ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 3rd of April SAINT URBICUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT According to Gall. Chr .*, Saint Urbicus was the second bishop of Clermont in France. He had previously been a senator and was married. At his ordination by Bishop Austremonius, Urbicus' wife separated herself from her husband, as was the custom of the Church, and lived in austere piety. Only once did she come back to him (Gregor. Turon. hist. I. 39.) , which pained him so much that he practiced severe penance until the end of his life. As a result of her visit, his wife gave birth to a daughter who also led a pious life. Urbicus presided over his bishopric from the year 280 (288) to around the year 312. His relics were later translated to the Church of St Gallus, and thence into that of St Illidius. Some writers erroneously state that St Urbicus reigned as bishop towards the end of the first century. St Urbicus is also commemorated on April 13. (Information from Stadler'...