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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 21st of February WELCOME! SAINT GERMANUS, ABBOT OF GRANFEL, MARTYR Saint Germanus, Abbot of Granfel, was the son of wealthy parents from Trier. According to  Butler * ( III. 157 ), his father was a well-to-do senator. He was taught and educated by the local bishop, Modoald, who lived around the year 624. At the age of 17, following the counsel of the Divine Saviour, he gave his wealth to the poor and placed himself under the spiritual guidance of  Saint Arnold (or Arnulf) - who had previously served as Bishop of Metz and as a minister to King Dagobert I, but later became a hermit at Saint Mont, near Remiremont in Lorraine. At the urging of this saint, Germanus and his brother Numerian first entered a monastery founded by Saint Nomarich on a mountain in the Vosges, following the Rule of Saint Columban  - a monastery that later came to be known as Remiremont. Subsequently, both brothers moved to the m...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 21st of February WELCOME! SAINT GERMANUS AND SAINT RANDAUT OF GRANFELDEN, MARTYRS  (Saints German , Abbot, and Randaut, or Randoald, Martyrs - About the Year 666.)  Saint German , or Germanus, was son of a rich senator of Triers, and brought up from the cradle under the care of Modoald, bishop of Triers. At seventeen years of age, he gave all he could dispose of to the poor, and with Modoald’s consent applied himself to Saint Arnoul, who having resigned his dignities of bishop of Metz, and minister of state under Dagobert, then led an eremitical life in a desert in Lorrain, near Romberg, or Remiremont.  That great saint, charmed with the innocence and fervour of the tender young nobleman, received him in the most affectionate manner, and gave him the monastic tonsure.  HE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE Under such a master the holy youth made great progress in the spiritual life, and a...