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ST INNOCENS, BISHOP OF LE MANS - 19 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 19th of June WELCOME! SAINT INNOCENS, BISHOP OF LE MANS Meaning of the name. The name Innocens, as well as the subsequent names Innocentia, Innocentius, etc. - derives from the Latin innocens , meaning innocent . This holy bishop, Innocens ( Innocentius ), was baptized, well educated, and ordained a priest by  Saint Victorius (or Victurius), Bishop of Le Mans (September 1). Saint Victorius   was succeeded by  Saint Principius (September 16), and following him, Saint Innocens ascended the episcopal see of Le Mans, occupying it for many years. As the  Bollandist * Stilting (Aug. V. 143, no. 16) considers probable, Innocens signed the acts of the Second Council of Orléans in 533, subsequently attended the Fourth Council of Orléans in 541, and died - according to  Papebroch * - in 542. It is stated in a later  Bollandist * account ( Sept. I. 223, no. 17 ), that he had the bodies of his holy predec...