ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 20th of December
SAINT HOGERUS, ARCHBISHOP OF HAMBURG-BREMEN
Saint Hogerus, also called Hoger, Hojerus and Hotgerns, was first coadjutor, then successor to Archbishop Adelgarius of Hamburg-Bremen.
HE HAD BEEN A MONK AT CORVEY
From his earlier life we only know that he was a monk at Corvey. Here, according to the Bollandists (Aug. III. 211), one could see his picture in 1685 among the statues of other saints and blessed who had lived in the monastery, with the title of "St Hogeri Archiep. Brem.".
Bucelin calls him "saint'. The old church registers of the (former) Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen also call him "holy and chosen". They add that he watched over church discipline with great severity.
HE WAS ARCHBISHOP UNTIL A.D. 915
He was Archbishop from 909–915. The last years of his life were marred by war and the plagues of war, especially the devastation of churches and monasteries. In the midst of these severe tribulations, the Lord took him to himself.
He died on December 20, 916 in Bremen and was interred in the church of St Michael, Bremen.
Source: Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - 📷 Corvey
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Hogerus 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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