diocese of Milan, into the Quadrelli family. A pious priest, asked to pray for Albert's mother, who was in mortal danger at his birth, prophesied that her baby would one day become a great man, which indeed came to pass. He grew up in the fear of God and in all virtue, and even in his youth was exceedingly charitable towards the poor. At the time of the disputes between Pope Alexander III and Emperor Frederick I, we find him as provost in his native Ripalta, from where he was expelled at the urging of Archbishop Galdinus de la Sala, who was decidedly on the side of Pope Alexander III . He was elected bishop by the Lodensians on March 29, 1168. As such, he administered his diocese with an apostolic spirit, shining...
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 6th of August WELCOME! BLESSED HERMANN, PROVOST Blessed Hermann (Hermannus) ( August 6 , December 23 ), first provost of the Premonstratensian monastery of Scheda or Scheida in Westphalia, was a Jew converted to the Gospel by divine grace. Nothing beyond the tradition of his sanctity has survived to posterity. He is said to have died on August 6, 1173; however, all modern religious writers mention him on December 23 . They also give him the title "Blessed." Since the Bollandists * could not obtain reliable evidence of his public veneration, they include him among their Praetermissi , intending to report on him in more detail on December 23 . He is also mentioned in the Elenchus *. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 670) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations ...