ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 9th of June SAINT GEORGE OF CHATEAUBRIAND, PRIEST AND RELIGIOUS Saint George (Georgius), a monk at the once-famous monastery of Chateaubriant (Vabrae , Castrum Vabrense) on the Cher River (Dep. Loire Inférieure), probably lived in the 9th century. Nothing else is known of him other than that he was transferred here from Conches (Conchae) , where he had entered religious life and had been ordained a priest. Apart from that, the Bollandists * provide only very general and unspecific details about him. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 386-87) *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 George may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in th...