ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 7th of August WELCOME! SAINT NANTOVINUS, PILGRIM Saint Nantovinus, a rich 13th century pilgrim, rode through the Archdiocese of Freising, where a village with a church bears his name ("Nantwein"), where he ended his pious life on August 7, 1286. THE COURT JUDGE MADE UP A FALSE CHARGE The secular court judge Ganthar saw his beautiful horse and, in order to get it into his possession, made up a false charge against Nantovinus, which resulted in an unjust trial for the pilgrim, which, in turn, ended with his being condemned to death at the stake. GREAT MIRACLES HAPPENED Soon after the saint was burned, great miracles happened, especially to blind people and horses, so that people began to honour his relics by building a little church over the place of their burial, where a pilgrimage to his grave was made. HE WAS CANONISED Pope Boniface VIII canonised him on the basis of these marvellous miracles in 1297. The dunge...