BL. EUSEBIUS, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR - 31 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 31st of January

BLESSED EUSEBIUS, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR

A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's
Saints' books,
"Stammenbuch..." (1693)

Blessed Eusebius, who is commemorated on January 31, was a native Scotsman. For some time he lived at the monastic institute of Saint Gall [Saint Gallen], but later went into solitude by retiring to the Victorsberg (Mount Victor) in Graubünden. This place takes its name from the church built by Emperor Charles the Bald, which was dedicated to Saint Victor. This area had become the property of the Saint Gall monastery. Here Blessed Eusebius led a holy life for many years and finally entered eternal rest in A.D. 884. 

Legends relate that on one occasion Blessed Eusebius sharply reprimanded the vices of his neighbours and was therefore beheaded by them with a sickle, but the existing written records do not sufficiently prove this incident. 

Bucelin* lists Blessed Eusebius on January 13 (II. 1130).

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 126)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Eusebius 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.