ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 11th of August
GERARDUS HOVAEUS, MARTYR OF WATERLAND
An illumination from the Egmond Gospels |
[Gerard van Hove] Gerardus Hovaeus (commemorated on August 11), a regular canon of Saint Augustine, was killed for the faith in Christ in Waterland (Netherlands).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 401)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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