SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  WELCOME! LEONTIUS, BISHOP OF ARLES The successor of Augustalis  (French: Autal), Leontius became bishop of Arles in A.D. 460.  Some letters written by and to Leontius still exist, among them several penned by Pope Hilary . Bishop Leontius presided over the Council of Arles in 463.  Saint Aeonius   succeeded him on the chair of Arles.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 21st of January WELCOME! PATROCLUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARLES, MARTYR Patroclus was an archbishop and martyr at Arles, whom several writers list as "Saint Patroclus." The Bollandists * mention him among the Praetermissi (II. 337). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875) *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 19th of September ROLAND HEBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF ARLES Roland Hebert (Rolandus aut Rothlandus), Archbishop of Arles (Arelate) is mentioned in the records in connection with the translation of Saint Honoratus . Although it says there that Roland is buried with some other bishop saints, he himself enjoyed no public veneration and is therefore listed by the Bollandists*  among the Praetermissi*. He is also remembered on June 21. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 125) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! SAINT AURELIANUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARLES, CONFESSOR  Being promoted to that see in 546, he founded in that city a great monastery for monks, in which he was seconded by the munificence of king Childebert. He enriched the same with relics of the holy cross, St Stephen, SS. Peter and Paul, St John, St James, St Andrew, St Gennesius, St Symphorianus, St Victor, St Hilary, St Martin, St Caesarius, etc.  HIS RULE FOR THE MONKS AND THE NUNS He compiled a rule for these monks, and another for the nunnery of St Mary which he also built in the same city. Both these rules are extant in the code of St Benedict of Anian, and in Le Cointe’s Annals. He mentions the commemoration of the faithful departed at the altar; and also of the living: in that of the saints he added in particular those martyrs and confessors whose relics that church was possessed of.  "AURELIAN THE SINNER" The saint usually styles himself Au...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 5th of May WELCOME! SAINT HILARY OF ARLES, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR    (A.D. 449.) Saint Hilary of Arles was nobly born, about the year 401, and was related to St Honoratus of Arles , and of the same country in Gaul, which was probably Lorraine, or some other part of Austrasia.  HIS EDUCATION He was brought up in a manner suitable to his birth, in the study of the liberal arts, and of every branch of polite learning, especially of eloquence and philosophy.  "NEITHER SCIENCE NOR BIRTH CAN EXALT US" But how little value we ought to set on all things that appear great in the eyes of the world he himself has taught us. “We are all equal,” says he, “in Jesus Christ; and the highest degree of our nobility is to be of the number of the true servants of God. Neither science nor birth, according to this world, can exalt us, but in proportion to our contempt of them.”  THE WORLD'S SEDUCING CHARMS AND PLEASURES Befo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 30th of August WELCOME! SAINT AEONIUS, BISHOP OF ARLES Saint Aeonius was Bishop of Arles in France and the successor of Leontius .  LETTERS ADDRESSED TO HIM STILL EXIST He lived at the time of Popes Felix III, Gelasius, Anastasius and Symmachus, of whom there are still letters to him regarding the metropolitan rights of Arles, which the bishops of Vienne sought to dispute.  HE RECOMMENDED A SUCCESSOR TO HIS SEE Immediately before his death, he exhorted the people of Arles not to elect anyone else as his successor than St Caesarius, who would be the most worthy.  Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 27th of August WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS OF ARLES, BISHOP Saint Caesarius was born in 470, in the territory of Challons, on the Saone, and descended from a family of distinguished piety. When but seven years old, he often gave his clothes to poor people whom he met begging. In his youth he resolved to renounce the world.    Eonius, the archbishop,  ordained him deacon, and afterwards priest; soon after he made him abbot of a monastery built in an island in the Rhone, within the suburbs of the city. Three years after, lying on his death-bed, he recommended him for his successor. The saint fled, and hid himself among the Roman sumptuous tombs, a great number of which are remaining to this day near the city; but being discovered, he was obliged to acquiesce in the unanimous election of the clergy and the whole city, in 501. HE WAS OBLIGED TO ACQUIESCE IN THE UNANIMOUS ELECTION He was then thirty years old, and he...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of December WELCOME! SAINT TROPHIMUS, BISHOP OF ARLES Today, we also commemorate Saint Trophimus, bishop. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Arles, the birthday of Saint Trophimus, mentioned by Saint Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. Being consecrated bishop by that Apostle, he was the first sent to preach the Gospel of Christ in that city. From his preaching as from a fountain, according to the expression of Pope Saint Zosimus , all Gaul received the waters of salvation." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Trophimus, your blessed bishop, 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 JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 16th of January WELCOME!   SAINT HONORATUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARLES, ABBOT Saint Honoratus was of a consular Roman family, then settled in Gaul, and was well versed in the liberal arts.  HE RENOUNCED THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS In his youth he renounced the worship of idols, and gained his elder brother Venantius to Christ, whom he also inspired with a contempt of the world. They desired to renounce it entirely, but a fond Pagan father put continual obstacles in their way: at length they took with them St Caprais , a holy hermit, for their director, and sailed from Marseilles to Greece, with the design to live there unknown, in some desert.  HE PLANNED TO LIVE THERE UNKNOWN Venantius soon died happily at Methone; and Honoratus, being also sick, was obliged to return with his conductor. He first led an eremitical life in the mountains near Frejus.  Two small islands lie in the sea near that coast: one larger, at a ...