MEMORIAL OF SAINT MARCELLINUS, BISHOP, SAINT BEUNO, ABBOT AND SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANO, RELIGIOUS ~ FEAST DAY: Today, we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Marcellinus, Bishop; Saint Beuno, Abbot and Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, Religious. Through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Saints on this feast day, we humbly pray for those who are sick, we particularly pray for sick children and those who are terminally ill. May God grant them His divine healing and intervention. We also pray for sick animals.

SAINT MARCELLINUS, BISHOP: St. Marcellinus of Gaul also known as Marcellin was the first bishop of Embrun from 354 AD. He was born in Africa of a noble family, a native of Africa Proconsularis and became a priest. He journeyed to Gaul with two other bishops of North Africa, Vincent and and Domninus and preached the Gospel with great success in the vicinity of the Alps. Then he fixed his residence at Embrun, where he built an oratory, in which he spent his nights in prayer after consecrating the day to the works of the ministry. St. Marcellinus, went to Rome with Vincent and Domnin, to attend a synod in 313 to judge the Donatists movement.

The Saint’s example and discourses converted a great number of the idolaters among whom he lived. When the whole city had been converted to Christianity, St. Eusebius of Vercelli consecrated his oratory at his request. St. Marcellinus himself received episcopal consecration, and worked with all his power for the spread of the Kingdom of God. He commissioned Vincent and Domninus to preach in several places that he could not visit in person. Saint Marcellinus was noted for his piety. By his pious example as well as by his earnest words, he converted many of the heathens among whom he lived. Heaven confirmed his apostolic labors with miracles. He died at Embrun in 374.

PRAYER: God, Light and Shepherd of souls, You established St. Marcellinus as Bishop in Your Church to feed your flock by his word and form it by his example. Help us through his intercession to keep the Faith he taught by his word and follow the way he showed by his example. Amen🙏
 
SAINT BEUNO, ABBOT: St. Beuno, also known as Bono, was a 7th-century Welsh abbot, confessor, and saint. Baring-Gould gives St Beuno’s date of death as April 21,  640, making that date his traditional feastday. However, celebrated on April 20th (Catholic). He was born 545 AD,at Berriew, United Kingdom to his Parents, Saint Bugi.

Saint Beuno, founded and served as abbot in Clynnog Fawr (Carnarvonshire), North Wales. He was Uncle, spiritual teacher, and guardian of Saint Winifred. Late in life he received a series of visions. Legend says that when Winfred was beheaded by a jilted suitor, Beuno placed the severed head back on the body and Winifred lived. St. Beuno died on April 21, 640 AD, Clynnog-fawr, United Kingdom. People still sit sick children on the great stone slab of his tomb in hopes of their healing. He’s Patron Saint of sick children, diseased cattle and sick animals.

Saint Beuno, Abbot ~ Pray for us🙏

SAINT AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANO, RELIGIOUS: St Agnes of Montepulciano was known as a miracle worker during her lifetime, renowned for her diligence in prayer and her extraordinary charity. Although born of a wealthy family in Gracchiano, Italy, she believed that charity is the only way to acquire the virtue of humility: there is no humility without charity; the one nourishes the other. St. Agnes of Montepulciano (1268–1317) was born into a noble family in Tuscany. Her birth was announced with strange lights surrounding her dwelling, considered a sign that she was a favored child. At nine years of age she requested to enter the local Franciscan monastery in Montepulciano. Although doing so at her young age was against Church law, she obtained special permission from the pope. She became a model nun, reached a high degree of contemplative prayer, and executed her duties so well that she was chosen to help found and lead a new monastery in Proceno when she was just 15 years old, again with special permission at her young age. She lived there for 20 years and became known as a great mystic and visionary while cultivating a special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. She became locally famous for her miracles as well as for her austerities. She lived on bread and water, slept on the ground, and used a stone for a pillow. Eventually, Agnes returned to Montepulciano. By request she founded and led an even larger monastery, this time receiving a vision that it should be a convent of Dominican nuns dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Through her prayers she cured the sick, multiplied food, and raised to life a child who had drowned. Her feast day is April 20.

Quote of Saint Catherine of Siena (writing to a nun of Montepulciano about Saint Agnes): “A heart and sense that are full of this world and of self-love cannot be filled with Christ crucified and cannot taste true and sweet prayer. Understanding this, the sweet Agnes, stripped herself of herself and put on Christ crucified. She did this not only for herself, but for us as well. Her example obliges you to follow it steadfastly.”

Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, Religious ~ Pray for us🙏