SAINT FEAST DAY 12 NOVEMBER: ST CUNIBERT

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 12th November

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST CUNIBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE

Saint Cunibert was a 7th century Bishop, feast day: November 12.

A nobly-born Frank brought up at the Court of King Dagobert I, who, from being Archdeacon of Treves, was (A.D. 633) elected Archbishop of Cologne. 

HE WAS ELECTED ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE

Not only did his virtues render him the idol of his flock, but his statesmanlike ability and prudence led to his enjoying the favour and confidence of King Dagobert and of the two monarchs who succeeded him, all of whom he served as chief minister. 

He died A.D. 664. A stately church at Cologne is dedicated in his honour.

(From the "Book of Saints", 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)