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SAINT VINCENT MADELGARIUS, ABBOT - 14 JULY


ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

 Saints celebrated on the 14th 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.

SAINT VINCENT MADELGARIUS, ABBOT

Saint Vincent Madelgarius was founder and abbot of the monasteries of Hautmont and Soignies, born of a noble family at Strepy les Binche, Hainault, early in the seventh century.

That  he was not of Irish descent, as stated by Jean du Pont and some Irish writers, has been proved by Mabillon and the Bollandists. 

A SAINTLY FAMILY

About 635 he married the noble Waldetrude, also venerated as a saint, and by her had two sons and two daughters, all of whom are honoured as saints. Their names were: Landric, Bishop of Meaux; Dentelin, who died as a boy of seven years; Aldetrude and Madelberte, both of whom became abbesses of Maubeuge. 

IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE WENT TO IRELAND

It is probable that Vincent visited Ireland on a mission of King Dagobert I, who esteemed him very highly, though there is no historical basis for the statement made in his anonymous life, written about the eleventh century, that King Dagobert made him ruler over Ireland. He is said to have brought with him from Ireland a number of missionaries, chief among whom were SS. Fursy, Foillan, Ultan, Eloquius, Adalgisus, and Etto. 

HE FOUNDED THE MONASTERY OF HAUTMONT

About 642 he founded the monastery of Hautmont, near Maubeuge, where he himself became a monk about 643, being invested with the religious garb by Bishop St Aubert of Cambrai, while his wife took the veil and lived in a cell which later became the monastery of Mons. 

HIS HOLY DEATH

His holy life and his fame as a spiritual guide attracted to the monastery many of his former friends, who put themselves under his spiritual direction. In the hope of finding great seclusion he erected a new monastery at Soignies whither he withdrew with a few of his monks about 670. St Vincent died at Soignees on July 14, 677. [Some places celebrate his feast day on September 20.]

(From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 - 📷 Annual St Vincent Procession at Soignees, Belgium)

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