ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of November WELCOME! SAINT ABBO, ABBOT AND MARTYR St Abbo (or Albo), abbot in the Fleury monastery, received his education in the said Fleury or the St Benedict monastery on the Loire, where he also took his vows. He was very learned for his time, but he was more distinguished by his virtues. At the request of St Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, who had also lived as a monk at Fleury Abbey, he travelled to England and was placed in charge of the Ramsey Abbey School. ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE APPROACHED HIM FOR ADVICE On his return to his Fleury monastery, he was elected abbot and practiced strict discipline and order. Because of his reputation of holiness and wisdom, he was asked for advice from all kinds of places, and also received a mission to Rome from King Robert, Capet's son. He valiantly defended the rights of his abbey against Bishop Arnulf of Orleans, and wrote a justification on this to the k...