ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 26th of November
JOAN, COUNTESS OF LUXEMBOURG, VIRGIN
Joan, a Countess of Luxemburg, gladly renounced all the vanities of the world, turned down the most brilliant proposals of marriage, clothed herself in the humble habit of the Third Order instead and entered - with the consent of her parents - the monastery at Moncel in France, where she died happily in the Lord around 1404 and was buried in the monastery church.
At her side rests the heart of her blessed brother, the Bishop and Cardinal Peter of Luxembourg, whom the Bollandists list on July 2. They also provide a brief description of Peter's beloved sister, and say of her that she was as gentle as a dove, full of innocence and virtue, and that she was known to often instruct her brother in spiritual matters to the best of her ability.
Often, too, they engaged in conversations on religious topics; they encouraged and exhorted each other to virtue and love of God. Peter had finished writing a treatise on the spiritual life for her, and as he lay dying he asked his brother Andrew to hand it to their holy sister. Joan is listed on November 11 in Born's Seraph. Starry Heaven*.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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