Saint of the Day – 10 April – St Paternus (Died 1058) Hermit, Monk. Born in either Ireland or Scotland (the term “the Scot” was used to refer to both places at that time) and died by being burned to death when the Abdinghof Abbey, Westphalia, Germany caught fire in 1058. Also known as – Paternus the Scot, Padarn, Paternus Scotus, Paternus of Abdinghof, Paternus of Paderborn.
Patermus travelled to Westphalia in Germany and became one of the first Monks at the Monastery of Abdinghof in Paderborn which had been founded by Saint Meinwerk (Died 1036). Wishing for solitude, he moved to a cell adjoining the Abbey.
He predicted that the City would be razed by fire within 30 days, if the inhabitants did not turn from their sins but he was mocked as a prophet of doom.
On the Friday before Palm Sunday, in 1058, fires broke out simultaneously in seven parts of the City. The City and the Monastery were destroyed. The Monks escaped, with the exception of Paternus, who, refusing to break the vows of enclosure, remained in his cell and was consequently burned to death.
His death made a great impression on his contemporaries. The mat on which he died became an important Relic because it miraculously escaped the flames
St Miguel de Sanctis O.SS.T (1591-1625) Priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives also known as the Trinitarian Order or the Trinitarians, Mystic, Penitent, Ecstatic, Apostle of prayer, mortification, of the poor and the sick, he had a special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and would fall into ecstatic prayer during the Consecration at Holy Mass, so much so, that he became known as “El Extático”, “The Ecstatic.” Pope Pius IX Canonised Miguel on 8 June 1862. Grace-filled St Miguel: https://anastpaul.com/2020/04/10/saint-of-the-day-10-april-st-miguel-de-sanctis-o-ss-t-1591-1625/
St Palladius (Died c659) Bishop of Auxerre, previously the Abbot of Saint Germanus Monastery in Auxerre. He zealously served his people for more than 30 – some sources have proved an Episcopate of thirty six years – all of which working with untiring love for his flock, the Church in his Diocese and for the secular and political well-being of his See. A Wonderful Shepherd: https://anastpaul.com/2024/04/10/saint-of-the-day-10-april-saint-palladius-of-auxerre-died-c659-bishop/
St Paternus (Died 1058) Hermit, Monk
Martyrs of Carthage – 50 Saints: A group of 50 Christians who were imprisoned in a pen of snakes and scorpions and then Martyred, all during the persecutions of Decius. Only six of their names have come down to us – Africanus, Alessandro, Massimo, Pompeius, Terence and Teodoro. Beheaded in 250 at Carthage.
Martyrs of Georgia: Approximately 6,000 Christian Monks and lay people Martyred in Georgia in 1616 for their faith by a Muslim army led by Shah Abbas I of Persia.
Martyrs of Ostia: A group ofcriminals who were brought to the faith by Pope Saint Alexander I while he was in prison with them. Drowned by being taken off shore from Ostia, Italy, in a boat which was then scuttled, c 115.
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