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ST GERMANUS AND ST RANDAUT OF GRANFELDEN, MARTYRS - 21 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY   Saints celebrated on the 21st of February WELCOME! SAINT GERMANUS AND SAINT RANDAUT OF GRANFELDEN, MARTYRS  (Saints German , Abbot, and Randaut, or Randoald, Martyrs - About the Year 666.)  Saint German , or Germanus, was son of a rich senator of Triers, and brought up from the cradle under the care of Modoald, bishop of Triers. At seventeen years of age, he gave all he could dispose of to the poor, and with Modoald’s consent applied himself to Saint Arnoul, who having resigned his dignities of bishop of Metz, and minister of state under Dagobert, then led an eremitical life in a desert in Lorrain, near Romberg, or Remiremont.  That great saint, charmed with the innocence and fervour of the tender young nobleman, received him in the most affectionate manner, and gave him the monastic tonsure.  HE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE Under such a master the holy youth made great progress in the spiritual life, and a...