SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 4th of March WELCOME! SAINT OWEN, RELIGIOUS Saint Owen ( Owinus , Oswinus ), an Anglo-Saxon monk, was initially the steward of the holy queen Ethelreda , but renounced the world and entered the convent at Lasting. He brought nothing but a hatchet and an axe, declaring that he was determined to work also as a monk, because the holy studies were too difficult for him.  WHEN JOINING THE MONASTERY, HE BROUGHT HIS TOOLS WITH HIM Nevertheless he devoted himself to prayer and reading with no less zeal. When Abbot Ceadda [ St Chad ] became Bishop of Litchfield, Owen accompanied him to this city and remained under his leadership until 672. It is uncertain how long he lived after that. In any case, he is said to have never become a cleric. His veneration has been established since time immemorial. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875) Stadler's Complete Encyclope...

  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...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 23rd of August WELCOME! SAINT EUGENIUS, BISHOP IN IRELAND  ➡️ Saint Eoghan of Ardstraw, Bishop   Above: Saint Eugenius, below: detail from St Eugenius, Co. Derry The first establishment of the see of Derry was at a place called Ardfrath , on the river Derg, of which this saint [Eugenius, Eugene, Owen] was the first bishop.  AN EXCELLENT AND ASSIDUOUS PREACHER He was an excellent and assiduous preacher, and is said to have been of the royal blood of the kings of Leinster.  He died on this day in 618, and was buried in his own churchyard, over whose sepulchre a chapel was afterwards built. Other writers place his death in 570.  LONDONDERRY Notes: Derry is called in the old Roman Provincial, Darrich, and by ancient writers, Doire Chalgaich ; i. e. the Oak grove of Calgaich ; from whence Adamnan, translating the name into Latin, calls it Roboretum Calgachi . It is also called Doire Choluim-chille , or C...