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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day April 1 Saint Valery, Religious Achaz the Just Blessed Anacleto Gonzales Flores, Martyr Saint Callach, Bishop of Armagh Saint Ctesiphon, Bishop of Vergio Saint Dodolinus, Bishop of Vienne Saint Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness Saint Hugh, Abbot of Bonnevaux Saint Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble Blessed John Bretton, Martyr John XV., Pope Saint Mary of Egypt, Penitent Saint Melito, Bishop of Sardes Saint Meliton, Bishop of Sulci Saint Nuno Alvares Pereira Saint Procopius, Abbot Saint Sigibald, Bishop of Metz Saint Theodora, Martyr Saints Basilides and Gerontius, Martyrs Saint Ingeniana and Companions, Martyrs of Thessalonica Saint Parthenus and Companions, Martyrs of Armenia Saints Quinctian and Irenaeus, Martyrs Saints Victor and Stephen, Martyrs -0104-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 1st of April WELCOME! SAINT VALERY (WALERIUS), RELIGIOUS A son of simple farmers in the Somme, France, Saint Valery tended his father's sheep in his childhood. He was seized by an ardent desire to learn to read and write and approached a local teacher who wrote the alphabet on a slate and explained it to him once. Valery took the slate back to his sheep and taught himself to read, until he was able to read the psalter. His uncle, a monk, eventually admitted him to the monastery of St Antony's at Autumo. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO READ As the years went by, he felt drawn to Luxeuil by the reputation of the penitential lives of its monks and the spiritual wisdom of Saint Columban . To test his humility and obedience,  Saint Columban  told him to tend to the monastery garden, which was at the time overrun with slugs and other pests. Under his care, however, the garden always yielded enough food for the monastery.  HUMILITY AN...