SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 2nd of February WELCOME! SAINT ADALBALD OF OSTREVENT Adalbald I. (Adalbert, Adalbard) (d. 652) was the son of Gerberga, daughter of the magister militum Richomer and  Gertrude of Hamage (d. 649), who founded a nunnery at Wandignies-Hamage near Douai. He was influenced by  Saint Amandus . According to Alban Butler , Adalbald had two brothers, Sigefrid, count of Ponthieu, and Archenald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, son of Dagobert , to whom they were related. His relationship with Merovingian King Dagobert has been proposed to have been through his mother Gerberga, and her sister Bertrude (or perhaps Haldetrude, Clothar's first wife).  Adalbald was a leading noble and claimed lordship of Douai. In 630, Adalbald founded Marchiennes Abbey. During a military expedition in Gascony, he met and married  Rictrudis  of Marchiennes, daughter of Ernoldo, lord of Toulouse, despite the opposition of both ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 20th of June WELCOME! SAINT ADALBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF MAGDEBURG Saint Adalbert (Adalbertus), the first archbishop of Magdeburg, was initially a Benedictine monk in Trier. Otto I., at the request of some Russians, sent him to their area to evangelize the general population. But not only did he achieve nothing in Russia - on top of that, his companions were killed and his own life was in grave danger more than once. As a reward for his efforts, Emperor Otto I. made him abbot of the Weissenburg monastery in the Speyer diocese in A.D. 966, and two years later he was appointed archbishop of Magdeburg; this dignity was confirmed by Pope John XIII .  The cathedral chapter in Magdeburg, in which he introduced strict order, owed him the right to elect an archbishop, as he himself received the pallium, and installed the first bishops of Merseburg, Meissen and Zeitz. He died in 981 and was buried at the Magdeburg Cathedral. (Informa...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 16th of May   WELCOME! SAINT ADALBERT, BISHOP OF SOISSONS Saint  Adalbert was bishop of Soissons and is perhaps one and the same person with  Anobertus  (Annobertus), bishop of Seez  (Sagiensis) . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg 1858, pp. 22-24) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Adalbert may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 23rd of April 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 lives, so ...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 25th of June 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 lives, so that, af...