ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of December WELCOME! BLESSED URBAN V., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Guillaume de Grimoard, born at Grisac in Languedoc, 1310; died at Avignon, December 19, 1370. Born of a knightly family, he was educated at Montpellier and Toulouse, and became a Benedictine monk at the little priory of Chirac near his home. A Bull of 1363 informs us that he was professed at the great Abbey of St Victor at Marseilles, where he imbibed his characteristic love for the Order of St Benedict; even as pope he wore its habit. He was ordained at Chirac, and after a further course of theology and canon law at the universities of Toulouse, Montpellier, Paris, and Avignon, he received the doctorate in 1342. HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST CANONISTS OF HIS DAY He was one of the greatest canonists of his day; was professor of canon law at Montpellier, and also taught at Toulouse, Paris, and Avignon; he acted successively as vicar-gen...