ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 26th of March
BLESSED RAINERIUS, RELIGIOUS
Blessed Rainerius, of Borgo di San Sepolcro, was a Capuchin priest. He died in A.D. 1586 at Todi in Umbria with such a reputation for piety that the process of his canonisation was initiated. His veneration was confirmed by Pope Pius VII.
One day a bull, which he was about to drive into the stable, picked him up with his horns and threw him into the air, but Rainerius remained unharmed. This scene is often depicted.
Blessed Rainerius is also commemorated on February 4.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 34)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Rainerius 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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