Irapuato
148
06:24
St. William of Vercelli (of Monte-Vergine) Abbot (+ 1142) - June 25 St. William was born of noble parents at Vercelli. Having lost his father and mother in his infancy, he was brought up by his friends …More
St. William of Vercelli (of Monte-Vergine) Abbot (+ 1142) - June 25
St. William was born of noble parents at Vercelli. Having lost his father and mother in his infancy, he was brought up by his friends in great sentiments of piety; and at fifteen years of age, out of an earnest desire to lead a penitential life, he left Piedmont, his native country, made an austere pilgrimage to St. James's in Galicia, and afterward retired into the kingdom of Naples, where he chose for his abode a desert mountain, and lived in perpetual contemplation and the exercises of most rigorous penitential austerities.
Finding himself discovered and his contemplation interrupted, he changed his habitation and settled in a place called Monte-Vergine, situated between Nola and Benevento, in the same kingdom; but his reputation followed him, and he was obliged by two neighboring priests to permit certain fervent persons to live with him and to imitate his ascetic practices. Thus, in 1119, was laid the foundation of …More
Irapuato
✍️ Saints of the Day:
Our Lady of Grace

catholicsaints.info/saint-adalbert-of-egmond/
catholicsaints.info/saint-amand-of-coly/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-burchar…
catholicsaints.info/saint-cyneburga-of-gloucester/
catholicsaints.info/saint-domingo-h…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-dorothy-of-montau/
catholicsaints.info/saint-eurosia/
catholicsaints.info/saint-febronia-of-nisibis/
catholicsaints.info …More
✍️ Saints of the Day:

Our Lady of Grace

catholicsaints.info/saint-adalbert-of-egmond/
catholicsaints.info/saint-amand-of-coly/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-burchar…
catholicsaints.info/saint-cyneburga-of-gloucester/
catholicsaints.info/saint-domingo-h…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-dorothy-of-montau/
catholicsaints.info/saint-eurosia/
catholicsaints.info/saint-febronia-of-nisibis/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-fulgentius-de-lara/
catholicsaints.info/saint-gallicanus-of-embrun/
catholicsaints.info/saint-gallicanus/
catholicsaints.info/saint-gohard-of-nantes/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-guy-maramaldi/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-henry-zdick/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-the-spaniard/

catholicsaints.info/saint-luceias/ and Companions
catholicsaints.info/saint-maximus-of-turin/
catholicsaints.info/saint-moloc-of-mortlach/
catholicsaints.info/saint-molonachus-of-lismore/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-paolo-giustiniani/
catholicsaints.info/saint-phanxico-do-van-chieu/
catholicsaints.info/saint-prosper/
catholicsaints.info/saint-selyf-of-cornwall/
catholicsaints.info/saint-solomon-i/
catholicsaints.info/saint-solomon-iii-of-bretagne/
catholicsaints.info/saint-tigre-of-maurienne/
catholicsaints.info/saint-william-of-vercelli/

Celidonius of Besancon
Sincheall of Killeigh
Sosipater of Corfu