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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 17th of July WELCOME! SAINT ZOERARD, HERMIT Saint Zoerard (Zoerardus), who is also called Sucradus, Zuirardus, or  Zucradus,  flourished in the early 11th century in Hungary, spending his life in penitential severity and holiness. His fatherland was today's Poland, his place of birth is unknown. This Saint, grown from peasant stock "like a rose from thorns," once saw a monk busy working in the fields and said to himself: "If a monk can do farm work, then a farmer can also become a monk." He had long been fascinated by the constant prayer and singing, worship and penitential life of the monks. To this end he went to Hungary, at the time when the first Christian king of that country, Saint Stephen, had ascended the throne.  The name of the monastery where he was welcomed under the name  Andrew was Zomora (Zabor) near Neitra. After a while, with the approval of Abbot Philip, Saint Zoerard exchanged the mona...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 17th of July WELCOME! SAINT ANDREW, HERMIT  Saint Andrew, commemorated on July 17 , May 1 , and July 16 , was a confessor of the faith who is venerated particularly in Poland and Hungary. He is the same person as Saint Zoerard  ( Zoerardus ) . The Roman Martyrology for the Order of the Camaldolese* , as well as the Proprium for Poland and Sweden, lists this holy man on July 16 . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 192) *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 Andrew 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 origina...