ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 17th of April SAINT WALFRID, ABBOT OF MONTEVERDI Saint Walfrid (Walfridus, Waltfridus) lived at Monteverdi (Mons viridis) in Etruria (Toscana) as the first abbot of the monastery there. This foundation, also called Palatiolum, had already disappeared at the time of Trithemius, who left us records (Trithemius died around A.D. 1516). St Walfrid was born in Pisa. Richly endowed with temporal assets, he had happily produced five sons. His wife left the world with him around the year 754, and apart from having erected his own institute, he also built a monastery for the virgins. Walfrid's life story tells us that he followed the Rule of St Benedict. A certain Magnus of St Vincent of Volturno had relayed this monastic Rule to Abbot Walfrid, and for ten years trained his subordinates, whose number soon increased to sixty, in the way of perfection. It deserves special mention that by incessantly invoking the help of his holy gu