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SAINT EUSEUS, HERMIT - 15 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 15th of February WELCOME! SAINT EUSEUS, HERMIT Saint Euseus flourished in the 14th century. A native of Serravalle in Piedmont, he lived as a hermit on a nearby rock, subsisting on shoemaking, which is why he is usually depicted surrounded with shoemaking tools and is considered a patron saint of cobblers . A church was built for him on that lofty place where he lived.  It is probably this Saint Euseus, of whom  Menzel *  (II. 33) says that three lilies grew out of his grave, although - instead of Euseus - his register of saints lists Enseus . This latter saint name does not occur in any other saints' catalogue, therefore this spelling in the register must have popped up due to an erroneous reading. (II. 852)   (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 127) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedi...