ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 31st of December
BLESSED BALDWIN, ABBOT OF SAINT EDMUND
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| A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) |
Blessed Baldwin (Balduinus) was an abbot at the monastery of Saint Edmund in England. He died in A.D. 1097 and is venerated in that country. (El., Mg.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 375-76)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Baldwin 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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