February 28/29 Saint Romanus & Saint Oswald of York. Saints Romanus and Lupicinus his brother Founder and Abbots (†460 and †480) Saint Romanus, born in the late fourth century, left his relatives and …More
February 28/29 Saint Romanus & Saint Oswald of York.
Saints Romanus and Lupicinus his brother
Founder and Abbots (†460 and †480) Saint Romanus, born in the late fourth century, left his relatives and spent some time in the monastery of Ainay at Lyons, near a large church at the conflux of the Saône and Rhone. The faithful had built it in honor of the famous martyrs of that region, whose ashes were thrown into the Rhone. His purpose for this retreat was to study all the practices of monastic life, and he obtained from the Abbot of Ainay some recently written books on the lives of the Desert Fathers.
At the age of thirty-five, Romanus retired into the forests of Mount Jura, between France and Switzerland, and fixed his abode at a place called Condate, at the conflux of the rivers Bienne and Aliere, where he found a plot of ground fit for culture, and some trees which furnished him with wild fruit. Here he spent his time in praying, reading, and laboring for his subsistence. Lupicinus, his …More
Saints Romanus and Lupicinus his brother
Founder and Abbots (†460 and †480) Saint Romanus, born in the late fourth century, left his relatives and spent some time in the monastery of Ainay at Lyons, near a large church at the conflux of the Saône and Rhone. The faithful had built it in honor of the famous martyrs of that region, whose ashes were thrown into the Rhone. His purpose for this retreat was to study all the practices of monastic life, and he obtained from the Abbot of Ainay some recently written books on the lives of the Desert Fathers.
At the age of thirty-five, Romanus retired into the forests of Mount Jura, between France and Switzerland, and fixed his abode at a place called Condate, at the conflux of the rivers Bienne and Aliere, where he found a plot of ground fit for culture, and some trees which furnished him with wild fruit. Here he spent his time in praying, reading, and laboring for his subsistence. Lupicinus, his …More
Other Saints of the Day:
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Abercius
Antonia of Florence
Augustus Chapdelaine
Caerealis
Caerealis of Alexandria
Cyra of Beroea
Daniel Brottier
Ermine
Gaius of Alexandria
Hedwig, Queen of Poland
Hilary, Pope
Justus the Potter
Llibio
Macarius the Potter
Maidoc
Marana of Beroea
Oswald of Worcester
Proterius of Alexandria
Pupulus of Alexandria
Romanus of Condat
Ruellinus of Treguier
Rufinus …More
Other Saints of the Day:
Ember Day
—
Abercius
Antonia of Florence
Augustus Chapdelaine
Caerealis
Caerealis of Alexandria
Cyra of Beroea
Daniel Brottier
Ermine
Gaius of Alexandria
Hedwig, Queen of Poland
Hilary, Pope
Justus the Potter
Llibio
Macarius the Potter
Maidoc
Marana of Beroea
Oswald of Worcester
Proterius of Alexandria
Pupulus of Alexandria
Romanus of Condat
Ruellinus of Treguier
Rufinus the Potter
Serapion of Alexandria
Sillan of Bangor
Stanislaw Antoni Trojanowski
Theophilus the Potter
Villana de’Botti
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Martyrs of Alexandria
Martyrs of Unzen
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Ember Day
—
Abercius
Antonia of Florence
Augustus Chapdelaine
Caerealis
Caerealis of Alexandria
Cyra of Beroea
Daniel Brottier
Ermine
Gaius of Alexandria
Hedwig, Queen of Poland
Hilary, Pope
Justus the Potter
Llibio
Macarius the Potter
Maidoc
Marana of Beroea
Oswald of Worcester
Proterius of Alexandria
Pupulus of Alexandria
Romanus of Condat
Ruellinus of Treguier
Rufinus the Potter
Serapion of Alexandria
Sillan of Bangor
Stanislaw Antoni Trojanowski
Theophilus the Potter
Villana de’Botti
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Martyrs of Alexandria
Martyrs of Unzen
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