ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of September BLESSED ALPAÏS, PENITENT Alpaïs is remembered on September 17. Listed by some writers among the "Blessed", Alpaïs was a penitent, probably of Belgian origin. [The hagiographer] Bucelin calls her a nun (Monialis). (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Alpaïs 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.