SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 7th of August SAINT DONATIAN, BISHOP OF CHALONS Today, we also commemorate Saint Donatian. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Chalons, in France, Saint Donatian, bishop." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Donatian 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 14th of October WELCOME! SAINT DONATIAN, BISHOP OF REIMS, CONFESSOR Saint Donatian (feast day October 14 , or alternatively May 7 ), a Bishop of Reims in France, was - according to some accounts - born in Rome to parents named Cornelius and Lucina. Sent to Gaul at the end of the 4th century to spread the faith, he was raised to the archiepiscopal see of Reims and, following his death (said to have occurred in the year 389), was venerated as a saint. However, according to  Butler ¹*, his veneration only gained prominence after the translation of his relics to Flanders in the mid-9th century. Count Baldwin of Flanders, having received the relics from King Charles the Bald, deposited them in a church in Bruges that was originally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary but subsequently became known as the Church of Saint Donatian . When Bruges was elevated to the status of a bishopric, this church was chosen as the cathedra...