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SAINT FEAST DAY 15 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day May 15 Saint Dymphna Saint Dymphna, Virgin Adelgarius, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen Alban Butler, Priest and Hagiographer Saint Dimidrianus, Bishop of Verona Saint Domninus of Piacenza, Deacon Saint Erembert, Bishop of Toulouse Saint Euphrasius, Bishop of Clermont Saint Euticius, Priest and Martyr Saint Felix, Martyr Saint Fortunatus of Pavia, Priest Saint Gerebern, Priest and Martyr Saint Halward, Martyr Saint Hilarus, Abbot of Galeata Saint Isidore, Martyr Saint Isidore the Farmer   John O'Kelly, Priest and Martyr Saint Leogontia, Virgin Saint Mancius, Martyr Blessed Maria, Wife of Saint Isidore Marinus I., Pope Saint Odorus, Martyr Saint Orestes, Martyr of Jerusalem Paul, Carmelite of Zaragoza Saint Paul, Abbot of Saint Maurice Saint Primael, Priest and Hermit Richard, Abbot of Fountains Saint Rupert of Bingen, Hermit Saint Secundus, Bishop of Avila Saint Simplicius, Bishop and Martyr S...

SAINT FEAST DAY 15 MAY: ST DYMPHNA

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 15th of May WELCOME! SAINT DYMPHNA, VIRGIN Tradition says that Saint Dymphna was a seventh century Irish princess, daughter of a Christian mother and a pagan father. Tragically, her mother died when Dymphna was a young teenager and Dymphna’s father, the balance of his mind disturbed, tried to marry his own daughter.  SHE FLED ABROAD Dymphna sought help from a priest, Father Gerebran [ Gerebern ] who, understanding that the king, her father, had the power to do whatever he wanted, advised her to flee abroad. Fr Gerebran and two others escaped with Dymphna to Gheel in modern-day Belgium. However, her father tracked her down, and when she refused to return with him killed Fr Gerebran and Dymphna, cutting off their heads with his sword.  PATRON SAINT OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES They were buried in tombs by the local people and soon there were reports of the miraculous healing at Dymphna’s tomb of the mentally ill...