ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 21st of March
SAINT LUPICINUS OF CONDAT, ABBOT
St Lupicinus was the brother of St Romanus of Condat (Condate) who had retired into the forests of mount Jura, between France and Switzerland, and fixed his abode at a place called Condate, at the conflux of the rivers Bienne and Aliere, where he found a spot of ground fit for culture, and some trees which furnished him with a kind of wild fruit. Here he spent his time in prayer, reading, and labouring for his subsistence.
LUPICINUS, HIS BROTHER, JOINED HIM
Lupicinus, his brother, came to him some time after in company with others, who were followed by several more, drawn by the fame of the virtue and miracles of these two saints.
THEY BUILT THE MONASTERY OF CONDATE
Here they built the monastery of Condate, and, their numbers increasing, that of Leuconne, two miles distant to the North; and, on a rock, a nunnery called La Beaume (now St Romain de la Roche) which no men were allowed ever to enter, and where St Romanus chose his burial place.
THE BROTHERS GOVERNED THE MONKS JOINTLY
The brothers governed the monks jointly and in great harmony, though Lupicinus was more inclined to severity of the two. He usually resided at Leuconne with one hundred and fifty monks.
ST ROMANUS' DEATH AND FEAST DAY
Romanus died about the year 460, and is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on February 28. St Lupicinus survived him almost twenty years, and is honoured in the Roman Martyrology on March 21. He was succeeded in the abbacy of Condate by Minaucius, who, in 480, chose St Eugendus his coadjutor.
ST LUPICINUS' AUSTERITIES
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