ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 2nd of February SAINT HILWART, MARTYR Hilwart (Hilwartus) , also called Ailwart, Heilward, and Aeluaritus , died around the year 880 in the battle of the German King Louis the Younger against the pagan Normans. (Thus the Annales Fuldenses *). Since the war was waged for the sake of faith, the fallen were given the honour of martyrs. Their memory was especially celebrated at the monastery of the Benedictine nuns in Ebstorf in Hanover, where according to Bruzen *, they are said to have been buried. Saint Hilwart was a companion of Saint Theodoricus. This holy martyr is also commemorated on August 1. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 745-46) *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 Hilwart may increase our d...