ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 31st of May WELCOME! PILIGRINUS, BISHOP OF PASSAU Piligrinus of Passau (Piligrim, Pilgrim, Pilegrinus, Peregrinus) is also remembered on May 20. This famous bishop of Passau is listed by some as a "saint" and by others as a "blessed". Born Count von Pechlarn, he had been a canon in Niederaltaich for a long time. In A.D. 971 he mounted the episcopal chair and governed his church for twenty years with great wisdom and piety. He was the 27th bishop. By organising the pastoral care, he continued the work of conversion and secured the See's existence. He received external support for this from Duke Geisa and his wife Sarolta. His main merit is probably his great zeal for the conversion of the Hungarians. He wanted to make them Christians, and thereby bring peace both to themselves and to the neighbouring peoples. Five thousand Magyars were soon converted. He prepared the predominance of the Roman Church over...