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SAINT VENDIMIAN, HERMIT - 1 FEBRUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 1st of February SAINT VENDIMIAN, HERMIT Saint Vendimian (Vendimianus) was a hermit in Bithynia revered by the Greeks. He lived 42 years in strict penance. A student of Saint Auxentius , he died at the beginning of the sixth century. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 656) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Vendimian 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, for ever and ever. Amen.