ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 16th of July WELCOME! SAINT FULRAD, ABBOT OF SAINT-DENIS Saint Fulrad, Abbot, commemorated on July 16, alternatively February 17, was born in Alsace, where his parents - the nobles Riculf and Ermengarda - held significant estates that later enabled him to found several monasteries. He achieved great renown through his piety, his superior intellect, and the positions of honour and office entrusted to him by popes and kings. According to historical records, he was the fourteenth Abbot of Saint-Denis (Dionysius) in France, an advisor to King Pepin, a palace chaplain, and archpriest of the kingdoms of Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy; he also served as arch-chaplain (or Grand Almoner) of France, a role he retained under Carloman and Charlemagne. In 744, he requested from Pope Zachary the pallium for the Archbishop of Reims; in 749, he was sent to Rome alongside Bishop Burchard of Würzburg to consult with the Holy Fat...