SAINT ARDAGNUS, ABBOT - 13 JUNE

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE

Saints celebrated on the 13th of June

SAINT ARDAGNUS, ABBOT

Saint Ardagnus (Ardaing in French) was, according to Mabillon* and other hagiographers, abbot of Tournus (Trenorchium) near Chalons (Cabilonum) in Burgundy. 

However, since all papers were lost in a monastery fire caused by the Calvinists, nothing more is known about him than that he donated ample alms at the time of a great famine and ruled his monastery in an exemplary manner for 28 years. 

Saint Ardagnus died in 1056 and was always highly venerated: according to an old calendar three times a year, namely on February 11 as the anniversary of his death, then on June 13 and October 5, on which days translations of his relics took place. (Mab.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 304)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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PRAYER:

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