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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March SAINT ULTAN MAGONIGAN ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Ultan (Ultanus), is mentioned in the Mart. Taml .* with the addition Magonigan or Hua-Aignigh. Colgan * says of him that he had been a disciple of St Declan and became his successor. But, as Kelly * notes on p. 90 , there is absolutely no other sound evidence to clearly distinguish this Ultan from  one or  the other holy man of the same name. But he does list him with the title "saint". (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 605) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ultan may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, fo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 1st of May SAINT ULTAN, ABBOT AND MARTYR According to legend, Abbot Ultan (Ultanus), Oulain in French, was born around A.D. 610 of royal parents in Ireland. Saints  Fursey   (Furseus) and  Foillan ( Foillanus) were his brothers.  Furseus devoted himself to the monastic life; the two brothers imitated his example. They also followed him to England and France (Belgium). Prayer and manual work were (according to Bede, hist. III. 19.) their main occupations.  St Gertrude , abbess of Nivelles, instructed them in 652 to build a monastery for foreigners (Schottenkloster) in the town of Fosse (Fossæ). They founded the first settlement there. Here the death of his brother Foillanus was revealed or reported to him, and in him the longing for martyrdom was awakened anew.  St Ultan headed the monastery of Mont St Quintin for several years. He also granted the holy bishop Amatus a safe and consoling...