SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 26th of October WELCOME! SAINT ALFRED THE GREAT Saint Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, was born around 849 - the fifth son of the king.  Having become king himself on April 23, 871, Danish invaders posed a severe threat, but he managed to establish Saxon supremacy. Alfred improved the quality of life of his subjects: he issued laws, restored and founded monasteries, including Shaftesbury Abbey. His work as a patron of the arts, literature, and especially the Church made him a popular king.  His wife,  Edelwida , whom he married in 868, bore him five children, St Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury was one of them. He translated Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy into Anglo-Saxon, as well as Bede’s Ecclesiastical History and the Pastoral Rule and Dialogues of Pope St Gregory the Great. St Alfred also bore the cross of poor health - he suffered from Crohn's Disease. He died on October 26, 899. PRAYER: O God, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 15th of August WELCOME! SAINT ALTFRID, BISHOP  St Altfrid's [Alfred] feast day is celebrated on August 15, but also in Essen and Hildesheim on August 16. HE TOOK PART IN A COUNCIL OF MAINZ He was a Benedictine monk, became bishop of Hildesheim, Germany, and founded the Abbey in Essen. He is first mentioned by name on October 3. 852, when he took part in a council in Mainz as Bishop of Hildesheim. According to the Hildesheim Chronicle St Altfrid died "rich in days" in 874, from which a year of birth of around 800 is assumed. It seems likely that he belonged to the Saxon nobility. BISHOP OF HILDESHEIM He became Bishop of Hildesheim in succession to Ebbo, who died on March 20 of that year.  In 864, St Altfrid moved the relics of St Marsus from Auxerre to an unknown place in Saxony, most likely to Corvey Abbey . His sermon on the arrival of the relics survives. In addition, St Altfrid laid the cornerstone of a new cat...