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ROUAUD, BISHOP OF VANNES - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! ROUAUD, BISHOP OF VANNES Rouaud ( Roaudus ), remembered on March 23, as well as June 26 and October 22, who is also spelled Ruandus and Rothaldus , started off as a Cistercian and later became Bishop of Vannes ( Vennetum ) in Brittany. He is said to have died at an advanced age in 1177. The Bollandists* list this holy Bishop among their Praetermissi , the French Martyrology * calls him " Blessed ," and Chalemot * refers to him as "Blessed of God." (III. 441.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 151) *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

BL. MARIA MAGDOLNA BODI, MARTYR - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! BLESSED MARIA MAGDOLNA BODI, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Blessed Mária Magdolna Bódi (Maria Magdolna Bodi), often referred to as "Magdi," was a Hungarian laywoman and martyr recognized by the Catholic Church for her heroic faith and sacrifice. She was born on August 8, 1921 in Szigliget, Hungary to a relatively poor family. Her parents were farm servants, who worked for different employers and moved around different villages on the western coast of Lake Balaton during Magdi’s childhood. Magdi had two brothers: Gyula and János (John). The marriage of their parents was irregular, and her father was uneducated in religious matters. Magdi distinguished herself in her childhood by her deep piety. She said many prayers every night. She offered many prayers for the conversion of her father, too. Magdi loved her father in spite of his drunkenness and bad manners. Sometimes she put herself between him and her moth...

SAINT OTHO, HERMIT - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! SAINT OTHO, HERMIT A Roman by birth and a soldier for many years, he finally fell into enemy captivity, from which he was freed by Saint Leonard, who appeared to him in a dream. After his miraculous release, he began to serve God in all earnest. He moved to Ariano, sheltering the strangers, and worked about three years as a cobbler, giving his earnings in alms to the poor. Finally he built himself a cell and lived in it all by himself. Once when the servant of a noble gentleman climbed his roof to fetch his master's falcon, he could move the bird until he had asked the saint's permission. Otho died around A.D. 1120. Church art shows him as a hermit; a falcon sitting on his hermitage. Around 1230 his relics were brought to Benevento. In Rome, at the church of Saint Martin and Sylvester, there has been an altar erected in his honour (III. 468). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Ency...

ODO, RELIGIOUS OF CAVA - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! ODO, RELIGIOUS OF CAVA Today, we also remember Odo, a Benedictine of Cava . (III. 441) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 612) 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

SAINT EUSEBIUS, BISHOP OF TROIS-CHATEAUX - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! SAINT EUSEBIUS, BISHOP OF TROIS-CHATEAUX Saint Eusebius was a bishop of Trois-Chateaux. Saint Victor, his predecessor, sent him to the fourth Council of Paris in 577. Saint Eusebius, after governing the diocese with much merit, died around the year 600. (Mg.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 121)) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eusebius 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

SAINT EPARCHIUS, MARTYR - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March SAINT EPARCHIUS, MARTYR Saint Eparchius, who was killed for his Christian faith in Greece, was a companion of Saint Pelagia. He is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology * on this day, along with his companions. (III. 460.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 70) *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 Eparchius 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

SAINT LIBERATUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 23 MARCH

SAINT LIBERATUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saint Liberatus, a doctor, his wife, who was also a believer, his two (unnamed) sons, together with a 7-year-old boy from a noble family, whose name is also unknown, and the presbyter Crescentius (Cresconius), were martyred for their Catholic faith at the time of the Arian Vandal king Huneric. Liberatus and his wife were mowed down, their sons and the other boy were thrown into the sea, and the presbyter Crescentius was locked up in a mountain cave near the town of Turgo, where he starved to death and was later found completely decomposed. Twelve other young boys, who distinguished themselves by their Christian heroism (their names are also unknown) are said to have been beaten so violently that they succumbed to their wounds. These too are said to have been highly honoured in Carthage. An eyewitness, Victor of Vita, says of the 7-year-old boy that when he was taken from his parents and his mother chased after the kidnappers in ...

SAINT PROCOPIUS, ABBOT - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March SAINT PROCOPIUS, ABBOT Abbot Procopius is the first Bohemian saint to be included in the number of saints by a papal bull. This happened on July 4, 1204 ( Pope Innocent III ). In the following year he was nominated patron saint of Bohemia, in which capacity he is still honoured to this day. Thereupon the monastery church at Sazawa (formerly dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist), was given his name instead. The saint's holiness and subsequent fame was founded on a solitary life hidden in God, which he had sought and cultivated from childhood, and from which he emerged only for the glory of God and the good of his fellow men. Born in A.D. 990 in the village of Chotaun (Chotum, Chottum), situated between Bohemian Brod and Kaurzim, he first had been a diocesan priest. Through association with a devout disciple of Saint Benedict, Procopius then became a hermit to be able to serve God more perfe...

SAINT AEDELWALD, PRIEST AND HERMIT - 23 MARCH

SAINT AEDELWALD, PRIEST AND HERMIT The name Aedelwaldus (Edilwaldus, Eadilwaldus, Aethelwaldus [Edelwald]; Saxon: Aethelwold, Odilwaldus; Anglo-Saxon: Aethelwold, means "noble Walter" (lord and administrator), "noble lord." Saint Aedelwald, for a long time, was a monk and priest at the monastery of Rye (Inrhipum) on the island of Farne in England and became famous for his miracles. Once, among other things, he calmed a violent storm at sea with his prayer. He died in the year 700 and was buried at Lindisfarne, whence in A.D. 995 his sacred body was brought to Durham (Dunelmum) and laid in a splendid tomb in A.D. 1160. In some older English martyrologies his festival is found on January 6 and also on June 11; but in later martyrologies the feast was always placed on March 23, which by no means seems to be saying that this was the day of his death, which is not known at all. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, ...

SAINT TRIANUS, MONK - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March SAINT TRIANUS, MONK ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Trianus is listed in the Mart. Taml .*. According to Kelly *, he was a contemporary and disciple of St Patrick (Patricius), who admitted him to the monastery at Croelbach, near Brosna, on the north-eastern border of the former province of Munster. Some writers suggest that he is the same person as Abbot Trena of Kill-Elga. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 566) *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 Trianus 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. ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs 🇮?...

JULIAN III., POPE - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March JULIAN III., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte was born at Rome, September 10, 1487; he died there, March 23, 1555. He was the son of a famous Roman jurist, studied jurisprudence at Perugia and Siena, and theology under the Dominican, Ambrosius Catharinus. In 1512 he succeeded his uncle Antonio del Monte as Archbishop of Siponto (Manfredonia), and in 1520 as Bishop of Pavia, retaining, however, the administration of Siponto. Later he became vice-legate of Perugia, and under Clement VII was twice appointed prefect of Rome. After the Sack of Rome (1527) he was one of the hostages given by Clement VII to the Imperialists, and would have been killed by the imperial Landsknechte in the Campo di Fiori, had he not been secretly liberated by Cardinal Pompio Colonna. In 1534 he became legate of Bologna, the Romagna, Parma, and Piacenza. Pope Paul III created him Card...

ST JULIAN, CONFESSOR - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March 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 ...

ST BENEDICT OF CAMPANIA, MONK - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! 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 l...

ST THEODULUS, PRIEST - 23 MARCH

SS. DOMITIUS, PELAGIA, AQUILA, EPARCHIUS, AND THEODOSIA, MARTYRS - 23 MARCH

SS. NICON AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 23 MARCH

SS. FELIX AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS IN AFRICA - 23 MARCH

ST FIDELIS, MARTYR - 23 MARCH

BL. EDMUND SYKES, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 23 MARCH

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! BLESSED EDMUND SYKES, PRIEST AND MARTYR ⬅️ Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales [Blessed] Edmund Sykes was born at Leeds. He was a student at the College at Reims where he was ordained February 21, 1581, and sent to the English Mission on June 5 following. HE LABOURED IN HIS NATIVE YORKSHIRE He laboured in his native Yorkshire with such zeal and sacrifice, that his strength failed. Arthur Webster, an apostate, took advantage of his illness to betray him, and he was committed to the York Kidcot by the Council of the North. In his weakness he consented to be present at the heretical service but he refused to repeat the act and remained a prisoner. THEY HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIS WEAKNESS DUE TO ILL HEALTH After confinement for about six months, he was again brought before the Council and sentenced to banishment. On August 23, 1585, he was transferred to the Castle of Kingston...