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A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

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April 2 · Bishop

St. Abundius of Como

St. Abundius of Como

A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

Traditional feast

April 2
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

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Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 0 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Learn from the kind of life it was. A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.

Keep their day. Remember them on April 2 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Patron of Como, Milan Breviary, Maurolycus, Molanus, Canisltis, and the Roman Martyrology. Authority: — A life edited by Mombritius, mention in the letters of S. Leo, and Theodoret.J This Saint succeeded S. Amantius on the episcopal throne of Como in 445. S. Leo, who knew his merit, sent him as legate to the Council of Constantinople in 450. Shortly after his return to Italy he sat in the council of Milan, 451. Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, wrote him a letter which is still extant.

Feast days

Feast: April 2

Nine days · Free

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One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Abundius of Como's story, and a nudge to keep going.

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Sources & notes

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Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.