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SS. DESIDERIUS AND REGINFRID, MARTYRS - 18 SEPTEMBER

 

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SAINTS DESIDERIUS AND REGINFRID, MARTYRS

Saints Desiderius (Saint Dizier, Disier, Didier) and Reginfrid (Reginfridus, Regnifridus, Reinfried, Rainfridus [Rainfroy]), Martyrs, are commemorated on September 18. 

Saint Desiderius, Bishop of Redon [Rennes] in Brittany (or Rhodez in Guienne) came from respected and pious parents, entered the clergy and was elevated to one of the specified episcopal chairs because of his outstanding virtues. 

After a long time of leading his flock, he eventually undertook a pilgrimage to the graves of the apostles. He was accompanied by his archdeacon Regnifrid and several others.

On his return journey via Tyrol or Switzerland he came to Ortenau in Baden, where he miraculously convinced a heretical bishop of the error of his teaching and led the people back to pure teaching. When he arrived at the town of St-Dizier (St. Störigen) in the Vosges Mountains, he celebrated the holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the local chapel. 

Afterwards the bishop and his companions continued on their way, when some villains, hoping for great booty, pursued them and killed St. Reginfrid. St. Desiderius, however, was left half-dead and gave up the ghost soon after. Their violent death occurred either at the end of the 7th or the beginning of the 8th century. Their bodies were buried most honourably in the ground there and subsequently moved to St-Dizier.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 743-44)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Desiderius and Reginfrid  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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