ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 18th of April WELCOME! BLESSED EVERARD, RELIGIOUS The name Eberhard, Everard etc. means brave as a boar in the old German tongue. Blessed Everard ( Everardus , Eberhard) was a conversus (lay brother) who led a godly life at the Hemmenrode monastery . (Buc.) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 147) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Everard 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 articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org