ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of December WELCOME! BLESSED WILLIAM OF FENOGLIO, RELIGIOUS Born in 1065 in the diocese of Mondovi, Italy, Blessed William of Fenoglio was attracted to the religious life from an early age. For several years he lived as a hermit not far from his birthplace. HE JOINED THE CARTHUSIANS Later, he moved to to the Charterhouse of Casotto where he joined the Carthusians as a lay brother, observing the rule of obedience, piety and charity. Deeply prayerful and always hard working in the in- and outdoors, he is depicted with a leg of a mule in his hand, which he used to defend himself when set upon by robbers, and which he miraculously reattached to his beast of burden after the brigands had been driven away. The patron saint of Carthusians, he died at Casotto around 1120. His body remained incorrupt. PRAYER: O God, greatness of the meek and humble, grant, we beseech you, that, through Blessed William’s intercession and examp...