Saints celebrated on the 19th of June
SAINT DEODATUS, BISHOP OF NEVERS
Saint Deodatus (St Dié) was nobly born in the west of France, and endued with eminent gifts both of nature and grace. In 655 he was placed in the episcopal chair of Nevers.
EREMITICAL LIFE
He fulfilled all the duties of the pastoral charge with great fear and trembling till in 664 he resigned his dignity, and having recommended to his clergy the choice of a successor, retired into the deserts, and there led an eremitical life.
THE MONASTERY OF JOINTURES
In 661, Hun, lord of the Val de Galilee, near Mount Vosge, bestowed on him that territory, and his donation was confirmed by Childeric II. king of Austrasia. Upon this spot St Dié founded the monastery of Jointures, which he put under the rule of St Columban, though this was afterwards exchanged for that of St Bennet [St Benedict].
St Dié gave up his soul to God in the arms of St Hidulphus, on June 19, in 679 or 680.
Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Deodatus 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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