ST PROBUS OF VERONA, BISHOP - 12 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 12th of January

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 PROBUS OF VERONA, BISHOP 

Saint Probus succeeded St Senator as bishop of Verona. His ascension to the episcopal chair took place in A.D. 236. At that time, the Emperor Maximinus - successor of Alexander - persecuted the Christian Church. 

HIS SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE FOR HIS FLOCK

The legend particularly praises St Probus' self-sacrificing love for the believers who were under his care.

THE PLACE OF HIS GRAVE

It is not certain whether he was buried at St Stephen, the burial place of twenty bishops, or at St Proculo. His memorial is also mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on January 12.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)