ST MAGNERICUS, BISHOP - 25 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 25th of July

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 MAGNERICUS, BISHOP

Saint Magnericus (6th century) was the disciple and successor in the Archbishopric of Treves [Trier] of St Nicetius, whom he voluntarily attended into exile when that holy prelate was unjustly banished by King Clothair. 

King Sigebert, son of Clothair, recalled the Saint and, on the death of Nicetius, St Magnericus was unanimously elected in his place (A.D. 566). 

ARCHBISHOP OF TREVES

His virtues and learning brought him into universal esteem. 

He received many marks of the Royal favour from Kings Sigebert and Childeric, and obtained from the latter the release of Theodore, Bishop of Marseilles, wrongfully accused and cast into prison. 

HE DEDICATED SEVERAL CHURCHES TO ST MARTIN OF TOURS

St Magnericus was a good friend of St Gregory of Tours, and specially devoted to St Martin of Tours, the popular Saint of his age. He dedicated to St Martin several churches and a famous Benedictine Abbey.

St Magnericus died before the end of the sixth century. His Life was written by Abbot Eberwin.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)