SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 16th of July WELCOME! SAINT GRIMOALD, MARTYR The name Grimoald - derived from the Old German grim (stern) and bald/vald (strong, mighty), signifying something like " stern lord " was also borne by several Dukes of Bavaria and other rulers of early times.  Saint Grimoald, commemorated on July 16, was a martyred (in a church in today's Belgium) alongside  Saint Reineldis and Saint Gondulf . [ Some sources  claim that he was a deacon.] (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 59) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Grimoald may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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. Sources of these articles (in the ori...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of September WELCOME! SAINT GRIMOALD OF PONTECORVO  This 12th century Saint, memorial: September 29, was Archpriest of Pontecorvo, in Southern Italy, near Aquino, where towards A.D. 1137, he built a church to commemorate an Apparition of St John the Baptist.  He died in odour of sanctity after a life of austere piety and of works of mercy. He is said by some to have been born in England and to have been a brother of Saints Fulk and Eleutherius. (Information from The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate - 📷 This is another Grimoald, pictured with Saint Corbinian) PRAYER: May the intercession of the blessed priest Grimoald 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.