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ST ANDERS OF SLAGELSE, PRIEST - 30 NOVEMBER

 

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SAINT ANDERS OF SLAGELSE, PRIEST

The medieval Dominican Priory Church
in Viborg

Saint Anders of Slagelse was a late 12th-century priest at St Peter's Church, Slagelse, Denmark. 

According to legend, while on a pilgrimage to the holy land Anders received a vision of a man on a white horse who miraculously transported him home so that he could celebrate Easter with his parishioners. The rider then transported him to shrine of Santiago de Campostella in Spain, and then to the shrine of Saint Olaf in Norway. Upon his return to Slagelse, Anders was able to heal the lame and blind through prayer.

ANDERS WAS ABLE TO HEAL THE BLIND AND LAME THROUGH PRAYER

Anders was also reportedly a good friend of King Valdemar II, and on one occasion the king is said to have offered him as much land for his parish as he could ride around on a nine-day-old foal in the time it took the king to take a bath. Taking a bath was a tedious and time consuming task at the time, but the king doubted that Anders would be able to ride very far on the foal. Anders took up the kings offer, and he covered enough ground that a squire had to warn the king to finish his bath quickly before he lost too much land. 

A SPRING EMERGED

In his haste, Anders dropped a glove near the town of Landsgrav. A spring later emerged from where his glove had fallen which was visited well into the 18th century for its healing properties. After his death in 1205, Anders was buried at St Peter's Church. 

Information from: Sct Peders Kirke, Slagelse

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Anders 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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