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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 31st of August WELCOME! SAINTS OPTATUS, SANCTINUS, AND MEMORIUS  (SS. Optatus, Sanctinus et Memorius, Conf.) Bishop Saint Optatus of Auxerre (Antissiodorum), who succeeded Saint Gregory ,  is also venerated on November 30. With him, the two priests Saint Sanctinus and Saint Memorius are listed on the same day. Saint Optatus built the church of Saint Christoph with the help of these two priests, and after they had died, the three of them were buried there. At a later stage, their bodies were transferred to the church of Saint Germanus, where they are venerated together on August 31. Saint Optatus died in A.D. 530. Another of Saint Optatus' feast days is May 3. (VI. 680-682)  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 625) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 31st of August SAINT OPTATUS, BISHOP OF AUXERRE Today, we also commemorate Saint Optatus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Auxerre, Saint Optatus, bishop and confessor." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Optatus 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.