ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 16th of August
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 FRAMBALDO, HERMIT
Saint Frambaldo, monk and hermit, lived in the Le Mans area during the time when St Innocent was bishop there. Due to his his reputation of holiness and wisdom, followers gathered around him.
HE DIED AROUND THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 650
He died around the year of our Lord 650. His tomb is said to be in San Fraimbault de Gabrone, south-east of Le Mans.
St Frambaldo is also commemorated in the abbey of Santa Maria della Vittoria near Senlis; Ivry (Seine); Roeze, in the diocese of Le Mans, which owned a priory, called Saint-Fraimbault, dependent on the abbey of Beaulieu of Le Mans. He is also known as St Rasbaldus.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
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