ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 21st August WELCOME! SAINT BALDWIN, ABBOT A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) Saint Baldwin (Balduinus), an abbot at Rieti (Reate) in the district of Spoleto, was a disciple of Saint Bernard , who took him particularly under his wing. Saint Baldwin died in the reputation of holiness in A.D. 1140 and was buried at the cathedral church. While the Bollandists * mention him with the title "blessed," the Roman Martyrology for the Cistercians * lists Baldwin on July 15 among the "saints", saying that he was the main patron of the city of Rieti. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 375) *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 Baldwin may inc...