SAINT SEVOLD, CONFESSOR - 2 NOVEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER 

Saints celebrated on the 2nd of November

SAINT SEVOLD, CONFESSOR

Saint Sevold (Sevoldus), a confessor from England, lived in the 8th century His relics were found in the Abbey of St Valery (sur Somme) and at St Vulfran in Abbeville (Abbatis Villa), Bishopric of Amiens. There they are well preserved and venerated. His memory is honoured in the Ponthieu region.

St Sevold is also commemorated on September 16.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882)

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PRAYER:

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