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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 16th of October WELCOME! SAINT GALDERIC, FARMER  Saint Galderic [Galderich,  Gauderic ,  Galdericus (Catalan: Sant Galdric , French: Saint Gaudérique ) was a French peasant and ploughman. Born in the ancient village of Vilavella (located in modern-day Saint-Gaudéric, Aude, France), he flourished about 820 - 900 AD. Unlike many medieval saints who were clergy members or nobles, Galdericus was a regular lay farmer. He is remembered for his deep devotion to the  Virgin Mary , constant prayer while working the fields, and radical charity to the poor. Local legends credit him with miraculous events, such as keeping his threshing floor dry during violent rainstorms and causing a natural spring to flow. He was officially canonized quite early, around 990 AD, at a provincial church council in Narbonne. For centuries, Sant Galdric was the premier patron saint of all Catalan agriculture. In times of severe drou...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 16th of October WELCOME! SAINT GAUDERIC, FARMER Saint Gauderic [Gaudéric] (Gaudericus), a holy farmer, is also known as Galdericus ,  Gualdericus  and Walderich .  According to Migne *, this saint flourished towards the end of the 9th century. In the Languedoc he is invoked against persistent wet weather conditions.  Some of his mortal remains are venerated at the old cathedral of Mirepoix, another portion of relics is kept in Val-de-Grace ( Vale of Mercy , Gnadenthal ) in Paris. There existed once an abbey church of his name in the diocese of Alby (VII. 1106). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 358) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Gauderic may increase our devotion a...