SAINT MUSA, VIRGIN - 2 APRIL

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL

Saints celebrated on the 2nd of April

SAINT MUSA, VIRGIN

Gregory the Great commemorates Saint Musa in his dialogues (IV. 17) and calls her a Roman virgin. She lived in great piety, and in an apparition of the Mother of God received an exhortation to humility and the announcement of her death, which would come thirty days later. The apparition repeated itself as Musa's end happened. With the words: "My Lady, behold I come!" the saint departed. 

No other details are known about her than that she had a brother named Probus. Undoubtedly, she lived in the sixth century. Nothing is known of her tomb and relics, says Piazza*; only the example of her virginity and her sacred virtues remain. 

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)

*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 Musa 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.