ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 6th of April
SAINT WILLIAM OF ÆBELHOLT, ABBOT
St William of Æbelholt was abbot of Eskill in Denmark, He was born 1105 of a noble French family, and became a secular canon at Sainte Genevieve-du-Mond and, after Suger’s reform, a canon regular.
RESTORATION OF RELIGIOUS DISCIPLINE
He was sub-prior of the monastery when Bishop Absalom of Lund, who had heard reports of William’s sanctity, sent Saxo Grammaticus to Paris to request his assistance in restoring religious discipline in his diocese.
ABBOT OF ESKILL
The saint acceded to his request, becoming Abbot of Eskill, where he succeeded in bringing back the religious to the primitive observance of their rule. He died in 1202 and was canonised on February 12, 1224, his feast being observed on April 6.
Information from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint William 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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