ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 12th of January WELCOME! SAINT ÆLRED, ABBOT Saint Ælred (Aelred, Ethelred) was born in 1109 at Hexham, but at an early age made the acquaintance of David, St Margaret's youngest son, shortly afterwards King of Scotland, at whose court he apparently acted for some years as a sort of page, or companion to the young Prince Henry. AT COURT Ælred decided to become a Cistercian monk, in the recently founded abbey of Rievaulx in Yorkshire. Soon he was appointed master of novices, and was long remembered for his extraordinary tenderness and patience towards those under his charge. AT RIEVAULX In 1146 he was elected abbot of Rievaulx , a community of 300 monks, which, at the same time, made him head of all the Cistercian abbots in England. Causes were referred to him, and often he had to undertake considerable journeys to visit the monasteries of his order. CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE He seems ...