ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH
Saints celebrated on the 6th of March
PONTIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT
The Cistercian calendars list Pontius, the sixth abbot of Clairvaux and later bishop of Clermont, sometimes as a saint, sometimes as a blessed.
Great in virtues, rich in merits, an excellent advisor in spiritual and worldly matters, he found numerous admirers in and outside his Order. He died godly in 1189. (I. 749)
He is also remembered on March 8 and April 2.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 964)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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