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ST DESIDERIUS, BISHOP OF CAHORS - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed the...

ST PADUIN - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed the...

ST LEONTIUS, BISHOP OF BORDEAUX - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   ST LEONTIUS, BISHOP Saint Leontius, also called Leguntius, is - according to Zedler - the 10th Bishop of Bordeaux, the second of this name or the younger (to distinguish him from St Leontius, his ancestor). HE DID ARMED SERVICE IN HIS YOUTH St Leontius was born in Saintes. He came from one of the finest houses in Aquitaine. In his youth he did armed service against the Visigoths in Spain and in Narbonne Gaul.  HE BECAME BISHOP Because of his splendid virtues, the people and clergy of Bordeaux elected him their chief shepherd in 541.  From this time on he looked at his wife Placidina, who could count among her ancestors St Sidonius and the emperor Avitus, no different than at a beloved sister, and Placidina, completely devoted to godliness herself, found her greatest delight in supporting her husband in all good works.  HE BUILT A CHURCH St Leontius used his considerable property to b...

ST LEOPOLD, CONFESSOR - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed the...

ST MALO, BISHOP - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   WELCOME! SAINT MALO, BISHOP Church St Vincent in Saint Malo Saint Malo (Maclou, Machutus), first bishop of Aleth in Brittany, was a native of England, and cousin-german to  Saint Sampson and Saint Magloire .  At an early age he was sent for his education to Ireland, where he made a rapid progress in learning and virtue. HE RETIRED INTO BRITTANY Being ordained priest, he was soon after elected to a bishopric by the suffrages of the people: but he declined that dignity, and retired into Brittany, where he put himself under the direction of a holy recluse named Aaron , near Aleth.  About the year 541 he was made bishop of this city, and died on November 15, 565.  IT IS FROM HIM THAT THE CITY OF ST MALO HAS ITS NAME It is from him the city of St Malo has its name; for his sacred remains were carried thither after Aleth had been reduced to a village, and the episcopal see transferre...

ST FINTAN, MISSIONARY AND HERMIT - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   WELCOME! SAINT FINTAN, MISSIONARY AND HERMIT     ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints St Fintan, 9th century Irish Saint and missionary in Switzerland and Germany, famous for his sublime prayer and spirit of penance.  He passed the last years of his life as a Recluse in an island in the River Rhine, and is still in great local veneration. He is said to have passed away A.D. 827. From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Pour into our hearts, O Lord, we pray, a longing for heavenly glory, and grant that we may come, bearing in our hands sheaves of justice, to where Saint Fintan shines with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

ST EUGENIUS OF PARIS - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   WELCOME! SAINT EUGENIUS OF PARIS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Saint Eugenius was a disciple of St Dionysius, first bishop of Paris, and suffered martyrdom at Paris soon after him, according to the New Paris Breviary in A.D. 275.  A DISCIPLE OF ST DIONYSIUS His relics were translated to Toledo, in Spain, in 1148, as is related by Mariana. It is by mistake that some have confounded this martyr with Eugenius, the pious and learned archbishop of Toledo . (From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints) ➡️ Saint Eugenius, Archbishop of Toledo  

ST ABIBUS OF EDESSA - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their live...

SAINT FEAST DAY 15 NOVEMBER

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER ⬅️ Yesterday   ➡️ Tomorrow                              Saint of the Day Saint feast day November 15 Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Saint Abibus of Edessa   Catherine Perez, Virgin Saint Cessator, Bishop of Limoges Saint Desiderius Saint Epistene, Martyr Saint Eugenius of Paris   Eutychius, Bishop of Syracuse Blessed Everard of Clairvaux St Fintan, Missionary    Henry, Archbishop of Reims Hasso, Religious Blessed Hugh Faringdon, Martyr Blessed John Eynon, Priest and Martyr Blessed John Rugg, Priest and Martyr Saint Junianus, Hermit Saint Laurence, Bishop of Nola Saint Leontius, Bishop of Bordeaux Saint Leopold, Confessor Saint Malo, Bishop   Saint Nonnitas, Bishop of Girona Olma of Brescia Saint Paduin, Abbot Saint Quintus, Bishop of Nola Blessed Richard Whiting, Abbot and Martyr Servant of God Vivian Uchechi Ogu, Virgin and ...

SAINT FEAST DAY 15 NOVEMBER: ST ALBERT THE GREAT

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 15th of November WELCOME! SAINT ALBERT THE GREAT, BISHOP, CONFESSOR, AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH ⬅️ Doctors of the Church - Complete List Saint Albert, called the Great [Albertus Magnus], because of his extraordinary learning, was born at Lauingen on the Danube in Swabia, and was carefully educated from boyhood. To pursue higher studies, he left his native land and went to Padua. At the urging of blessed Jordan, Master General of the Order of Preachers, and against the futile opposition of his uncle, he sought admission into the family of Dominic. HE BECAME A DOMINICAN After being elected to membership among the brethren, he was conspicuous for his piety and for his strict observance of the rule. He had the greatest love for the Blessed Virgin Mary and burned with zeal for souls. He was sent to complete his studies at Cologne. Afterwards he was appointed professor at Hildesheim, Fribourg, Ratisbon and Strasbourg, succ...