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SAINT ARSATIUS, BISHOP OF MILAN - 12 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 12th November

SAINT ARSATIUS, BISHOP OF MILAN

In A.D. 746, Aldebert and Otkar, the founders of Ilmmünster in Upper Bavaria, moved the relics of Saint Arsatius, Bishop of Milan, to their new monastery 

Prior to its destruction by the Huns, this solemn translation was commemorated there on May 18.

In 1495, under Duke Albert, the monastery, and with it the body of St Arsatius, was transferred from Ilmmünster to Our Lady's Church (Liebfrauenkirche) in Munich. This transfer was celebrated there on March 9.

As we have just been informed by a friend from Munich [the author's "just" was during the 19th century], this celebration has not taken place since the dissolution of the Canons' Convent in 1803. In 1846, most of St Arsatius' mortal remains were most solemnly returned to the parish church at Ilmmünster, but a larger relic of it was kept in the cathedral church in Munich. 

As far as the saint himself is concerned, according to Papebroch*, his vita, which is said to have been penned by a monk at Ilmmünster, is full of chronological errors, and therefore lacks credibility. It may even be  doubted whether St Arsatius really had been a bishop of Milan. Papebroch* reckons that our Saint was bishop elsewhere and that his relics later went to Milan, and from there to Ilmmünster and Munich. (El., Mab.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Arsatius 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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