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CELSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMARGH - 6 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 6th of April WELCOME! CELSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMARGH ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Celsus (Celestine, Cellach) flourished in the twelfth century. He facilitated much-needed reforms, took part in a number of synods, and merged the office of abbot of Armagh and that of Saint Patrick's successors. He went to his eternal reward on April 1, 1129. ⬅️ More information about Celsus, archbishop of Armagh ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs

SAINT CELLACH, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH - 1 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 1st of April WELCOME! SAINT CELLACH, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Cellach, archbishop of Armagh, is also known as Saint Callach . PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Cellach 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. ⬅️ Saint Celsus (Cellach), archbishop of Armagh ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

SAINT CALLACH, BISHOP OF ARMAGH - 1 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 1st of April WELCOME! SAINT CALLACH, BISHOP OF ARMAGH Saint Callach (Callachus) ( Cellach ), archbishop of Armagh in Ireland, lived in the early 13th century and died in 1228. He is venerated at Ardpatrick in the province of Munster. (Mg.) (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 Callach 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. ⬅️ Saint Celsus (Cellach), archbishop of Armagh

ST CELSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH - 6 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 6th of April WELCOME! SAINT CELSUS, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH [In Irish, Ceallach (Cellach).] Saint Celsus was archbishop of Armagh and is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on this day. He died on April 1, 1129, at Ard-Patrick, (that is, Patrick’s Mount,) in Munster. See the life of St Malachy, his successor, and Sir James Ware. (From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints) PRAYER: May the intercession of your bishop Celsus commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. 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. ➡️ More information about Saint Celsus