A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
January 27
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This saint was forced into the episcopate by Pope Urban against his desire. He was a most meek and gentle-spirited man, full of thought for others, but severe upon himself, as was evidenced by one little fact noticed by his biographer. He was wont to rise very early to his prayers, and when he did so, he took the greatest care not to disturb others in the room and house.
Stay faithful when it costs you. This account is about holding firm under pressure.
Pray a little every day. Prayer runs all through this account.
Learn from the kind of life it was. A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
This saint was forced into the episcopate by Pope Urban against his desire. He was a most meek and gentle-spirited man, full of thought for others, but severe upon himself, as was evidenced by one little fact noticed by his biographer. He was wont to rise very early to his prayers, and when he did so, he took the greatest care not to disturb others in the room and house. When he was dying, crowds of people came to see his loved face for the last time, and he gave them his benediction, and died in so doing.
FOOTNOTES:
[126] See concerning the fire and subsequent persecution in the account of SS. Eutropius and Tygris, Jan. 12th; p. 163 .
[127] This life is, for the most part, taken from the Rev. Canon Bright's "Hist. of the Church from a.d. 313 to a.d. 451." London, 1863.
SS. Thyrsus, Leucius and Others , MM., in Asia , a.d. 250. SS. Emilian , B. , Hilarian , Mk. , and Others , MM., at Trevi, in Umbria , a.d. 303. S. Valerius , B. of Saragossa, beginning of 4th cent. S. Palladius , H., in Syria, end of 4th cent. S. Cyril , Pat. of Alexandria , a.d. 444. S. John , Ab. of Reomay, circ. a.d. 545. S. James , H., in Palestine, 6th cent. S. Paulinus , Patr. of Aquileia , a.d. 804. B. Charlemagne [king of the Franks, crowned emperor in 800] , Emp. , a.d. 814. S. Richard , Ab. of Valcelles, in France, 12th cent. S. Julian , B. of Cuenca, in Spain , a.d. 1207. B. Margaret , of Hungary, V.O.S.D. ; a.d. 1271. B. Gentile , W., Ravenna , a.d. 1530.
Feast: January 27
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. John of French…'s story, and a nudge to keep going.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new and revised edition (Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914; first edition 1872). 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.
