ST PATERNUS OF SENS - 12 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 12th of 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 PATERNUS OF SENS, HERMIT AND MARTYR

Saint Paternus, hermit and martyr in the area of ​​Sens (in agro Senonensi), is mentioned in Usuardus, in the Roman Martyrology, and in Elenchus, and most particularly in Mabillon.

DEVOTED TO MORTIFICATION

From his youth he was especially devoted to mortification, especially fasting, which he often extended to the seventh day. 

HE HAD EXHORTED THEM TO CONVERT AND REPENT

According to Migne et al., around the year 726, he suffered torture by robbers whom he had exhorted in vain to convert and repent. His relics have been resting in Bray sur Seine since 958.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)