ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 15th of July WELCOME! DISPERSION OF THE APOSTLES (Latin: Divisio Apostolorum ), a feast in commemoration of the missionary work of the Twelve Apostles. THE COMMEMORATION OF THE MISSIONARY WORK OF THE APOSTLES It is celebrated as a double major on July 15. The first vestige of this feast is found in the sequence composed for it by a certain Godescalc (died 1098) while a monk of Limburg on the Haardt; he also introduced this feast at Aachen, when provost of the church of Our Lady. The sequence is authentic beyond doubt. It is next mentioned by William Durandus, Bishop of Mende in the second half of the thirteenth century. Under the title, " Dimissio ", " Dispersio ", or " Divisio Apostolorum " it was universally celebrated during the Middle Ages in Spain and Italy. THE OBJECT OF THE FEAST The object of the feast (so Godescalcus) is to commemorate the departure (dispersion) of the Apostles from Jerus...