SAINT CLARENTIUS, BISHOP OF VIENNE - 26 APRIL

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL

Saints celebrated on the 26th of April

SAINT CLARENTIUS, BISHOP OF VIENNE

Saint Clarentius, a bishop of Vienne in the Dauphiné in France, lived at the beginning of the 7th century. He passed to his eternal reward about the year 620. Some of his relics were brought to Prague in 1358. His name is inserted in the Roman Martyrology* on April 26.

St Clarentius is also commemorated on April 25.

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

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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PRAYER:

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