ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 28th of July WELCOME! SAINT SAMPSON, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR Saint Sampson [Samson] was a child of prayer, and was born about the year 496, of noble parentage, in that part of South Wales which is now called Glamorganshire, then in the country of the Demetes, upon the borders of the Wenetes, who inhabited the province called by the Britons Guent, now Monmouthshire. UNDER THE CARE OF ST ILTUTUS At seven years of age he was put under the care of St Iltutus , a very learned abbot in Glamorganshire, and having made great progress in learning and virtue, was ordained priest by St Dubritius, bishop of Caerleon. In 512 he passed into a neighbouring island, where he led an eremitical life, as did several others, under the direction of St Piro, a holy priest. HE PAID A VISIT TO HIS AGED FATHER By an order of SS. Dubritius and Iltutus he paid a visit to his aged father who lay dangerously ill. The saint restored h...