ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of November WELCOME! SAINT AMBROSE, ABBOT OF SAINT MAURICE Saint Ambrose (Ambrosius) was abbot of the monastery of St Moritz (Agaunum) [Abbey of Saint Maurice, Saint-Maurice d'Agaune] in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. He lived during the reign of King Sigismund of Burgundy, who restored this monastery. He himself followed Saint Hymnemund and had Saint Achida (Achidus) as successor. He died around A.D. 560. His name is listed in the Roman Martyrology on November 2. (Buc.) (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ambrose 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 a...