SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 4th of September WELCOME! SAINT SULPITIUS, BISHOP OF BAYEUX According to the Gallia Christiana *, Sulpitius was the 20th in the line of succession of the bishops of Bayeux. He ruled this diocese around the middle of the 9th century and met his death at the cruel hands of the Normans.  After their departure, his body was found under the ruins of the monastery of Val-Sainte ( Vallis sancta , Heiligenthal ). It was later said that his relics were transferred to St Ghislain. In this case he would be identical with S. Sulpitius Baionensis . (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 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sulpitius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesu...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 1st of August   WELCOME! SAINT EXUPERIUS, BISHOP OF BAYEUX Saint Exuperius was a bishop of Bayeux (Bajocae), whose activity may well have been at the end of the fourth or beginning of the fifth century. In A.D. 863, during the Norman raids, his relics were brought to the Castle in Gatinois and from there (in 943) to Corbeil (Corbolium) near Paris, where Count Haimon built a church and founded a monastery dedicated to this saint. (I. 52) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 152-53) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Exuperius 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. Sources of these article...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November SAINT VIGOR, BISHOP OF BAYEUX Today, we also commemorate Saint Vigor . The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Bayeux, Saint Vigor, bishop, in the time of Childebert, king of the Franks." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Vigor 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 MAY Saints celebrated on the 16th of May WELCOME! SAINT RAGNOBERT, BISHOP OF BAYEUX Saint Ragnobert (Ragnobertus, Regnobertus) was the tenth bishop of Bayeux (Bajocum). He died around A.D. 650. At first, he was buried next to his ancestor, St Exuperius, but towards the end of the 9th century, his body was transferred to Varzy.  He is venerated at Bayeux on the first Sunday of September (which is listed as September 1). His deacon Zeno is mentioned together with him in the French Martyrology*. Apart from quite a few other churches, he is also said to have built the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Delivrande. Relics of St Ragnobert were also kept at Corbeil, Besançon and Auxerre. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable fea...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of November ST VIGOR, BISHOP OF BAYEUX Saint Vigor, Bishop of Bayeux (Bajocae) in northern France, is listed in the Roman Martyrology . According to the Gall. Chr. * he is the seventh bishop of that See in the succession. Arnold Wion * and the Proper of Bayeux * are the main sources from which his story can be pieced together. Born in the Artois countryside of wealthy parents, and given by them to St Vedastus for his education, his parents wanted nevertheless to prevent that Vigor entered the monastic state. Feeling called to become a monk, however, Vigor left his homeland with his friend Theodemir. After some time, they arrived in the area around Bayeux.  There they started working straight away. First the saint laboured to eradicate paganism at Roduerum. God blessed his effort. Vigor brought back to life a child he had baptised. He healed the blind, the mute, and the sick of every kind, and killed a serpent whi...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 28th of May Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that...