GALDRICUS OF CITEAUX, RELIGIOUS - 17 FEBRUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY

 Saints celebrated on the 17th of February

GALDRICUS OF CITEAUX, RELIGIOUS 

Galdricus, who is remembered on February 17, was a relative (uncle) and first disciple of St Bernard. He is counted by some among the "saints" of the Cistercian order. Lechner gives St Galdricus the title "venerable" and says: 

... AS IF ON THE BATTLEFIELD

"As a soldier of Christ he fought just as bravely against the world, flesh and the devil as if on the battlefield against the armoured hostile hordes, and subjected the flesh to the spirit by strict mortification." 

HIS HAPPY DEATH

Galdricus died in Clairvaux, whither he had been sent from Citeaux and then appeared to St Bernard, assuring him that he had entered eternal joy and was in the company of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul.

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

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ST THORFINN OF HAMAR, BISHOP 

Saint Thorfinn, a Cistercian monk, and Bishop of Hamar, Norway, was born in Trondheim.

From A.D. 1282 onwards, King Eric II tried to control Church matters (such as the elections of bishops and who was in charge of Church affairs) and used force to get his way. A prolonged persecution of the Church by the secular state followed... ➡️ continue reading