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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 17th of January WELCOME! SAINT ROSELINE OF VILLENEUVE, VIRGIN   Saint Roseline  was born to an aristocratic family, at the château of Les Arcs-sur-Argens, Var, in eastern Provence, near Draguignan. As a child, she discreetly distributed food from the chateau larder to the local poor people. One day her father caught her sneaking out with her apron full of bread. When she was forced to open her apron to reveal its contents, it was a bunch of roses that fell out - the Miracle of the Roses.  Roseline became a Carthusian nun at Bertaud in the alps of Dauphiné. Her consecration took place in 1288, and in about 1330 she succeeded her aunt, Jeanne (Diane) de Villeneuve, as prioress of La Celle-Robaud in the Diocese of Fréjus near her home. In 1320 her brother Hélion de Villeneuve, Grand Master (1319–46) of the Knights of St John, restored the monastery, and in 1323 and 1328 Pope John XXII, formerly Bishop of F...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 17th of January WELCOME! SAINT ROSELINA OF CELLE ROUBAUD, VIRGIN   This holy bride of Christ, also called Rassolina , Rosselina (Rosina?), was a member of the Carthusian order and died A.D. 1329.  At Sabrand (Sallobrand, Celle Roubaud ) near Ars, diocese of Frejus, France, St Roselina is venerated on January 17 (see below). She was born there in 1263.  SHE TOOK THE VEIL At the age of sixteen, after receiving her father's permission, she took the veil in the monastery of Bertaud, between the rivers Drac and Durence. She wore it with such piety to the end of her earthly life that, at her death, her passing was announced throughout the whole area with the words: "The saint is dead." She had died at the age of 66. HER BODY WAS FOUND INCORRUPT When her tomb was opened on June 11, 1334, her body, even her eyes, were found to be completely intact.  HER VENERATION AS A SAINT Her veneration, which had begun stra...