ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 25th of March
GRATIAN MOYSANT, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR
Gratian (Gratianus), a Franciscan, is listed by the Bollandists* among the Praetermissi on March 25. In the Hub. Men.*, on March 19, he appears with the name of Gratianus Moysant, and is said of him that in France - around the year 1562 - he and some of his confreres perished due to the rage of the heretics. Gratian is a companion of Ludovicus.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 477)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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