ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 8th of January WELCOME! JOHN EREMITA SICULUS John (Johannes Eremita Siculus) is remembered on January 8. Legend has it that he saw in a vision how Saints Denis , Maurice , and Martin defended the soul of the Gaulish King Dagobert against demonic forces. This supernatural event is also mentioned in the Life of Bishop Dado of Rouen (August 24) to whom this apparition and the written summary of it was mistakenly attributed to. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, p. 341) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org