ST SEQUANUS, ABBOT - 19 SEPTEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 19th of September

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SAINT SEQUANUS, ABBOT 

Saint Sequanus (Seine) [Sigo, Sigon] was born in the little town of Maymont in the extremity of Burgundy. His parents gave him an excellent education, and permitted him to embrace an ecclesiastical state, to which he was inclined from his infancy. 

HE BECAME A PRIEST

Having received the clerical tonsure from the hands of his pastor, the sanctity of his life soon recommended him to the Bishop of Langres, who promoted him to the priesthood. 

HE QUITTED THE COMMERCE OF THE WORLD

The saint having suffered some persecution from persons who had envied his merit, he took occasion from thence to execute a resolution he had long before formed, of quitting the commerce of the world; and put himself under the direction of Abbot John, who governed the monastery of Reome, in Auxois, since called Moutier St Jean.

THE PRACTICE OF ALL RELIGIOUS VIRTUES

Here he perfected himself in the study of the holy scriptures, and in the practice of all religious virtues. 

After some time he built a monastery in the forest of Segestre, near the source of the river Seine, which still bears his name.

THE MONASTERY

The regular discipline which he established there, rendered it famous, and drew to it a number of disciples. God was pleased to honour him with the gift of miracles which added new lustre to his sanctity. 

He died, according to the most probable opinion, on September 19, about the year 580; and his relics are kept in his monastery.

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sequanus 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.