ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 13th of February
BLESSED WILLIAM DE CARDAILLAC, BISHOP OF SAINT-PAPOUL
Blessed William (Guillaume) de Cardaillac (Guilielmus de Cardaillac), Bishop of Saint-Papoul in Languedoc, lived in the early 14th century and died in 1347. (Mg.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 561)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed William 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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[The bishop of Saint-Papoul was suffragan of the Archbishop of Toulouse. The diocese existed until the French Revolution, during which it was suppressed under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790). The Concordat of 1801 assigned it to the Diocese of Carcassonne. - Information from Wikipedia]
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