ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of November WELCOME! SAINT NAZARIUS, ABBOT [Saint Nazarius was the] fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins , probably sometime during the reign of the Merovingian Clotaire II, 584 - 629. He successfully attacked the remnants of heathendom on the southern coast of France, overthrew a sanctuary of Venus near Cannes, and founded on its site a convent for women, which was destroyed by the Saracens in the eighth century. His name is inscribed on the calendar of saints of the French Church, on 18 November. Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Nazarius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.