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Jesus Christ died for all mankind; He truly died that "He might taste
death for all." (Hebrews ii. 9.) Yet we know that all men will not be
saved, but only those who do His will; for we read in St. Paul: "And
being consummated, He became to all that obey Him the cause of eternal
salvation." (Hebrews v. 9.) And so, notwithstanding Christ's
redemption, it is stated in the gospel that some "shall go into
everlasting punishment." (St. Matt. xxv. 46.) St. Paul did not say
that God will save all men, but, "Who will have all men to be saved"
(1 Timothy ii. 4), implying thereby that for salvation, man's will and
co-operation is required to fulfil the conditions, and use the means
appointed by God Himself for the purpose.
<<>><<>><<>>
2 October – Saint Leodegar of Autun
(c 625-679)
Bishop of Autun, France and Martyr, Monk, Abbot, Reformer, apostle of
the poor – born in c 615 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
and died on 2 October 679 by being murdered in 678 in the woods in
Sarcing, Somme, Picardie, France. Patronages – Millers, invoked
against blindness, Eye disease, Eye problems, Sore eyes and 5 cities.
He was the son of Saint Sigrada, his mother and the brother of Saint
Warinus and is also known as St Leodegarius and St Leger.
Leodegar was the son of a high-ranking Burgundian nobleman, Bodilon,
Count of Poitiers and Paris and St Sigrada of Alsace, who later became
a nun at Sainte-Marie de Soissons.
He spent his childhood in Paris at the court of Clotaire II, King of
the Franks and was educated at the palace school. When he was older he
was sent to Poitiers, where there was a long-established Cathedral
school, to study under his maternal uncle, Desiderius (Dido), Bishop
of Poitiers. At the age of 20 his uncle made him an Archdeacon.
Shortly afterwards he became a Priest and in 650, with the Bishop’s
permission, became a Monk at the Monastery of St Maxentius in Poitou.
He was soon elected Abbot and initiated reforms including the
introduction of the Benedictine rule.
Around 656, about the time of the usurpation of Grimoald in Austrasia
and the banishment of the boy-heir Dagobert II, Leodegar was called to
the Neustrian court by the widowed Queen Bathilde to assist in the
government of the united kingdoms and in the education of her
children. Then in 659 he was named to the See of Autun, in Burgundy.
He again undertook the work of reform and held a council at Autun in
661. The council denounced Manichaeism and was the first to adopt the
Trinitarian Athanasian Creed. He made reforms among the secular clergy
and in the religious communities and had three baptisteries erected in
the city. The Church of Saint-Nazaire was enlarged and embellished and
a refuge established for the indigent. Leodegar also caused the public
buildings to be repaired and the old Roman walls of Autun to be
restored. His authority at Autun placed him as a leader among the
Franco-Burgundian nobles.
Meanwhile, in 660 the Austrasian nobles demanded a king and young
prince Childeric II was sent to them through the influence of Ebroin,
the mayor of the palace in Neustria. The queen withdrew, from a court
that was Ebroin’s in all but name, to an abbey she had founded at
Chelles, near Paris. On the death of King Clotaire III in 673, a
dynastic struggle ensued, with rival claimants as pawns; Ebroin raised
Theoderic to the throne but Leodegar and the other Bishops supported
the claims of his elder brother Childeric II, who, by the help of the
Austrasians and Burgundians, was eventually made king. Ebroin was
interned at Luxeuil and Theoderic sent to St Denis.
Leodegar remained at court, guiding the young king. In 673 or 675,
however, Leodegar was also sent to Luxeuil. The cause, a protest
against the marriage of Childeric and his first cousin, is a
hagiographic convention; as a leader of the Austrasian and Burgundian
nobles, Leodegar was easily represented as a danger by his enemies.
When Childeric II was murdered at Bondi in 675, by a disaffected
Frank, Theoderic III was installed as king in Neustria, making
Leudesius his mayor. Ebroin took advantage of the chaos to make his
escape from Luxeuil and hasten to the court. In a short time Ebroin
caused Leudesius to be murdered and became mayor once again, still
Leodegar’s implacable enemy.
About 675 the Duke of Champagne, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne and
the Bishop of Valence, stirred up by Ebroin, attacked Autun and
Leodegar fell into their hands. At Ebroin’s instigation, Leodegar’s
eyes were gouged out and the sockets cauterized and his tongue was cut
out. Some years later Ebroin persuaded the king that Childeric had
been assassinated at the instigation of Leodegar. The Bishop was
seized again and, after a mock trial, was degraded and condemned to
further exile, at Fécamp, in Normandy. Near Sarcing he was led out
into a forest on Ebroin’s order and beheaded.
A dubious testament drawn up at the time of the council of Autun has
been preserved as well as the Acts of the council. A letter which he
caused to be sent to his mother after his mutilation is likewise
extant.
In 782, his relics were translated from the site of his death, Sarcing
in Artois, to the site of his earliest hagiography – the Abbey of St
Maxentius (Saint-Maixent) near Poitiers. Later they were removed to
Rennes and thence to Ebreuil, which place took the name of Saint-Léger
in his honour. Some relics are still kept in the Cathedral of Autun
and the Grand Séminaire of Soissons. In 1458 Cardinal Rolin caused his
feast day to be observed as a holy day of obligation.
For sources to his biography, there are two early Lives, drawn from
the same lost source (Krusch 1891) and also two later ones (one of
them in verse).
Historically there was a custom among wealthy British merchants to
sell in May, spend the summer outside of London, then to return on St
Leger’s Day. This gave rise to the saying used in regards to financial
trading markets, “Sell in May and go away and come on back on St
Leger’s Day.”
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/02/
Saint Quote:
All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of
living together happily united.
-- Blessed Margaret d'Youville
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to
you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my
heavenly Father.” …Matthew 18:10
REFLECTION – “Ah, Jesus, Prince of Peace and Angel of great counsel,
may You Yourself always be the guide at my right and the guardian of
my pilgrimage, lest I move away and stray from You.
And deign to send from heaven, Your holy angel who, under Your
lovingly-kind care, will be solicitous for me and, according to Your
gracious purpose, direct me and lead me, perfect, along Your way back
to You. (Ex 23:20).” …
St Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) Benedictine nun – Exercises I.60-63,
71-76, 78-86, 99-103.
Jesus Christ died for all mankind; He truly died that "He might taste
death for all." (Hebrews ii. 9.) Yet we know that all men will not be
saved, but only those who do His will; for we read in St. Paul: "And
being consummated, He became to all that obey Him the cause of eternal
salvation." (Hebrews v. 9.) And so, notwithstanding Christ's
redemption, it is stated in the gospel that some "shall go into
everlasting punishment." (St. Matt. xxv. 46.) St. Paul did not say
that God will save all men, but, "Who will have all men to be saved"
(1 Timothy ii. 4), implying thereby that for salvation, man's will and
co-operation is required to fulfil the conditions, and use the means
appointed by God Himself for the purpose.
<<>><<>><<>>
2 October – Saint Leodegar of Autun
(c 625-679)
Bishop of Autun, France and Martyr, Monk, Abbot, Reformer, apostle of
the poor – born in c 615 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
and died on 2 October 679 by being murdered in 678 in the woods in
Sarcing, Somme, Picardie, France. Patronages – Millers, invoked
against blindness, Eye disease, Eye problems, Sore eyes and 5 cities.
He was the son of Saint Sigrada, his mother and the brother of Saint
Warinus and is also known as St Leodegarius and St Leger.
Leodegar was the son of a high-ranking Burgundian nobleman, Bodilon,
Count of Poitiers and Paris and St Sigrada of Alsace, who later became
a nun at Sainte-Marie de Soissons.
He spent his childhood in Paris at the court of Clotaire II, King of
the Franks and was educated at the palace school. When he was older he
was sent to Poitiers, where there was a long-established Cathedral
school, to study under his maternal uncle, Desiderius (Dido), Bishop
of Poitiers. At the age of 20 his uncle made him an Archdeacon.
Shortly afterwards he became a Priest and in 650, with the Bishop’s
permission, became a Monk at the Monastery of St Maxentius in Poitou.
He was soon elected Abbot and initiated reforms including the
introduction of the Benedictine rule.
Around 656, about the time of the usurpation of Grimoald in Austrasia
and the banishment of the boy-heir Dagobert II, Leodegar was called to
the Neustrian court by the widowed Queen Bathilde to assist in the
government of the united kingdoms and in the education of her
children. Then in 659 he was named to the See of Autun, in Burgundy.
He again undertook the work of reform and held a council at Autun in
661. The council denounced Manichaeism and was the first to adopt the
Trinitarian Athanasian Creed. He made reforms among the secular clergy
and in the religious communities and had three baptisteries erected in
the city. The Church of Saint-Nazaire was enlarged and embellished and
a refuge established for the indigent. Leodegar also caused the public
buildings to be repaired and the old Roman walls of Autun to be
restored. His authority at Autun placed him as a leader among the
Franco-Burgundian nobles.
Meanwhile, in 660 the Austrasian nobles demanded a king and young
prince Childeric II was sent to them through the influence of Ebroin,
the mayor of the palace in Neustria. The queen withdrew, from a court
that was Ebroin’s in all but name, to an abbey she had founded at
Chelles, near Paris. On the death of King Clotaire III in 673, a
dynastic struggle ensued, with rival claimants as pawns; Ebroin raised
Theoderic to the throne but Leodegar and the other Bishops supported
the claims of his elder brother Childeric II, who, by the help of the
Austrasians and Burgundians, was eventually made king. Ebroin was
interned at Luxeuil and Theoderic sent to St Denis.
Leodegar remained at court, guiding the young king. In 673 or 675,
however, Leodegar was also sent to Luxeuil. The cause, a protest
against the marriage of Childeric and his first cousin, is a
hagiographic convention; as a leader of the Austrasian and Burgundian
nobles, Leodegar was easily represented as a danger by his enemies.
When Childeric II was murdered at Bondi in 675, by a disaffected
Frank, Theoderic III was installed as king in Neustria, making
Leudesius his mayor. Ebroin took advantage of the chaos to make his
escape from Luxeuil and hasten to the court. In a short time Ebroin
caused Leudesius to be murdered and became mayor once again, still
Leodegar’s implacable enemy.
About 675 the Duke of Champagne, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne and
the Bishop of Valence, stirred up by Ebroin, attacked Autun and
Leodegar fell into their hands. At Ebroin’s instigation, Leodegar’s
eyes were gouged out and the sockets cauterized and his tongue was cut
out. Some years later Ebroin persuaded the king that Childeric had
been assassinated at the instigation of Leodegar. The Bishop was
seized again and, after a mock trial, was degraded and condemned to
further exile, at Fécamp, in Normandy. Near Sarcing he was led out
into a forest on Ebroin’s order and beheaded.
A dubious testament drawn up at the time of the council of Autun has
been preserved as well as the Acts of the council. A letter which he
caused to be sent to his mother after his mutilation is likewise
extant.
In 782, his relics were translated from the site of his death, Sarcing
in Artois, to the site of his earliest hagiography – the Abbey of St
Maxentius (Saint-Maixent) near Poitiers. Later they were removed to
Rennes and thence to Ebreuil, which place took the name of Saint-Léger
in his honour. Some relics are still kept in the Cathedral of Autun
and the Grand Séminaire of Soissons. In 1458 Cardinal Rolin caused his
feast day to be observed as a holy day of obligation.
For sources to his biography, there are two early Lives, drawn from
the same lost source (Krusch 1891) and also two later ones (one of
them in verse).
Historically there was a custom among wealthy British merchants to
sell in May, spend the summer outside of London, then to return on St
Leger’s Day. This gave rise to the saying used in regards to financial
trading markets, “Sell in May and go away and come on back on St
Leger’s Day.”
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/02/
Saint Quote:
All the wealth in the world cannot be compared with the happiness of
living together happily united.
-- Blessed Margaret d'Youville
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to
you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my
heavenly Father.” …Matthew 18:10
REFLECTION – “Ah, Jesus, Prince of Peace and Angel of great counsel,
may You Yourself always be the guide at my right and the guardian of
my pilgrimage, lest I move away and stray from You.
And deign to send from heaven, Your holy angel who, under Your
lovingly-kind care, will be solicitous for me and, according to Your
gracious purpose, direct me and lead me, perfect, along Your way back
to You. (Ex 23:20).” …
St Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) Benedictine nun – Exercises I.60-63,
71-76, 78-86, 99-103.
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