SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  WELCOME! SAINT BENEDICT DE VAG, HERMIT Saint Benedict de Vag, a hermit in Hungary, was murdered by robbers in the 9th century. His body is venerated in Regensburg near St Emmeram .  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 435 Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Benedict 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

  templatdd WELCOME! SAPIENS, ABBOT OF CONDAT Sapiens [Sapient], the 7th abbot of Condat , died in 593 with a reputation for sainthood. (Burg.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 203) 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

WELCOME! CONDAT ABBEY Saint Claude Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul et Saint-André de Saint-Claude) The Abbey of Saint-Claude , the cradle of the diocese, one of the most distinguished in the Christian world, emerged from these beginnings: Between 425 and 430 the hermits of Saints Romanus and Saint Lupic withdrew into the desert Condat [in the valley of Bienne, in the Jura mountains, in modern-day France] where Saint-Claude now stands, and there founded the monastery of Condat: other monks were; attracted to them, the land was cleared, and three new monasteries were founded. After the death of St Romeanus (d. about 460), St Lupicinus (d. about 480), St Mimausus, St Oyent (d. about 510), St Antidiolus, St Olympus, St Sapiens , St Thalasius, St Dagamond, St Auderic, and St Iniuriosus were abbots of Condat, which was distinguished also by the virtues of the holy monks, St Sabinian, St Palladius, and St Valentine (fifth century), St Justus, St Hymetierus, and St Point (sixth

  WELCOME! SAINT JEURE According to Ritter * (p. 659), two villages in France are named after him [Saint- Jeure d'Andaure and Saint-Jeure d'Ay]. But this saint is otherwise unknown. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 168) *A hagiography source used by the authors  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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 24th of October WELCOME! SAINT FROMUNDUS, MARTYR Saint Fromundus, (October 24) was a martyr who is  venerated in the church of  Saint-Lô (S. Laudus) at Rouen. In the diocese of Saint-Lô there is also a parish church which bears his name.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 321) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Fromundus 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 7th of December WELCOME! SAINT SAPICIDUS, MARTYR Saint Sapidicus [Sapicidos], a martyr whose memorial is celebrated on December 7, is venerated by the Greeks. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 203) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sapicidus 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 31st of January WELCOME! BLESSED MARIE CHRISTINE OF SAVOY, QUEEN OF THE TWO SICILIES Marie Christine of Savoy Marie Christine was born at Cagliari, Sardinia, November 14, 1812; died at Naples, January 31, 1836 [some sources state that she passed away on January 21]. She was the daughter of Victor Emanuel I, King of Sardinia, and of Maria Teresa of Austria, niece of the Emperor Joseph II. She lost her father in 1824 and her mother at the beginning of the year 1832.  Charles Albert, who succeeded to the throne of Sardinia, insisted upon her appearing at the court of Turin, and she married Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (November 21, 1832). She died at the age of twenty-three, after having given birth fifteen days before to a son, Francesco-Maria-Leopold, Duke of Calabria.  The renown of her virtues had been so great during her brief life, and after her death the graces obtained by her intercession were so numerous, that

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 6th of October WELCOME! VENERABLE MARIE-THÉRÈSE CHAPPUIS, VIRGIN Belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, born at Soyhières, a village of the Bernese Jura (then French territory), Venerable Mary de Sales Chappuis was born June 16,1793; she died at Troyes, October 6, 1875 [Some sources state October 7]. Her parents were excellent Christians: her father had seen service in the regular Guard (the Cent-Suisses corps) of the King of France. Her mother, née Catherine Fleury, was the sister of the Curé of Soyhières. Out of eleven children born of this union, six entered religion. From infancy Mary (Marie Thérèse) was remarkable for her piety. She made her First Communion in 1802 and at the age of twelve years entered as an intern pupil in the Visitation Convent at Fribourg, where she remained three years. In June, 1811, she returned to the convent as a postulant, but left it three months later. Three years later she c

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 26th of May WELCOME! SAINT MARY ANNE DE PAREDES, VIRGIN Mary Anne de Paredes  was born at Quito, Ecuador, October 31, 1618; she died at Quito, May 26, 1645. On both sides of her family she was sprung from an illustrious line of ancestors, her father being Don Girolamo Flores Zenel de Paredes, a nobleman of Toledo and her mother Doña Mariana Cranobles de Xaramilo, a descendant of one of the best Spanish families.  Her birth was accompanied by most unusual phenomena in the heavens, clearly connected with the child and juridically attested at the time of the process of beatification. Almost from infancy she gave signs of an extraordinary attraction to prayer and mortification, of love of God and devotion to the Blessed Virgin; and besides being the recipient of many other remarkable manifestations of divine favour was a number of times miraculously preserved from death.  At the age of ten years she made the vows of poverty, chastity,

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of September WELCOME! SAINT SAPPHIRUS, CONFESSOR Saint Sapphirus (September 6), patron of St Julien (Cher), with the surname: le Pauvre , in the diocese of Bourges in France, is called Confessor by Guerin* . No further information is known about this saint. In one painting he is depicted with an island on his head, which would suggest his dignity as a bishop or abbot if one were convinced of the authority and age of the picture. The French also call him St Sassier.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 204) *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 Saint Sapphirus 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 Sp

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 13th of April WELCOME! BLESSED EDMUND CATHERICK, PRIEST AND MARTYR This holy priest and martyr was born probably in Lancashire about 1605 and executed at York, April 13, 1642. He was descended from the old family of Catherick of Carlton and Stanwick, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, known for its loyalty to the Faith. Educated at Douai College, he was ordained in the same institution, and about 1635 went out to the English mission where he began his seven years' ministry which closed with his death. During this time he was known under the alias Huddleston, which was probably his mother's maiden name. Apprehended in the North Riding, near Watlas, Catherick was brought by pursuivants before Justice Dodsworth, a connection by marriage - possibly an uncle. Gillow states (IV, 310) that it was through admissions made to Dodsworth, under the guise of friendship, that Catherick was convicted. He was arraigned at York and cond

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 17th of February WELCOME! SAINT LOMAN, BISHOP OF TRIM [ Saint Loman (Lommán mac Dalláin) was] Bishop of Trim in Ireland, nephew of  Saint Patrick , was remarkable as being the first placed over an Irish see by the Apostle of Ireland. This was in the year 433. Saint Loman had converted both Fortchern, the Prince of Trim (grandson of Laeghaire, King of Meath), and his father Foidilmid, and was given Trim for an episcopal see. Some say that he was a bishop before he came to Ireland, but this seems unlikely, as he would not accept a gift of Trim unless Saint Patrick came to ratify it, and it is expressly stated in the "Tripartite Life", as also by Tirechan, that he was only a simple priest, but consecrated by Saint Patrick for Trim. Saint Loman did not long survive his promotion to the episcopate, and after a brief visit to his brother Broccaid at Emlach Ech in Connacht, he resigned his see to his princely convert Fo

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 13th of April WELCOME! BLESSED JOHN LOCKWOOD, PRIEST AND MARTYR  [Blessed] John Lockwood, priest and martyr, was born about 1555. He was the eldest son of Christopher Lockwood, of Sowerby, Yorkshire, by Clare, eldest daughter of Christopher Lascelles, of Sowerby and Brackenborough Castle, Yorkshire. With the second son, Francis, he arrived at Reims on November 4, 1579, and was at once sent to Douai to study philosophy.  Francis was ordained in 1587, but John entered the English College, Rome, on October 4, 1595, was ordained priest on January 26, 1597, and sent on the mission, April 20, 1598. After suffering imprisonment he was banished in 1610, but returned, and was again taken and condemned to death, but reprieved.  He was finally captured at Wood End, Gatenby, the residence of Bridget Gatenby, and executed at York, April 13, 1642. He suffered alongside Edmund Catherick . Fr John Lockwood was beatified on December 15, 1929 by

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 2nd of February   WELCOME! VENERABLE FRANCIS MARY PAUL LIBERMAN, PRIEST Francis Mary Paul Libermann   This holy Priest was the founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which was afterwards merged in the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. The son of a Jewish rabbi, he was born at Severne in Alsace, April 12, 1804; he died at Paris, February 2, 1852. He received the name of Jacob at his circumcision, and was the third youngest of seven children whom his mother Lia Suzanna Haller, bore to his father, Lazarus Libermann. He was brought up according to the sternly strict tenets of the Talmud, and his mind was early imbued with a special horror of the "Goim" , or Christians.  He lost his mother when he was nine years old; and this, together with the harsh treatment he received from his schoolmaster, caused his boyhood to pass in much bitterness. The learned and universally esteemed rabbi of Severne fixed h

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 18th of March WELCOME! LEO OF LANDSHUT, RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY Leo of Landshut (Leo de Landishuto) (March 18), a Franciscan from Landshut (probably in Silesia), devoted himself with the utmost effort to the conversion of Lithuania etc. along with his confreres - he spent 15 years on this labour of love. He died c. 1500 in Polotzk in the former Duchy of Lithuania . (Hub. Men.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 754) 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 29th of November WELCOME! JESSEN, RELIGIOUS Jessen (November 29), was a Franciscan provincial. He suffered martyrdom at Vendome in France in 1589. (Hub. Men.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 154) 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 30th of August WELCOME! BLESSED RICHARD LEIGH, PRIEST AND MARTYR Blessed Richard Leigh, born in Cambridgeshire c. 1561, was martyred at Tyburn on August 30, 1588. Ordained priest at Rome in February, 1586 - 1587, he came on the mission the same year, was arrested in London, and banished. Returning he was committed to the Tower in June 1588, and was condemned at the Old Bailey for being a priest.  With him suffered four laymen and a lady, all of whom have been declared "Venerable". Edward Shelley of Warminghurst, Sussex, and East Smithfield, London (son of Edward Shelley, of Warminghurst, a Master of the Household of the sovereign, and the settler in "Shelley's case", and Joan, daughter of Paul Eden, of Penshurst, Kent), aged 50 or 60, who was already in the Clink for his religion in April, 1584 was condemned for keeping a book called "My Lord Leicester's Commonwealth" and for having assis