Interim Saints - April 1st
THEODORA, virgin and martyr (A.D. 132)
Hermes, prefect of the city, was converted to Christ with his wife,
Exuperia, and his sister, Theodora, and all his house, to the number of
twelve hundred souls. At that time Aurelian was governor of the city .
. . he sent for Hermes, and ordered him into the prisons of a tribune,
named Quirinus. Hermes was now deserted by all his friends and
servants. Theodora his sister was alone faithful . . . Quirinus the
tribune (March 30th), and his daughter, Balbina, were converted by the
example of the brother and sister . . .
WALARIC, abbot of Leuconay (about A.D. 619)
Walaric, in French Valéry, was a native of Auvergne . . . [He overheard
a priest and a magistrate telling some indecent jokes] Walaric
remained for some moments . . . hardly realizing what these two men
were saying. Then suddenly he burst forth with, "My children, for
every idle word ye shall give account at the day of judgment." Quite
right too.
HUGH, bishop of Grenoble (A.D. 1132)
Hugh was sent to school at Valence, but not content with the
instructions he received there, he left his home and country to seek
learning abroad . . . With infinite labour, with zeal and tenderness,
and more by his own example than by any other means, Hugh succeeded in
raising the moral and religious tone of the clergy and laity of his
diocese.
GILBERT, bishop of Caithness (A.D. 1245)
S. Gilbert, a native of Moray, became archdeacon of Moray . . . The
unruly diocesans of Aidan, bishop of Caithness, having killed their
bishop, King Aledander III took a horrible revenge, mutilating all
males in the diocese to the third and fourth generation. S. Gilbert .
. . was then appointed to this see.
Oriens.
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