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SAINT FEAST DAY 11 MARCH

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day March 11 Saint Aengus Saint Aengus, Hermit Blessed Antonia of Florence, Widow Saint Constantine, Martyr Eulogius, Bishop of Amiens Saint Eulogius of Cordoba, Priest and Martyr Eunice, Mother of Saint Timothy Saint Eunuculus, Martyr Saint Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis, Martyr Saint George, Thaumaturgus Lois, Grandmother of Saint Timothy Palumbus, Hermit Paschasius, Confessor Raphael of Vartha, Religious Saint Rosina, Virgin and Martyr Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem Blessed Thomas Atkinson, Priest and Martyr Ulrich, Abbot of Kaisheim Saint Valerius, Martyr of Carthage Saint Vigilus, Bishop of Auxerre Saints Gorgonius and Firmus, Martyrs Saints Heraclius and Companions, Martyrs Martyrs of Antioch Saints Trophimus and Thalus, Martyrs -1103-

SAINT FEAST DAY 11 MARCH: ST AENGUS, HERMIT

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 11th of March WELCOME! SAINT AENGUS, HERMIT Saint Aengus (The Culdee) (also known as St Oengus) is an Irish saint who flourished in the last quarter of the eighth century, and is the author of the Felire, or Festology of the Saints. Born near Clonengh, Ireland, Aengus was educated at the monastic school, founded there by St Fintan, not far from the present town of Mountrath. Becoming a hermit, he lived for a time at Disert-beagh, where, on the banks of the Nore, he is said to have communed with the angels. From his love of prayer and solitude he was named the "Culdee", or "Servant of God."  HE CONCEALED HIS IDENTITY Not satisfied with his hermitage, which was only a mile from Clonenagh, and, therefore, liable to be disturbed by students or wayfarers, Aengus removed to a more solitary abode eight miles distant. This sequestered place, two miles southeast of the present town of Maryborough, was called after him...