Interim Saints - May 23rd
DESIDERIUS OF LANGRES, bishop and martyr (about A.D. 407)
Not to be confused with Saint Desiderius of Vienne, bishop and martyr,
whose feast is celebrated on the same day.
DESIDERIUS OF VIENNE, bishop and martyr (about A.D. 608)
Not to be confused with Saint Desiderius of Langres, bishop and martyr,
whose feast is celebrated on the same day.
WILLIAM OF ROCHESTER, martyr (date uncertain)
S. William was a baker at Perth, who in his early life lived a careless
and godless life, but afterwards changed and became a model of virtue,
as a good father of a household . . . At last, when they had reached
Rochester, David Cockerman [William's adopted son] resolved to murder
and rob the baker without further delay. As they left the city, he led
William into a narrow lane, and dropping behind him, felled him with a
hatchet, took his purse and ran away. As miracles were wrought when
the body was brought into Rochester, the people concluded he was a
saint, and he received general veneration in the diocese.
Oriens.
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