ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 7th of April WELCOME! VENERABLE BERNARD, ABBOT OF MARMOUTIER Venerable Bernard (Bernardus) was Abbot of Marmoutier near Tours. He ruled over many monasteries like a father. His main concern was to ban vain gossip from the monasteries. He died in A.D. 1100. (Lechn.) (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations