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  SAINT HERMELAND, ABBOT Saint Hermeland  (Ermenlandus, Erblon, Arbland, Erblain, Herband, Herbland, Erbland, Herlein) came from a respected and wealthy family of Noyon (Noviomum, Noviomagum) . After an education appropriate to his status, he came to the court of King Chlotar III as a cupbearer. In A.D. 673 he became a monk at Fontenelle under Abbot Landbertus. Soon afterwards Bishop Audoënus of Rouen ordained him a priest. From Fontenelle he moved to Nantes with twelve confreres, where Bishop Pascharius entrusted to Hermeland's leadership the newly founded monastery of Aindre (Antrum) . The official inauguration in honour of St Martin took place in A.D. 682. The monastery was completely destroyed in the 9th century - not by a flood, as some writers say -   but rather by the Normans, according to the Bollandists*. Here lived St Hermeland in extreme penitence and humility, so that God himself glorified him by miracles. On one occasion, a large, precious fish lay wri...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 25th of March Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...