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Saint of the Day – 4 April – Saint Aleth of Dijon (1064-1106) Laywoman

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Saint of the Day – 4 April – Saint Aleth De Montbard De Fontaines of Dijon (1064-1106) Laywoman, Mother of 7 including St Bernard of Clairvaux, St Humbeline of Jully (c1091-c1136) a Benedictine Nun, St Gerard of Clairvaux (Died 1138) Bernard older brother, Blessed Nivard of Clairvaux (c1100-c1150) Bernard’s youngest brother. Born in 1064 in Montbard, Departement de la Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne, France and died on 31 August 1106 (aged 41–42). Patronage – of Dijon, France. Also known as – Aleth of Montbard, Aleth of Zélie, Adelaide…Adèle…Alaysia…Aleidis…Aletta…Alette…Aleydis…Alice…Alix…Aliz…Alyette…Alèthe…Elisabeth…Ethle… In English her name would be Alice. Her Feast today is celebrated on the date of the transfer of her Relics to Clairvaux Monastery in 1250.

Aleth was a daughter of Bernhard I, the local lord of Montbard who came from the French nobility. She received a comprehensive education. At around the age of 16, she married Tezelin de Fontaine, the Castellan at the Castle of Fontaine-lès-Dijon. With him she became the mother of seven children, including Gerhard of Clairvaux , Bernhard of Clairvaux, Nivard of Clairvaux and Humbelina of Jully-sur-Sarce.

Aleth died with a reputation for sainthood at the Castle in Fontaine-lès-Dijon on 31 August 1106. She was buried in the Crypt of the Church of the Monastery of St Benignus in Dijon, next to hhis Tomb.

In 1250 her remains were transferred to the Clairvaux Monastery – in today’s Ville-sous-la-Ferté – near Troyes in France. She was solemnly laid to restby her son. Sadly all these holy Relics were dispersed and lost when the Monastery was attacked and closed during the French Revolution.

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Easter Thursday, Notre-Dame de Grace, Honfleur/ Our Lady of Grace, Normandy, France, St Isidore of Seville and the Saints for 4 April

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Easter Thursday

Notre-Dame de Grace, Honfleur, Normandie / Our Lady of Grace, Normandy, France – 4 April:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/04/easter-sunday-2021-the-resurrection-of-the-lord-solemnity-of-solemnities-our-lady-of-grace-normandy-and-memorials-of-the-saints/

St Isidore of Seville (c560-636) Bishop, Confessor, Father & Doctor of the Church, Writer, Teacher, Reformer and Evangelist. Sometimes called – “The Last Scholar of the Ancient World.”
St Isidore’s life:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/saint-of-the-day-4-april-st-isidore-of-seville-father-and-doctor-of-the-church/

St Benedict of Palermo OFM (1526-1589) Friar Minor of the Observance, Confessor.
Celebrated yesterday 3 April and today on some calendars.
About St Benedict:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/saint-of-the-day-4-april-st-benedict-of-sicily-o-f-m-1526-1589/

St Aleth of Dijon (1064-1106) Laywoman, Mother of St Bernard (of Clairvaux)
St Gwerir of Liskeard
St Henry of Gheest
St Hildebert of Ghent
St Peter of Poitiers (c1130-1215) Bishop

St Plato (c734-813) Monk, Confessor, Defender of sacred images and of the Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders.
St Plato’s Lifestory:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/04/04/saint-of-the-day-4-april-saint-plato-c-734-813/

St Theodulus of Thessalonica
St Theonas of Egypt
St Tigernach of Clogher

St Zosimus of Palestine (Died c560) Priest, Monk, Hermit.
Priest, Monk, Hermit. As already reported in the legendary life of St Mary of Egypt, St Zosimus, a Monk and Hermit, is the one who discovers St Mary in the desert and gave her Holy Communion shortly before her death.
The Roman Martyrology reports: “In Palestine, the Anchorite, St Zosimus, who buried the remains of St Mary of Egypt.”
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/04/04/saint-of-the-day-4-april-st-zosimus-of-palestine-c-460-c-560-priest-hermit/

Martyred in Cairo
François de la Terre de Labour
Nicolas of Montecorpino

Martyrs of Thessalonica – 14 Saints: Fourteen Christians who were Martyred together, date unknown. No other information, except the names of 12 of them, has survived – Ingenuus, Julianus, Julius, Matutinus, Orbanus, Palatinus, Paulus, Publius, Quinilianus, Saturninus, Successus, Victor and two whose names have not come down to us.
Agathopus the Deacon, Theodulus the Lector.