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SAINT FEAST DAY 6 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day April 6 Saint William of Æbelholt Blessed Ambrose of Mediolano Balderic, Bishop of Utrecht Saint Berticham, Bishop of Orkney Saint Celestine I., Pope Saint Celsus, Archbishop of Armagh Saint Euphemius Saint Eutychius I., Patriarch of Constantinople Henry, Religious Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium Saint Juliana of Liège, Virgin Saint Marcellin, Martyr Blessed Maria Karlowska, Foundress Saint Notker the Stammerer Saint Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, Priest and Martyr Saint Peter of Verona, Martyr Blessed Pierina Morosini, Virgin and Martyr Saint Prudentius, Bishop of Troyes Saint Rothildis, Abbess Saint Sixtus I., Pope and Martyr Thomas Albicher, Religious Saint Platonides and Companions, Martyrs Saints Timothy and Diogenes, Martyrs 120 Martyrs of Hadiab -0604-

SAINT FEAST DAY 6 APRIL: ST WILLIAM OF ÆBELHOLT

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 6th of April WELCOME! SAINT WILLIAM OF ÆBELHOLT, ABBOT St William of Æbelholt was abbot of Eskill in Denmark, He was born 1105 of a noble French family, and became a secular canon at Sainte Genevieve-du-Mond and, after Suger’s reform, a canon regular.  RESTORATION OF RELIGIOUS DISCIPLINE He was sub-prior of the monastery when Bishop Absalom of Lund, who had heard reports of William’s sanctity, sent Saxo Grammaticus to Paris to request his assistance in restoring religious discipline in his diocese.  ABBOT OF ESKILL The saint acceded to his request, becoming Abbot of Eskill, where he succeeded in bringing back the religious to the primitive observance of their rule. He died in 1202 and was canonised on February 12, 1224, his feast being observed on April 6. Information from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint William may increase our devotion and...