SS. BARONTUS AND DESIDERIUS, HERMITS

SS. BARONTUS AND DESIDERIUS, HERMITS - 25 MARCH

SAINTS BARONTUS AND DESIDERIUS, HERMITS

Saints Barontus (Barontius) and Desiderius were hermits at Pistoia (Pistorium) in Italy.

THE VANITY OF EARTHLY THINGS

St Barontus (French Baront), who is called Barontius in the Roman Martyrology, was of a noble family in Berry, and entered into marriage and had a son, named Aydoaldus (Agloald). After realising the vanity of things, he left the world and entered the monastery at Lonrey (Longoretum), also called St-Cyrane en Brain, as a monk.

From there he and his son, who had also entered the Order, went with approval of his abbot to Italy and settled in a solitude of Tuscany. Here he was joined by the holy hermit Desiderius and four others. They started a community.

THEIR HOLY DEATHS

Barontus had a strange vision in which he saw heaven and hell open. According to Mabillion, Barontus died first, in 685; he was followed by St Desiderius who passed away a few years later. The Bollandists, however, assume that Barontus lived to see the year 700, and that his companions died in the first years of the 8th century. They were all buried in the same place (in a church at Pistoia), and many miracles took place at their tombs.

THE 11th CENTURY MONASTERY

Around the year 1018 a monastery was built in the same place under the patronage of St Barontus. His remains, as well as those of his fellow monks, were solemnly buried in the new church. Finally it should be noted that the Roman Martyrology (February 25) only speaks of St Barontus and St Desiderius, without mentioning any of their companions.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Barontus and Desiderius 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.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

THEIR ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

At Pistoia, the holy confessors Barontius and Desiderius.

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