ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 4th of January
SAINT PHARAILDIS, VIRGIN
Saint Pharaildis lived in the 8th century. She is one of the Patron Saints of Ghent. She was a sister of Saint Gudula, and was brought up by Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. After a devoted and most austere life she died at the age of ninety, about A.D. 745.
(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate)
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Pharaildis 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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