ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 3rd of November
Saint Gaudiosus, a disciple of Saint Victorian and Bishop of Tarragona (Tarraconensis) in Spain [Catalonia], was particularly famous for his endowments to churches and charitable institutions.
According to Migne*, he died around the year 585 and is venerated in Decoran in Aragon. The Bollandists* mention this saint in the month of January (I. 741). According to the Elenchus*, Gaudiosus was bishop of Tarazona (Turiasonenis) in northern Spain. (El.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 358)
*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 Gaudiosus 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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