ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 6th of October WELCOME! BLESSED ARTALDUS, BISHOP OF BELLEY Blessed Artaldus, Bishop of Belley (Belica) in France, was descended from the noble family of the Lords of Sothnode. Early he did he start to despise the world and its vain honours and riches. He joined the order of the Carthusians, were he distinguished himself through his genuine humility and sincere fear of God. Sent by his superiors to found new cells of his order in the Geneva diocese, he chose to stay there in the wilderness and laid the foundation for the new cell in Arvières (Arveria) near Geneva. This took place about 1132. Following the death of Bishop Raynaldus of Belley, our saint was chosen to succeed the deceased. St Artaldus, however, scarcely informed of it, fled in an attempt to escape this heavy burden. He was discovered by a heavenly light that appeared over his whereabouts and was brought back to the city an...