ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 14th of April
BLESSED EVERHARD SALERNITANUS, ABBOT
Blessed Everhard (Everhardus Salernitanus), a German abbot, was a descendant of the noble family of the Counts of Rhordorff. Bucelin* states that this illustrious gentleman joined the Dominicans, but the Bollandists*, on the other hand, claim that he became a Cistercian.
As abbot of his monastery (monast. Salernitan.) he had charge of it for 51 years. Rich in virtue he entered his eternal rest in A.D. 1240. We cannot say where this monastery was located. The institute in question might have been Salurn in Tyrol, between Trento and Bozen, but it was definitely not Salerno in Naples. (II. 200)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 148)
*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 the blessed Everhard 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.
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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