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DIOCESE OF COUSERANS

%%% 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 ///

ST VIRGILIUS, BISHOP OF ARLES - 10 OCTOBER

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...

BL. ROSNATA, MARTYR - 14 JULY

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...

ST ROSINA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR - 11 MARCH

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...

BL. HERMANN, ABBOT OF ST. PANTALEON - 29 DECEMBER

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...

ST WALTER, ABBOT OF ST. PETER - 11 MAY

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 ...