SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  WELCOME! SAINT MERITA, MARTYR OF ROME Saint Merita , commemorated on September 22, was a martyr who suffered in Rome - reportedly under Valerian. Her name is also spelled Emerita and Morita . For Saint Digna Merita , see here . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 427) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Merita 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! STEPHEN PATRINGTON, BISHOP OF ST DAVIDS Stephanus (September 22 or September 20), a pious Carmelite and bishop of Saint Davids with the surname Patrington , died in London in 1417 and is listed in the Order's catalogue. He was a popular preacher and sought-after advisor. He also distinguished himself as a writer; among his works are a commentary on the letter to Titus, sermons, treatises against the Wiclefites [Wycliffites] etc. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 385) 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 The diocese of St Davids is traced to  Saint David, Bishop . Records of the history of the diocese before Norman times are rather fragmentary, consisting of a few...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! GERARD, BISHOP OF TOURNAI Gerard (Gerardus, Gerhardus, Geraldus) , commemorated on September 22, belonged to the Cistercian Order. He was bishop of Tournay¹  (Tornacum) in Belgium and has the title "blessed" in the work of Henriquez *, but without proof of public veneration; Sauffaius * lists him as “venerable”.   ¹Diocese of Tournai (Doornik), from 626: Tournai and Noyon (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 401) *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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! OTHO, BISHOP OF FREISING Otho, a Cistercian of Morimund and Bishop of Freysing (Freising), is better known as  Otto . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 638) 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINT EXUPERIUS, MARTYR Saint Exuperius was a soldier and companion in suffering of  Saint Maurice  (Mauritius).  He is mentioned by name  in the Roman Martyrology *. The oldest copies of the Martyrology of  Saint Jerome * state: the memory of Saint Mauritius with 6666 martyrs (S. Mauritii cum VI. mill. DCLXVI.),  which is almost the number given in the biography of Abbot Romanus. His companions Exuperius, Candidus, Victor, Innocent and Vitalis are also listed there. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 153 and Volume 4, Augsburg 1875, pp. 331-39) *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 Exuperius may increase our devotion and promote our ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT SYLVANUS, CONFESSOR Today, we also commemorate Saint Sylvanus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In the territory of Bourges, Saint Sylvanus, confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sylvanus 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT FLORENTIUS, PRIEST Today, we also commemorate Saint Florentius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "In Poitou, the holy priest Florentius." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Florentius 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT LAUTO, BISHOP Today, we also commemorate Saint Lauto . The Roman Martyrology states:  "In the territory of Coutances, Saint Lauto, bishop." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Lauto 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT IRAIS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Irais and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Antinoopolis, in Egypt, the holy martyrs Irais, an Alexandrian virgin, and her companions. Having gone out to draw water at a fountain near by, and seeing a boat loaded with Christian confessors, she immediately left her vessel and joined them. Being conducted to the city with them, after many torments, she was the first to have her head struck off; and after her, priests, deacons, virgins, and all others underwent the same kind of death." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Irais 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT EMMERAMUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Emmeramus . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Ratisbon [Regensburg], in Bavaria, Saint Emmeramus, bishop and martyr, who, to deliver others, endured patiently a most cruel death for the sake of our Lord." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Emmeramus 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. ➡️ More information about Saint Emmeram

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September SAINT JONAS, PRIEST AND MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Jonas. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Arpajon, near Paris, Saint Jonas, priest and martyr, who went to France with Saint Denis , and after being scourged by order of the prefect Julian, ended his martyrdom by the sword." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Jonas 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINTS DIGNA AND EMERITA, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Digna and Emerita . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Rome, the martyrdom of the holy virgins and martyrs Digna and  Emerita , under Valerian and Gallienus. Their relics are kept in the church of Saint Marcellus." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Digna and Emerita 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 SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September 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, s...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! CLEMENT XIV., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Lorenzo Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli was born at Sant' Arcangelo, near Rimini, October 31, 1705; died at Rome, September 22, 1774. At the death of Clement XIII the Church was in dire distress. Gallicanism and Jansenism, Febronianism and Rationalism were up in rebellion against the authority of the Roman pontiff; the rulers of France, Spain, Naples, Portugal, Parma were on the side of the sectarians who flattered their dynastic prejudices and, at least in appearance, worked for the strengthening of the temporal power against the spiritual.  The new pope would have to face a coalition of moral and political forces which Clement XIII had indeed manfully resisted, but failed to put down, or even materially to check. The great question between Rome and the Bourbon princes was the suppression of the Society of Jesus. In France, Spain, and Portu...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September 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 li...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANOVA, BISHOP  St Thomas was born at Fuenlana in Castile in 1488. His parents, Alphonsus Thomas Garcias and Lucy Martinez, were originally of Villanova. Their fortune was not affluent; but it contented all their wishes, and with their prudent frugality enabled them liberally to assist the poor. The first words which his parents had taught him to pronounce were the names of Jesus and Mary; and during his whole life he had the most tender devotion to the mother of God.  At the age of fifteen he was sent to the university of Alcala, which had been lately founded by Cardinal Ximenes, who gave him a place in St Ildefonso’s college.  After eleven years spent at Alcala he was made professor of philosophy in that city, being then twenty-six years old. After he had taught two years at Alcala, he taught moral philosophy two years at Salamanca: during which time he consi...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September 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 li...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September 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 li...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of September WELCOME! SAINT SALABERGA, WIDOW AND ABBESS   Salaberga's parents, Gundoinus and Saretrudis (otherwise also called Bertoldus and Bertildis), were very wealthy. She had two brothers, Lendulnus Bodo, later Bishop of Toul, and Fulcnisus Bodo. Her birthplace was Orney, diocese of Langres.  As a virgin she went blind, but around the year 617 the holy Abbot  Eustasius of Luxeuil cured her by means of prayer and consecrated oil, which he applied to  her sick eyes. Thereupon she had her eyesight restored. The miracle probably happened on the Meuse estate (Mosa), where the parents stayed.  Soon after, her parents gave her for marriage to a nobleman named Richrammus. She agreed, although she would have preferred to take the veil. Her husband died just two months after the wedding. But she had to get married a second time. So her wish to go to the monastery in Remiremont remained unfulfill...