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ST MALO, BISHOP - 15 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   WELCOME! SAINT MALO, BISHOP Church St Vincent in Saint Malo Saint Malo (Maclou, Machutus), first bishop of Aleth in Brittany, was a native of England, and cousin-german to  Saint Sampson and Saint Magloire .  At an early age he was sent for his education to Ireland, where he made a rapid progress in learning and virtue. HE RETIRED INTO BRITTANY Being ordained priest, he was soon after elected to a bishopric by the suffrages of the people: but he declined that dignity, and retired into Brittany, where he put himself under the direction of a holy recluse named Aaron , near Aleth.  About the year 541 he was made bishop of this city, and died on November 15, 565.  IT IS FROM HIM THAT THE CITY OF ST MALO HAS ITS NAME It is from him the city of St Malo has its name; for his sacred remains were carried thither after Aleth had been reduced to a village, and the episcopal see transferre...