ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of November WELCOME! SAINT EUSICIUS, ABBOT Saint Eusicius (French: St-Eusice) was originally from Perigueux (Vesunna, Petricorium) in south-western France. His parents were extremely poor; rather than abandoning him in a forest, they tried to sell him to the abbot of Percy in the bishopric of Bourges. After Eusicius had thus served the monastic community for some time, he himself was accepted among the friars. After receiving priestly ordination, permission was granted him to retire to a solitary place. He chose his abode in Berry, built a monastery, which received the name of Celle, and gathered around him a large number of disciples. His holy death occured around the year 542. King Childebert had a church built over his tomb. In the Church of Saint Marcellus in Saint Denys he is venerated under the name of Saint Ysis. His monastery also celebrated the solemn elevation of his relics on April 15 . (But. ...