ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 11th of February SAINT ECHEN, BISHOP OF CLONFERT ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Echen (Echenus, Ecianus) sat on the episcopal chair of Clonfert (Cluainfodiae) in Ireland and died in the year 577. He was a man of great holiness and uncommon humility. He tilled his field himself. Columba, to test him, asked him to give him the ox he was plowing with. Echen gladly granted his request, but instead commanded a stag, which sprang out of the nearby forest, to pull the plow, which happened immediately. Hence he is represented as a bishop, with a deer-drawn plow at his side. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 8) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Echen may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, yo...