ST SERENEDUS, HERMIT - 7 MAY

 

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SAINT SERENEDUS, HERMIT

Saint Serenedus (also variously spelled Selering, Selerin, Senereus, Senerz) is commemorated on May 7, May 11, March 6, and July 21. Serenedus was the older brother of Saint Serenicus. Through word and example he guided his younger sibling to piety as well as to learning the sciences. 

Their life story is vast, wonderful and legendary. An angelic apparition lead them to Rome, where they took the habit of the Benedictine Order. A number of years later they moved to France. Here, always admonished and guided by angels, they lived for a while at the current Chateau-Gontier in the diocese of Angers, and then settled in the desert of Charnie in the diocese of Mans. Prayer, mortification, and manual labour were their daily occupations. 

Later, Saint Serenicus settled in the area of ​​Hyesmes (Oxima), while his brother had his cell in Saulges (Salicae). The former died in old age as abbot of a monastic community that had gradually gathered around him. He died on July 21, around the year 680. 

The faithful venerate both saints to this day. Some of their relics still exist. In the diocese of Leval they are venerated on July 21 and in that of Seez on May 11.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 256)

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PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Serenedus 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