ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 16th February
John (Johannes), an Englishman, consecrated by Saint Boniface, was installed as archbishop of Salzburg in 739 (the 7th bishop in the line of succession). Around the year 754, John died in the odour of sanctity.
According to Lechner* (p. 66), where he is also called "abbot," his memory is celebrated at Saint Peter's in Salzburg on February 16; Bucelin* lists him on this day as "Saint Johannes."
On June 5 (I. 468. n. 42) in their Life of Saint Boniface, the Bollandists* remark that this saintly apostle of the Germans appointed four bishops in Bavaria, namely our Johannes in Salzburg; in Freising, Erembrecht, who is also called Erembertus or Herebertus; in Regensburg Saint Goibaldus (S. Garibaldus), and in Passau Vivilo, who is described there as the 14th bishop of Lorch (Laureacum) and as the first bishop of Passau.
Our holy bishop is also remembered on February 18, March 8, and May 9.
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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