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Saint of the Day – 14 April – Saint Lambert  (c625-c688), Bishop and Confessor

Saint of the Day – 14 April – Saint Lambert  (c625-c688), Bishop and Confessor of Lyons. Previously he had been the Abbot at Fontenelle Monastery. Born in France and died there in Lyons. Also known as – Lambertus, Landebert, Landebertus.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Lyons, St Lambert, Bishop and Confessor.

St Lambert’s life was written by a Monk of Saint-Wandrille’s Monastery at the beginning of the 8th or 9th Centuries, according to different sources.

It is a precious document composed with the assistance of the Abbey’s records, unfortunately, it is incomplete and is interrupted before St Lambert’s promotion to the elevated Ecclesiastical office of the Bishop of Lyons.

Lambert belonged to a wealthy family in Therouanne, Not unlike all young men of his station, he was sent to the King’s Court to complete his education. Instead of choosing a lay career, he entered the Monastery of Fontenelle which had been founded by St Wandrille, who was still in office and governed over St Lambert from 664-668.

Upon the death of St Wandrille in 668, Lambert succeeded him and governed the Abbey for 10 years and five months, until 678. During this period the Abbey experienced a significant increase in assets. King Childeric II donated the properties of Ulmirus and Warinn, in the Arques valley, together with a part of the forest of Gemmeticus. King Theodoric III, also donated a property located in Donzère in Provence where, thanks to the work of the Monks of Fontenelle, a dependent Monastery was founded.

Another Monk of Fontenelle founded the Monastery of Indre on an Island in the Loire, to which the Motherhouse reserved the right to send the Abbot.

In 675, finally, the English Priest Condedus, who had founded a Monastery on an Island in the Seine, annexed it to Fontenelle.

On 1 November 678, Bishop Genesius of Lyons died and St Lambert was called to succeed him, while at Fontenelle he was replaced by Saint Abietta. There is no information about Lambert’s Episcopate; he appears in 683 with his title as a signatory to a document from Aiglibert, Bishop of Le Mans.

St Lambert died not many years thereafter, as his successor, Godinus, was already in office on 30 October 688. His Feast Day is celebrated today on 14 April, a date on which he already appears in several codices of the Martyrology of St Jerome and is recorded in the Roman Martyrology.

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Santa Maria de Camarino / Our Lady of Guam (1825), St Justin Martyr, St Tiburtius and Companions and the Saints for 14 Apri

Santa Maria de Camarino / Our Lady of Guam, Mariana Islands (1825), Patron of Guam – 14 April:
HERE:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/14/santa-maria-de-camarino-our-lady-of-guam-mariana-islands-1825-and-memorials-of-the-saints-14-april/

St Justin Martyr (c 100-165) Martyr, Layman, first Christian Philosopher, Apologist, Orator, Teacher, Writer, Missionary
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2017/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-st-justin/

St Tiburtius of Rome (Died 3rd Century) Martyr, Layman
St Maximus of Rome (Died 3rd Century) Martyr, Layman
St Valerian of Trastevere (c177-c229) Martyr, Layman, brother of St Tiburtiusabove and husband of St Cecilia (Martyrs)

Their Holy Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/04/14/saints-of-the-day-14-april-st-tiburtius-st-valerian-and-st-maximus-died-3rd-century-martyr-layman/

St Abundius the Sacristan (Died c564) Confessor, Layman, Sacristan of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope St Gregory I, the Great wrote of his life, which was filled with many graces.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14-april-st-abundius-the-sacristan-died-c564-confessor-sacristan/

St Ardalion the Actor

St Benezet the Bridge Builder (c 1163-1184) Shepherd, Mystic, miracle-worker, Founder of the Fratres Pontifices – the Bridge-Building Brotherhood. His body is incorrupt.
Wonderful St Benezet:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14-april-st-benezet-the-bridge-builder-c-1163-1184/

St Bernard (1046-1117) Monk, Abbot, Founder of the the Tiron Abbey and the Tironensian Order. St Bernard had a deep devotion to the Passion of Christ, teaching and instruction his disciples in the love of the Holy Cross.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “In the Monastery of Tiron near Chartres in France, Saint Bernard, Abbot, who on several occasions gave himself up to a hermit life in the woods and on the Island of Chausey but also dedicated himself to instructing and guiding the disciples, who in great numbers, flocked to him.”
St Bernard’s Life of Grace:

https://anastpaul.com/2022/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14-april-st-bernard-of-tiron-c-1046-1117/

St Domnina of Terni
St Fronto of Nitria Abbot
Bl Hadewych O.Praem. (c1150-c1200) Nun

St John OSB (Died 1095) the First Bishop of Montenarano, Italy in 1074, Benedictine Monk, Miracle-worker. He was Canonised in 1906 by Pope Pius X.
His Shepherd’s Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14-april-saint-john-of-montemarano-osb-died-1095/

St Lambert  (c625-c688), Bishop and Confessor of Lyons

St Lydwina(1380-1433) Virgin of Schiedam, Mystic, Ascetic, Apostle of the Holy Eucharist and of Penance and Prayer,
Lovely St Lydwina:

https://anastpaul.com/2019/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14

St Peter Gonzalez OP (1190 – 1246) Castilian Priest and Friar of the Order of Preachers, Confessor. He was Canonised on 13 December 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV.
Holy and Ardent St Peter:

https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/saint-of-the-day-14-april-blessed-peter-gonzalez-o-p/

St Tassach of Raholp
St Thomaides of Alexandria