ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 18th of August WELCOME! SAINT FIRMINUS, BISHOP OF METZ Saint Firminus, commemorated on August 18, was a bishop of Metz in France. He is thought to have been Italian by birth. He occupied the episcopal chair from c. 488 to 496. HE WAS BISHOP UNTIL A.D. 469 His name is also mentioned in the Roman Martyrology. Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints PRAYER: May the intercession of blessed Firminus, your bishop, commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.