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  SAINT AEDELWALD, PRIEST AND HERMIT ​​The name Aedelwaldus (Edilwaldus, Eadilwaldus, Aethelwaldus [Edelwald]; Saxon: Aethelwold, Odilwaldus; Anglo-Saxon: Aethelwold, means "noble Walter" (lord and administrator), "noble lord."  Saint Aedelwald, for a long time, was a monk and priest at the monastery of Rye (Inrhipum) on the island of Farne in England and became famous for his miracles. Once, among other things, he calmed a violent storm at sea with his prayer. He died in the year 700 and was buried at Lindisfarne, whence in A.D. 995 his sacred body was brought to Durham (Dunelmum) and laid in a splendid tomb in A.D. 1160.  In some older English martyrologies his festival is found on January 6 and also on June 11; but in later martyrologies the feast was always placed on March 23, which by no means seems to be saying that this was the day of his death, which is not known at all. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...