ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 2nd of May WELCOME! ST WALDEBERT, ABBOT OF LUXEUIL Saint Waldebert (Waldebertus, Walbertus), commemorated on May 2 and May 6, was Abbot of Luxeuil (Luxovium) in Burgundy - the successor of St Eustasius. His life, or rather the miracles that occurred after his death, were described by the abbot Addo [Ado] (Hermiricus) in the 10th century. Of high birth and native to the Ponthieu region (pagus Pontivus) , Waldebert made the best use of his inherited large fortune by giving away the largest part of it for the poor and needy. His biography seems to indicate that he was born in the Meaux area. It specifies the place Nant (later called Monteuil). It was through the persuasion and example of St Eustasius that Waldebert put on the armour of Christ instead of the worldly armour that he had worn up to then. He became such an excellent monk that he was given permission to live in a hermitage outside the monastery, and fol...