SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of October WELCOME! SAINT VIRGILIUS, BISHOP OF ARLES Saint Virgilius, commemorated on October 10 and 19, as well as March 5, was initially abbot of the Saint Symphorian  monastery  in Autun. His investiture and residence at the monastery in  Lérins  are uncertain. As prelate, he succeeded  Saint Honoratus , unless Licerius was his immediate predecessor. It is not entirely clear when he ascended to the episcopal see of Arles. When  Saint Gregory the Great  became pope in 590, Virgilius had already held his office for a few years. Even during his lifetime,  Gregory  called him a holy man, adorned with all virtues , and placed the bishops in the realm of King Childebert II under his see. The missionaries who traveled to England were especially commended by the pope to his protection. Indeed, Saint Virgilius was such an extraordinary man that he himself was considered a miracle...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 27th of November WELCOME! SAINT VIRGIL, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR Saint Virgil [Vergilius] (Fergal, Fergall) was born in Ireland, and distinguished at home for his learning and virtue.  Travelling into France in the reign of King Pepin, he was courteously received by that prince, who kept him two years near his person, till the see of Juvave, since called Salzburg, falling vacant, he recommended him to that bishopric, and wrote in his favour to Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, his friend and brother-in-law. VIRGIL TREMBLED AT THE PROSPECT Virgil trembled at the prospect, and, for two years, commissioned Dobda, a bishop whom he had brought with him from Ireland, to perform the episcopal functions, reserving to himself only the office of preaching and instructing, till he was compelled by his colleagues to receive the episcopal consecration in 766.  HE REBUILT THE ABBEY He rebuilt magnificently the abbey of St Peter at Salzburg...