ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 7th of July WELCOME! SAINT WILLIBALD OF EICHSTÄTT, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR He was son of the holy king Saint Richard , and was born about the year 704 in the kingdom of the West-Saxons, about the place where Southampton now stands. THEY CONSECRATED HIM TO THE DIVINE SERVICE When he was three years old his life was despaired of in a violent sickness; but when all natural remedies proved unsuccessful, his parents carried him and laid him at the foot of a great cross which was erected in a public place near their house, according to the custom in Catholic countries to this day. There they poured forth their prayers with great fervour, and made a promise to God that in case the child recovered they would consecrate him to the divine service. God accepted their pious offering, and the child was immediately restored to his health. HE PLACED HIM UNDER THE ABBOT EGBALD St Richard kept the child two years longer at home, but only r...