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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 8th of January WELCOME! SAINT SEVERINUS, ABBOT, AND APOSTLE OF NORICUM, OR AUSTRIA Saint Severinus A.D. 482 We know nothing of the birth or country of this saint. From the purity of his Latin, he was generally supposed to be a Roman; and his care to conceal what he was according to the world, was taken for a proof of his humility, and a presumption that he was a person of birth.  He spent the first part of his life in the deserts of the East; but inflamed with an ardent zeal for the glory of God, he left his retreat to preach the gospel in the North.  At first he came to Astures, now Stokeraw, situate above Vienna; but finding the people hardened in vice, he foretold the punishment God had prepared for them, and repaired to Comagenes, now Haynburg on the Danube, eight leagues westward of Vienna.  It was not long before his prophecy was verified; for Astures was laid waste, and the inhabitants destroyed by th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 8th of January WELCOME! SAINT SEVERIN OF NORICUM, MISSIONARY Saint Severin of Noricum   was born in North Africa, perhaps around 410. He laboured in the mission field in Noricum (the Danube area, including South Germany and Austria). A MAN OF FAITH AND ACTION He was a powerful figure, a man of faith and action. Time and again he left his beloved monastery to help the poor population of Noricum, who suffered a lot from the storms of the Great Migration which took place all over Europe at the time. HIS AMAZING SERMONS The sermons which this apostolic man delivered to the people produced the most amazing effects. Those who heard him were filled with vigorous disgust for sin and were drawn to serve God with great fervour. HIS IMPRESSION ON THE BARBARIAN TRIBES Most mysterious, however, was Severin's impression and influence on the barbarian tribes. Completely on his own and without weapons, the courageous man strolled int...