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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 17th of December WELCOME! RHOLUS, MARTYR OF GAZA Rholus , remembered on December 17 , was a Christian martyr killed by the  Saracens at Gaza. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 87) 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 DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December WELCOME! GREGORY VIII., POPE  ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Alberto Di Morra was born about the beginning of the twelfth century, at Benevento; elected at Ferrara, October 21, 1187; he died at Pisa, December 17, 1187, after a pontificate of one month and twenty-seven days.  The year 1187 witnessed the almost complete obliteration of Christianity in Palestine. On July 4, Saladin won the decisive victory of Hittin, near Lake Tiberias; on October 3, the terrible sultan was master of Jerusalem.  The news of the fall of the Holy City struck Europe like a thunderbolt. Urban III is said to have died of a broken heart (October 20).  The following day the cardinals elected the chancellor, Cardinal Alberto. He was a Beneventan of noble family; had received a good education; at an early age became a monk, some say a Cistercian, some a Benedictine of Monte Cassino. He was created cardinal-deacon in 115...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December CONSTANTIA, VIRGIN Constantia, commemorated on December 17, was a Poor Clare nun who descended from a noble family in Florence. Her parents wanted to force her into marriage for a lucrative match. HER PRAYER WAS ANSWERED At her prayer, however, she was seized by a burning fever as well as by ulcers, and after much suffering she died in the habit of St Clare on the 8th day after the use of force by her parents, on December 17, 1320.  (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December WELCOME! SAINT STURMIUS, ABBOT St Sturmius, actually Sturm, (Sturmi, Stormi, Styrme, Sturmus), came from noble, at least honourable parents in Noricum (Nordgau). His year of birth falls between the years 710 and 715.  When  St Boniface toured the Nordgau (the area around Nuremberg) around 735, Sturmius joined him. From now on we find the promising young man in Fritzlar in Hesse, where he went through the novitiate and undertook his studies. This monastery had been founded by St Boniface in 732. At the time when St Sturmius entered, it was under the careful and insightful direction of Abbot Wigbert . HE BECAME A PRIEST Sturmius' behaviour was full of noble decency, his conduct without blame. His friendly, cheerful, lively manner, tempered by humility and meekness, won him the affection and love of teachers and students. After he reached the required minimum age, he became a priest in about 740. ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December   Regarding the Feast of SS. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus WELCOME! SAINT LAZARUS OF BETHANY ⬅️ Saint Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels Reputed first Bishop of Marseilles, died in the second half of the first century. According to a tradition, or rather a series of traditions combined at different epochs, the members of the family at Bethany, the friends of Christ, together with some holy women and others of His disciples, were put out to sea by the Jews hostile to Christianity in a vessel without sails, oars, or helm, and after a miraculous voyage landed in Provence at a place called today the Saintes-Maries. IT IS RELATED THAT THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN GAUL It is related that they separated there to go and preach the Gospel in different parts of the southeast of Gaul.  Saint Lazarus of whom alone we have to treat here, went to Marseilles, and, having converted a number of its inhabitants to Chr...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 17 Saint Vivina Saint Vivina, Abbess Saint Bacchus, Martyr Saint Begga, Abbess   Saint Clementiana, Virgin Saint Colonicus, Martyr   Constantia, Virgin Gregory VIII., Pope Blessed Imarus, Recluse Saint John of Matha Saint Lazarus of Bethany   Saint Olympias, Widow Roger MacCongaill, Martyr Rholus, Martyr of Gaza Sildevandus, Martyr Saint Sturmius, Abbot   Saints Florian, Calanicus, and Companions, Martyrs -1712-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 17th of December 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 live...