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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of October WELCOME! SAINT FARO, BISHOP OF MEAUX Saint Faro  was the son of Agneric, one of the first court officials of King Theodobert II of Austrasia. Saint Cagnoald, who became a monk at Luxeuil under Saint Columban, Saint Fara or Burgundofara, and Saint Agentrud were his siblings. He spent his youth at the court of Theodobert and, after the death of this prince and his brother and successor Theodoric in 613, Faro came to the court of Clotaire II. Although he steered clear of the many dangers at court, he still wanted to serve the Lord more undividedly. After a conversation with his sister Fara about this subject, he decided, with the consent of his wife Blidechilda, to leave the world, its honours, vanities and goods. The latter took the veil, retired to one of her country estates, and died after just a few years with a reputation for sainthood. Faro went to Meaux (Meldae) and joined the clergy. Before long,...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of October WELCOME! SAINT FARO, BISHOP OF MEAUX, CONFESSOR  The city of Meaux situated on the Marne, ten leagues from Paris, in the time of the ancient Gauls, was subject to the Parisii, and received the first seeds of faith by the preaching of St Dionysius [St Denis] of Paris about the year 250. St Sanctinus or Saintin, first bishop of Meaux, is said by some to have been a disciple of that saint in the third age; but Du Plessis thinks him to have been the same Saintin who was bishop of Verdun in the fourth century, and whose relics were translated from Meaux to the abbey of St Vanne at Verdun, in the eleventh century. His successor Antoninus, and Rigomer the ninth bishop of Meaux, are honoured among the saints. But the eminent sanctity of Saint Faro , the fourteenth bishop of this see, has rendered his name the most illustrious of all the prelates of this see, who are mentioned in the calendars of the church...