Celebrating
some of the saints from the South’s Christian inheritance of various lands:
Africa:
9th
– St John the Dwarf, one of the great Desert Fathers, a wonderful example of
obedience and humility
11th
– St Menas, soldier and martyr in Egypt; he worked a miracle that proved
decisive in World War II
17th
– St Longinus of Egypt, an humble and wise Desert Father
24th
– St Peter of Alexandria, the bishop who excommunicated the arch-heretic Arius;
he was the last bishop of Alexandria to suffer martyrdom under the heathen
Roman emperors
25th
– St Catherine of Alexandria, a most illustrious and wise confessor and martyr
29th
– St Pitirim, another of the great Desert Fathers and a disciple of St Anthony
the Great
30th
– St Frumentius, first bishop of Ethiopia
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/11/30/103451-saint-frumentius-archbishop-of-abyssinia-ethiopia
Africa/Italy:
1st
– St Caesarius of North Africa, martyred for trying to stop an evil pagan
festival that involved suicide; his fellow martyr was St Lucius.
Belgium:
3rd
– St Hubert of Maestricht and Liege, a zealous hunter in his secular life,
later a wonderful bishop who endured wrongs patiently, showed mercy to the
poor, battled idolatry in the Ardennes, and worked many miracles
23rd
– St Trond, a nobleman who became a preacher and monastic founder and helped
free parts of Belgium from idolatry
England:
3rd
– St Rumwald, a three-day old infant and prince, who professed the Faith
immediately after baptism and then died.
His veneration spread quite far in Europe.
4th
– St Beornstan, a tender-hearted bishop of Winchester
10th
– St Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury, a faithful pastor over England
16th
– St Alfric, Archbishop of Canterbury during the trying times of the Danish
invasions
17th
– St Hilda of Whitby, she is called ‘the Mother of All England’, one of the
greatest saints of the English
19th
– St Ermenburgh, Queen of Mercia, foundress of the important monastery of
Minster-in-Thanet in Kent, where she later served as abbess and then lived as a
simple nun
20th
– St Edmund, King of East Anglia, martyred viciously by the Danes; he is
England’s original Patron Saint
England/France:
4th
– St Clarus (Clair), born in Rochester in England, he went to France, where he
lived as a hermit near Rouen. He was murdered in the village of
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte where he lived and which is named after him. His relics
are venerated there to this day.
England/Germany:
7th
– St Willibrord (Clement), one of the great enlighteners of the German lands,
the Apostle of Frisia especially
Shorter
version
Longer
version
8th
– St Werenfrid, another English missionary who worked among the Germans
8th
– St Willehad, Bishop of Bremen, honored as the Apostle of Saxony
12th
– St Liafwin, another who labored for the salvation of the Germanic peoples
France:
1st
– St Austremonius, enlightener of Auvergne
1st
– St Benignus, enlightener of Burgundy and a martyr
1st
– St Marcellus, a great bishop of Paris
3rd
– St Flour (Florus), an apostle of Languedoc
3rd
– St Papoul, a preacher and martyr in Languedoc
5th
– St Bertille of Chelles, a remarkable abbess whose virtues kept a monastery
that included former queens and princesses in a state of humility, peace, and
striving after God
6th
– St Leonard, a nobleman who became a hermit, abbot, preacher, and liberator of
captives; this remarkable Saint was greatly venerated across France and England
7th
– St Tremorus, the infant son of St Triphina, he was murdered in Carhaix in
Brittany by his stepfather, Count Conmore. He is the patron saint of Carhaix.
11th
– St Martin the Merciful of Tours, one of the greatest saints of the West; he
is intertwined deeply in Louisiana’s history
13th
– St Mitrius, a martyr and patron saint of Aix en Provence
13th
– St Brice, a successor of St Martin of Tours as bishop of that diocese, he
first had to conquer his pride and sloth
15th
– St Eugene, one of the early missionaries to France who was martyred with St
Denis of Paris
16th
– St Eucherius of Lyons, one of the finest adornments of the French Church
17th
– St Aignan of Orleans, a great pastor and protector of his flock
17th
– St Gregory of Tours, from a family of saints, a wonderful bishop, historian,
and wonderworker
For
links to his works, scroll near the end of this page:
20th
– St Silvester, bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône in France from c 484 to c 525. St
Gregory of Tours describes him as 'the glory of confessors'.
26th
– St Basolus (Basle), born in Limoges in France, he became a monk at Verzy near
Rheims, and then a hermit, living for forty years on a hill near the city. He
was celebrated as a wonderworker.
27th
– St Maximus, Bishop of Riez, he gave away his inheritance and became a wise
and wonderworking monk, abbot, and bishop
29th
– St Saturninus of Toulouse, a holy and wonderworking bishop who opposed the
heathen gods and died a martyr, being dragged behind a bull until he died
France/England:
13th
– St Abbo, born near Orleans in France, he became a monk at Fleury (St
Benoît-sur-Loire). Invited by St Oswald of Worcester to take charge of the
monastery of Ramsey in England, he stayed there for two years (985-7) and wrote
the Life of St Edmund. He then became Abbot of Fleury 988. He was martyred in
La Réole in Gascony
France/Wales:
1st
– St Cadfan, an enlightener of Wales
Ireland:
9th
– St Benignus (Benen), 'Benen, son of Sessenen, St Patrick's Psalmsinger'. A
favourite disciple of St Patrick, whom he succeeded as the main bishop in
Ireland. He preached mainly in Clare and Kerry and founded a monastery in
Drumlease.
10th
– St Aedh MacBricc, monastic, bishop, and wonderworker
12th
– St Sinell, one of the 12 Apostles of Ireland
12th
– St Cumian Fada, a king’s son, he became a monk, teacher, and monastic founder
15th
– St Fintan, his journeys touched nearly all of Western Europe
24th
– St Colman, the patron saint of Cloyne; he was a royal bard before becoming a
monk and preacher; he was baptized by St Brendan the Voyager
24th
– St Kenan, a great evangelist in Ireland
27th
– St Sechnall (Secundinus), a disciple of St Patrick. In 433 he became the
first Bishop of Dunsauglin in Meath in Ireland and later served in Armagh. He
wrote the earliest poem of the Irish Church - an alphabetical hymn in honour of
St Patrick.
St
Sechnall’s hymn is translated here:
http://www.stpatricksday.com/spdc_content/saint-patrick/st-patricks-writings/the-hymn-of-st-patrick/
29th
– St Brendan of Birr, one of the 12 Apostles of Ireland and a close friend of
St Columba of Iona
Ireland/Austria:
27th
– St Virgilius (Fergal), an Irishman who brought the light of the Gospel to
Bavaria and especially Austria, where he is venerated as the Apostle of
Carinthia
Ireland/Belgium:
12th
– St Livin, an Irish bishop (and poet) who preached among the heathen of
Flanders and was martyred together with others
Ireland/Belgium/France:
20th
– St Autbodus, born in Ireland, he preached in Artois, Hainault and Picardy in
the north of France and Belgium. He reposed as a hermit near Laon.
Ireland/France:
13th
– St Kilian, an enlightener of Artois
14th
– St Saens, an Irish monk and abbot in northern France
20th
– St Maxentia, an Irish noble lady who lived as a hermit in the north of France
and was murdered there
Ireland/France/Switzerland/Italy:
23rd
– St Columbanus, a beautiful light adorning the West; his prayers, poems,
miracles, and monasteries helped establish Christianity in Western Europe.
Ireland/Scotland:
8th
– St Gervat, left Ireland and lived as a holy hermit at Elgin
12th
– St Machar of Aberdeen, one of the earliest evangelizers of Scotland; his work
bore much fruit
13th
– St Denick of Caithness, a fellow-worker of St Machar and St Columba in
evangelizing Scotland
19th
– St Medana, a holy virgin from Ireland who went to Scotland and lived in
Galloway
27th
– St Fergus, an Irishman who preached among the Picts
New
Rome:
14th
– St Justinian the Great, Emperor; Christian civilization, from Europe, to
Africa, to Asia, flourished under his rule
Old
Rome:
1st
– St Mary, a slave in a Senator’s family, tormented for her faith in Christ
5th
– Sts Galaction and Epistime, a husband and wife who were martyred together
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/11/05/103176-martyrs-galaction-and-his-wife-epistemis-at-emesa
4th
– Sts Vitalis and Agricola, a slave and his master, martyred in Bologna; the
steadfastness of the slave Vitalis in his death encouraged his master in his
martyrdom
7th
– Four Crowned Martyrs, two pairs: one
of officials who spoke out against worshipping idols; another who refused to
carve idols
18th
– Dedication of the Churches of the Chiefs of the Apostles, Sts Peter and Paul,
in Rome by the Holy Emperor St Constantine the Great, 4th century
22nd
– St Cecilia and those martyred with her; St Cecilia was of noble lineage but
gave up all for Christ. She is a
patroness of church music in the West.
The fervor and dedication of her and her fellow martyrs is remarkable.
24th
– St Clement, bishop of Rome, a disciple of the Holy Apostle Peter; he
converted many souls in Rome and Crimea (where he was exiled); he was martyred
in Crimea where God worked many wonders through his holy relics
Scotland:
2nd
– Sts Baya and Maura, anchoresses in Scotland, St Baya guided St Maura and the
latter became abbess of a convent.
8th
– St Moroc, a much venerated bishop of Dunblane
30th
– St Andrew the Holy Apostle, Patron Saint of Scotland, close to 800 churches
were dedicated to St Andrew in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The X-shaped Cross of St Andrew is the
inspiration for the familiar Southern battle flag.
See
the footnote here for how St Andrew’s relics came to Scotland:
The
missionary journeys of St Andrew:
Scotland/Wales:
9th
– St Pabo, after life as a soldier in Scotland, he came to Wales and in
Anglesey founded the monastery later called Llanbabon after him.
Spain:
3rd
– Martyrs of Sarragosa, (+304 A.D.), an exceedingly large number of martyrs put
to death in Saragossa under Diocletian by the savage prefect Dacian, who had
been sent to Spain to enforce the decrees. He published an edict exiling all
Orthodox from the city, and while they were leaving he ordered the soldiers to
fall upon and massacre them. Eighteen of them are honoured separately on April
16.
13th
– St Eugene I of Toledo, a Spanish Goth, born in Toledo in Spain. He became a
monk at St Engracia in Saragossa. Finally, in 646, he became Bishop of Toledo.
He was a gifted poet and musician and zealous for the beauty of the liturgy
17th
– Sts Acisclus and Victoria, brother and sister, they were born in Cordoba in
Spain and were martyred, probably under Diocletian. Their home was turned into
a church. They are the main patron-saints of Cordoba and were venerated
throughout Spain and the south of France.
24th
– Sts Flora and Mary, martyrs during the rule of the Muslims
Spain/Africa:
13th
– Arcadius, Paschasius, Probus, Eutychian and Paulillus, all of these were born
in Spain and exiled to Africa by the Vandal Arian King Genseric, where they
became the Protomartyrs of the Vandal persecution. Paulillus was only a boy,
the little brother of Sts Paschasius and Eutychian
Switzerland:
16th
– St Othmar, a wise and holy abbot of St Gall Monastery who raised it to great
heights of accomplishment; he would later die at the hands of persecutors
Wales:
3rd
– St Gwyddfarch, hermit of Moel yr Ancr (the bald hill of the anchorite), one
of the many monks and nuns of the West who sanctified their lands by their holy
lives and prayers
3rd
– St Winifred, a maiden martyred by a carnally minded prince, whose holy well
still attracts many pilgrims and grants cures
6th
– St Illtyd, one of the greatest saints of Wales; he was learned in all sorts
of knowledge, and founded monasteries, churches, and schools all across Wales
8th
– St Tysilio, prince and abbot, founder of several churches
10th
– St Elaeth the King, a Briton driven into Wales by the Picts. He became a monk
with St Seiriol in Anglesey in Wales. Some of his poems still exist.
12th
– St Cadwaladr, a holy king of the Welsh, the last Welshman to rule the island
of Britain before the English rose to power
23rd
– St Daniel of Bangor, a well-loved bishop of that place
Wales/Cornwall/France:
18th
– St Maudez, born in Wales, he lived as a hermit near Falmouth in Cornwall,
where a village is named after him. Later he went to Brittany where he is known
as St Maudez and where many churches are dedicated to him.
Wales/England:
3rd
– St Clether, born in Wales, he was a hermit in Herefordshire, now in England. The
village of Clodock is named after him.
7th
– St Congar, he helped people Wales and England with monastics
8th
– St Cybi, during his life he was a pilgrim, for a short time a king, a priest,
an abbot, a bishop, a hermit and a preacher.
14th
– St Dyfrig, he filled parts of Wales and England with holy monasteries
Wales/France:
15th
– St Malo, first bishop of Aleth in Brittany
30th
– St Tudwal, a great evangelizer of Brittany in France; one of the Seven Patron
Saints of Brittany
Wales/France/Belgium:
6th
– St Winoc, a royal prince of Welsh blood who became a monk in Brittany
and then a missionary leader in Flanders, helping to found and lead a monastery
there which held a hospital for the poor whom he served with his own hands; an
humble man who loved to serve others, and a wonderworker
--
Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
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