ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 24th of August WELCOME! SAINT OUEN, ARCHBISHOP OF ROUEN, CONFESSOR (Adouen) He was otherwise called Dadon [Dado], and was son of Autaire, a virtuous French nobleman, who was settled in Brie. St Columban being courteously entertained by him, gave his blessing to his two sons, Ouen and Adon, then in their infancy. Autaire placed them both, during their youth, in the court of King Clotaire II, where they contracted a friendship with St Eloi, and by his example conceived a great contempt for the world, and both resolved to devote themselves to the service of God. THE DOUBLE MONASTERY OF JOUARRE Adon executed his design some time after, and founded upon an estate which he had near the river Marne, the double monastery of Jouarre, then called Jotrum, which he endowed with his own estate. It is at present a Benedictine nunnery. KEEPER OF THE KING'S SEAL St Ouen was in great credit with king Clotair II...