ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 3rd January
Saint Ferreol (Ferreolus) was born in Narbonne, Gaul, in the year 521, and succeeded Saint Firminus, his paternal uncle, in the bishopric of Uzes (Ucetia, Utica) in southern France.
Following some malicious slander he was exiled to Paris; but since his innocence was eventually recognised, Ferreol received permission to return to his diocese. He resumed his episcopal duties at his See around the year 558. He died in the twenty-eighth year of his bishopric.
His feast is recorded as January 3, writes Butler*. The Bollandists*, on the other hand, state that he is commemorated on January 4.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861 p. 199)
*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 Saint Ferreol 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.
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