ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 22nd of December WELCOME! SAINT ISRAEL, PROVOST The name Israel comes from the Hebrew Yisraël , meaning "Warrior of God" and is the epithet of the patriarch Jacob, from whom the Israelites take their name. According to the Elenchus *, this Saint Israel (commemorated on December 22), a praecentor (choir director) in the Limoges region, is listed as " blessed " by Migne *. He is mentioned as "Saint Israel" by the Bollandists * in connection with the lives of the holy hermits Junianus and Amandus (on October 16 - VII. 844 ). The Bollandists* ( Maj. II. 701 ) also relate that Israel was a canon regular at Dorat ( Ritter * calls this place "le Dorat" ), where Abbot Gautier of Esterp was his pupil. Some time later, Israel became provost of St Junien ( Commodoliacus ) in the same French province of Limousin ( Lemovicens prov .), where he saw to it that the church of St Andrew and Ju...