ST CALOCERUS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA - 11 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

 Saints celebrated on the 11th of February

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 CALOCERUS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA 

Saint Calocerus (Callocerus), bishop of Ravenna, was Greek by birth, converted to the Christian faith through St Apollinaris, who also ordained him a priest. 

HE WAS A CONVERT

During the banishment of this saint he twice presided over the Church of Ravenna. He became the fourth successor of St Apollinaris. A holy bishop, St Calocerus possessed the gift of miracles.

HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 100

He died 100 years old, under the reign of Hadrian. He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on this day. Some claim that he was a disciple of the apostle James; but this could have been another person of the same name.

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

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Calocerus, your blessed bishop, 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.