ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 18th of January
SAINT ULFRID OF SWEDEN, BISHOP AND MARTYR
Saint Ulfrid [Wolfred] was an Englishman of great learning and virtue; and preached the faith, first in Germany; afterwards in Sweden, under the pious king Olave II who first took the title of king of Sweden; for his predecessors had only been styled kings of Upsala.
HE CONVERTED MANY TO CHRIST
The good bishop converted many to Christ, till in the year 1028, while he was preaching against the idol Tarstans or Thor, and hewing it down with a hatchet, he was slain by the pagans.
Adam of Bremen wrote his most faithful History of the Church in the North, in 1080.
From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ulfrid 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.
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