ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 22nd of April
SAINT ABRUNCULUS, BISHOP OF TRIER
Saint Abrunculus was the 46th bishop of Trier [Treves] and successor of St Ubicius. He reigned from A.D. 528 until his death in 532. His life was a perpetual dying to this world, and he was said to have been so endowed with virtues that he "shone like a carbuncle in the middle of the night." Some of his relics were later brought from Trier to Sprengersbach, from where some parts came to Helmwardshausen. St Abrunculus is honoured as a patron saint at Bruchsal.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Abrunculus 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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