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Saint of the Day – 16 October – Saint Florentinus (Died 4th Century) Bishop

Saint of the Day – 16 October – Saint Florentinus (Died 4th Century) Bishop of Trèves. Also known as – Florentinus of Trèves, Florentius of…

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Trèves, St Florentinus, Bishop,

Upon being Consecrated as the Bishop of Cahors, in France, Florentins received a congratulatory letter from his friend, Saint Paulinus of Nola, who was later to become a Bishop himself.

Paulinus praises Florentinus as a man of great humility and meekness of heart, with the gentleness and the innocence of a lamb and imbued with “the sweetness of the Lord.”

In reference to Florentinus’ Episcopal vocation, Paulinus observes that God had chosen him for “the role of his apostles” to “become a fisher of men,” who would “with the net of the saving Word, draw from the bitter, deep waves of this world a haul which God can invest with life rather than destruction.”

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