ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 20th of October
BLESSED SERILO, ABBOT OF SAVIGNY
Blessed Serilo (Serlo), the second abbot of Savigny in the bishopric of Avranches, disciple of Blessed Gaufridus, was born in Valbodon and worked in that region as a zealous preacher of the gospel. He died happily at Clairvaux in 1158.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Serilo 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.
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