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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! SAINT AGRIPPA, MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA Encyclopedia of Saints Saint Agrippa, commemorated on May 13, was killed for his Christian faith at Alexandria. He suffered alongside Saint Aphrodisius . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 88) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Agrippa 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! SAINT APHRODISIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF ALEXANDRIA Saints Aphrodisius, Agrippa , Sabinus, Grisus, Lucius, Cyrilla, Juvinus, and two others ended their lives through a glorious martyrdom in Alexandria. The time and manner of their martyrdom cannot be specified. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 277) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Aphrodisius and Companions 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! BERNARDIN GANTIN, CARDINAL Bernardin Gantin was born on May 8, 1922, in Toffo, near Cotonou (Benin), the largest city and commercial capital of what was then the French colony of Dahomey . His father was a railway worker. His surname meant "iron tree". Bernardin Gantin was ordained as a priest in 1951 and taught languages at the local seminary before heading for Rome for further theological study. In 1956, he became one of the world's youngest Catholic bishops when he was appointed auxiliary in Cotonou. On January 5, 1960,  Pope John XXIII  promoted him to Archbishop of Cotonou when his old teacher, the ailing Archbishop Parisot, felt it was time to hand over his flock to the one who could take on the enormous work of the apostolate. His prowess as a pastor was demonstrated in a number of areas: he subdivided the diocese to adapt more effectively to individual situations; he promoted the founding...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! SAINT MARCELLIANUS, BISHOP OF AUXERRE Saint Marcellianus (Marcellinus) served as Bishop of Auxerre for 39 years, succeeding  Saint Peregrine , the first bishop and martyr there. Marcellianus carried out the ministry with faithfulness and received eternal life as a reward on May 13, 314. The location of his grave is, according to Bucelin *, in St. Germain in Auxerre, but older reports believe that his resting place is in Monte Autrico (we were unable to establish the exact location). Marcellianus is also commemorated on July 7 (III. 203). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 84) *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 Marcellianus may increase our devotion and promote our sal...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! BLESSED GERARD OF VILLAMAGNA, HERMIT Blessed Gerard (Gerardus) was a hermit in Villamagna near Florence, where he enjoys a strong cult even today. Born around the year 1147 of poor country folks, the plague robbed him of his parents and a rich patrician family from Florence took him into their house. When he grew up, he accompanied his guardian on his trip to Jerusalem, was taken prisoner by the Saracens, and after both had suffered much, they were finally ransomed and returned home.  Afterwards, Gerard undertook further pilgrimages to the Holy Land and finally entered the Third Order of St Francis. From then on until his death, he served God continually, nursing the sick and supporting the poor with the alms he received. He followed a daily prayer schedule and never cut corners, so that he often prayed through the night because he had not been able to get through all the prayers during the day due t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! PASITHEA, VIRGIN AND ABBESS Pasithea, virgin and superior of the Capuchin nuns of Siena, whose body was found intact in 1657, is listed among the Praetermissi by the Bollandists * (III. 187). Migne* (diction. iconogr.) mentions her with the title "saint," which is erroneous, since Lechner * (Leben der Heil. a. d. O. d. Capuc. [Lives of the Saints of the Capuchin Order] III. 257) mentions her as just a "venerable servant of God."  Her life story is very edifying and wonderful; here a brief summary: She was the daughter of a middle-class couple named Peter and Camilla Crogi, of Siena, and already as a child she had frequent conversations with the saints, who appeared to her regularly. At the age of seven, she took the vow of perpetual chastity. As she grew older, she began to practice severe penance. Although she was nearly always spotted in prayer, kneeling all day long, she did not miss ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME ! SAINT ONESIMUS, BISHOP OF SOISSONS Saint Onesimus, Bishop of Soissons (Augusta Suessionum) was, according to the Gallia Christiana  the seventh bishop in the line of succession there and the first of this name. Around the year 360 he had managed to completely wipe out the numerous remnants of paganism that still existed. His grave at the George Martyr Church outside the city became a place of refuge in all troubles for clergy and laity alike. In 896, the holy bishop's remains are said to have been transferred to a church of his name at Donchery near Sedan (according to Migne*). (III. 204)  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 621) *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 Sain...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! OLYBRIUS, RELIGIOUS Olybrius was a patrician of Venice who became a monk under Saint Hilarus , Abbot of Galeata. Several sources list him as "Saint Olybrius." This holy religious is also remembered on May 15. (III . 187) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 619) 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME MARTYRS OF ALEXANDRIA Today, we also commemorate The Martyrs of Alexandria . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Alexandria, the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who were killed by the Arians for the Catholic faith in the church of Saint Theonas." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of The Martyrs of Alexandria 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. ➡️ Saint Aphrodisius and Companions, Martyrs of Alexandria

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May SAINT GLYCERIA, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Glyceria. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Heraclea, the martyr Saint Glyceria, a native of Rome, who suffered under the emperor Antoninus and the governor Sabinus." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Glyceria 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May SAINT LUCIUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Lucius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Constantinople, under the emperor Diocletian and the proconsul Laudicius, the blessed Lucius, a priest and martyr, who first at Amphipolis endured many tribulations and torments for the confession of Christ, and then being led to Byzantium, suffered capital punishment." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Lucius 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May BLESSED ELLINGER, ABBOT Blessed Abbot Ellinger of the Tegernsee monastery in Bavaria was a faithful guardian of discipline and order in degenerate times, and a courageous hero against the attacks of the wicked.  Elected abbot around the year 1016, he worked incessantly to stop the abuses that had crept in and to raise religious discipline. These his efforts caused him great contradictions, which finally grew so oppressive that he gave way and took refuge at the Niederalteich monastery (in present-day Lower Bavaria).  While Ellinger was there devoted to prayer and holy exercises, the Lord enlightened the souls of his wayward sons. They realised the wrong they had done, and implored their abbot to come back to them. If before Ellinger had steered clear of anger and pride, he now yielded to humble entreaty and returned.  For almost 40 years he presided over the monastery and led an exemplary religious l...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! SAINT MOCHONNA ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Mochonna is listed as a "saint" in the Bollandists'  Mart. Taml .* and with the addition: Essa-Mac-Neire in Kelly *. In the same source, the name appears once more on March 8 with the location: Daire (Derry) and also on May 3, further on March 27, mentioning the place: Maighi Eo (Mayo). On May 13 and June 7, he occurs yet again, and on May 19 with the detail: Chille Comairthe . He may well be the same person as Saint Mochua. Colgan * reckons he may be St Dachonnas. According to Kelly* (p. 90) St Mochonna took part in the first great synod of the Irish Church at Flan Febhla in the year 696 and lived until the year 705.  (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 468) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May SAINT NATALIS, ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN Saint Natalis, Archbishop of Milan, who died around A.D. 751, possessed a then rare learning, which he used in his fight against the remaining Arians. They still stirred during his episcopate, which lasted one year and two months. St Natalis was glorified by many miracles after his death, as he was in life.  (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Natalis 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May SAINT DOMINICA OF LAKE COMO, VIRGIN Saint Dominica, a virgin of Lake Como, Italy, lived in the 6th century. After her death she was buried by her brother, the holy bishop Agrippinus of Como. She is solemnly venerated in a church in the Diocese of Como, and is believed by some to have been a nun; but it is highly probable that she did live in the world rather than at a monastery. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Dominica 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May SAINT PAUSICACUS, BISHOP OF SYNNADA Saint Pausicacus was the son of godly parents and lived in the seventh century. Born in Apamea in (Greater) Phrygia, at the time of the reign of Emperor Mauritius, he travelled through many cities and regions as a doctor and everywhere healed the sick free of charge.  Out of love for God, to whom he ceaselessly offered all these works, he finally left the world and became a monk. By prayer, fasting, and watching, he made such progress in virtue that God visited him with ever increasing graces.  The patriarch Cyriacus of Constantinople consecrated him bishop of the little town of Synnada. Initially, Pausicacus had tried to evade this consecration because of his humility. Afterwards, however, he led the flock entrusted to him for many years with conscientiousness and loyalty and, after a long and blessed episcopate, he entered into eternal joy.  (Information from Sta...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! SAINT ROLENDE OF GERPINNES, VIRGIN  Saint Rolende, who was born in the 8th century and died in Villers-Poterie (today's Belgium) around 774, was a daughter of the king of the Lombards exiled in Gaul.  DIDIER, KING OF THE LOMBARDS Defeated by Charlemagne at Pavia (774), Didier, king of the Lombards (in Cisalpine Gaul), was condemned to live in exile with his family (in northern Gaul, perhaps in the Picardy area - the exact location is not known).  A POLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS MARRIAGE His daughter Rolende, who was said to have been very beautiful, was promised in marriage there to Oger, son of the King of Scotland, an ally of the Lombards. However, Rolende wished to consecrate herself to God in virginity: she refused marriage. HER ESCAPE Fleeing paternal constraint Rolende set out to join the convent of Saint Ursula in Cologne, also known as 'of the Eleven Thousand Virgins'. Falling ill, she st...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May THE DEDICATION OF "SANTA MARIA ROTONDA"  At Rome, in the time of the emperor Phocas, the dedication of the church of Saint Mary of the Martyrs, formerly a temple of all the gods, called Pantheon, which was purified and dedicated by the blessed Pope Boniface IV to the honour of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, and of all the martyrs. (From the Roman Martyrology, 1914) [This Basilica is called Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St Mary and the Martyrs, also known as Santa Maria Rotonda.]

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May Marian Feast Days O glorious Virgin, Mother of God, blessed among all nations, worthy of praise and the greatest of praise, intercede for me with thy beloved Son. O honoured Lady, Mother of the King of Angels and Archangels, assist and deliver me from every difficulty and danger. O Blossom of the Patriarchs, the Virgins and the Angels, Hope of Glory, Beauty of Virgins, Admiration of the Angels and Archangels, remember me, and forsake me not, I beseech thee, at the terrible hour of my death. O Star of the Sea, Gate of Heaven, Temple of God, Palace of Jesus Christ, Harbour of Safety, Power of all Nations, Pearl of all Sweetness, Hope of the Faithful; O Queen who shelters the guilty, who surpasses in radiance the Virgins and the Angels, thy presence gives joy to all the hosts of Heaven. Therefore, O Mother of Mercy, I place in the protection of thy holy hands my going out, my coming in, my sleeping, my waking, the sig...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that...