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SAINT FEAST DAY 2 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day September 2 Saint Ingrid of Sweden   Saint Ingrid of Sweden, Widow Saint Agricola, Bishop of Avignon Saint Antoninus, Martyr Blessed Bartolome Gutierrez, Martyr Saint Brocard, General of the Carmelite Order Blessed Claudio Granzotto, Religious   Saint Eleazar, Patriarch Saint Elpidius, Abbot Saint Elpidius, Bishop of Lyon Saint Eutychius, Martyr Saint Justus, Archbishop of Lyons Blessed Margaret of Louvain, Martyr Blessed Maria Velotti, Virgin and Foundress Saint Maxima, Martyr Michael Alphonsus Shen Fuzong, Jesuit Saint Nonnosus, Abbot Saint Octavian, Hermit Olphin, Bishop of Reims Saint Oronius, Bishop of Carpentras Saint Solomon Leclercq, Martyr   Saint Tobit the Prophet Saint William of Roskilde, Bishop Saint Diomedes and Companions, Martyrs Saints Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callista, Martyrs Martyrs of September Saint Zeno and Companions, Martyrs -0209-

SAINT FEAST DAY 2 SEPTEMBER: ST INGRID OF SWEDEN

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September WELCOME! SAINT INGRID OF SWEDEN, WIDOW Saint Ingrid , foundress and prioress (Ingrid Elofsdotter of Skänninge, Ingrid Elovsdotter), born around 1235 in Skänninge in Östergötland in Sweden, the daughter of one of the most important aristocratic families in the country, married at a young age and was widow not long after. After the death of her husband, she and her siblings founded the first  Dominican  convent in Sweden on their property in Skänninge.  THE PILGRIMAGE After a pilgrimage to the seven pilgrimage churches in Rome and Jerusalem, she herself entered her monastery and was its first prioress from 1281. Saint Ingrid passed to her eternal reward on September 2 , 1282 or October 9 , 1282. Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints  PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ingrid may increase our devotion and promote our salvat...