ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 24th of December
VENERABLE ANNO, BISHOP
At first, the venerable Bishop Anno of Worms was a monk of the monastery of St Maximin of Trier. He was then appointed abbot of the St Moriz (St Maurice) Monastery in Magdeburg by Emperor Otto I because of his virtues. Soon afterwards he became Bishop of Worms.
HE ATTENDED THE SYNOD OF AUGSBURG
In 952 he attended the Synod of Augsburg and died in 974 after having fulfilled his pastoral duties with all loyalty for many years.
HIS FEAST DAY
In Worms, according to the Benedictine martyrology, his memory is celebrated on September 20. In one of the martyrologies he is counted among the "saints" (Buc.).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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