ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of December WELCOME! SAINT STURMIUS, ABBOT St Sturmius, actually Sturm, (Sturmi, Stormi, Styrme, Sturmus), came from noble, at least honourable parents in Noricum (Nordgau). His year of birth falls between the years 710 and 715. When St Boniface toured the Nordgau (the area around Nuremberg) around 735, Sturmius joined him. From now on we find the promising young man in Fritzlar in Hesse, where he went through the novitiate and undertook his studies. This monastery had been founded by St Boniface in 732. At the time when St Sturmius entered, it was under the careful and insightful direction of Abbot Wigbert . HE BECAME A PRIEST Sturmius' behaviour was full of noble decency, his conduct without blame. His friendly, cheerful, lively manner, tempered by humility and meekness, won him the affection and love of teachers and students. After he reached the required minimum age, he became a priest in about 740. ...