ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September WELCOME! SAINT OCTAVIAN, HERMIT Saint Octavian (Octavianus) flourished in the sixth century. He is said to have been an African by birth, and to have lived as a hermit in Tuscany. Together with Bishop Regulus he came to the region of Volaterra, and spent the rest of his life in the hollow of an elm tree, which he used as his dwelling. His remains rest in the Cathedral of Volaterra, the city of which he is the patron. Saint Octavian is also commemorated on September 3. (I . 389) (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 598) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Octavian 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 Spiri...