ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 29th of January WELCOME! SAINT AQUILINUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR Saint Aquilinus was born to noble parents in Würzburg in Franconia and, even as a boy, defended Catholic truth against Arian-minded classmates. HE STUDIED IN COLOGNE Sent to Cologne by his parents to study, he joined the bishop there, became canon and subsequently provost at the cathedral church. THEY WANTED TO HAVE HIM AS THEIR BISHOP But when, after the bishop's death, the clergy and people of Cologne considered the idea of electing him (Aquilinus) as their bishop, he fled to Paris in order to escape this dignity. At that time, the plague was spreading through the area, which, by his ardent prayer, he caused to cease. The people were so grateful to him for taking the plague away by his prayers, and he won the love of all, so that they wanted him to be bishop as well. HIS PRAYERS RESTORED THE CITY TO HEALTH But even here he fled, went t...