Saint Patrick’s Breastplate A beautiful prayer composed by Saint Patrick and universally accepted as genuine. It was written in preparation for the saint’s appearance at Tara before the assembled chieftains of Ireland on Easter Sunday, 433, when the final blow was given to Druidism, and the triumph of Christianity completed. Christ shield me this day: … Continue reading “Saint Patrick’s Breastplate”
Saint-Pard (Pierre Nicholas Van Blotaque)
Saint-Pard (Pierre Nicholas Van Blotaque) Abbe de, a Belgian ascetic writer, was born, Feb. 9, 1734, at Givet-Saint- Hilaire. He studied with the Jesuits at Diman, joined their order, and was sent to teach in various colleges. At the time of the suppression of the society he was at Vennes, but went to Paris; and, … Continue reading “Saint-Pard (Pierre Nicholas Van Blotaque)”
Saint-Ouen, Abbey of
Saint-Ouen, Abbey of Located in Rouen, France, this abbey was a Benedictine monastery of great antiquity dating back to the early Merovingian period. Its foundation has been variously credited, among others, to Clothair I and to St. Clothilda, but no sufficient evidence to settle the question is forthcoming. It was dedicated at first to St. … Continue reading “Saint-Ouen, Abbey of”
Saint Omer, College of
Saint Omer, College of The well-known Jesuit college at St. Omer — oftener spoken of under the anglicized form of St. Omers or St. Omer’s — was founded by Father Parsons in 1592 or 1593. All Catholic education having been prohibited in England, several colleges had been founded by Englishmen on the Continent — at … Continue reading “Saint Omer, College of”
Saint Omer
Saint Omer Jesuit college, founded by Father Parsons, S.J., in 1592 or 1593, for the education of English youth during the Elizabethan persecution. Located in the Province of Artois, at that time subject to the King of Spain. In 1678 Artois became a French possession and the college prospered under the friendly government until 1762 … Continue reading “Saint Omer”
Saint Norbert’s Abbey
Saint Norbert’s Abbey West De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in 1902. Made practically independent of the mother-abbey in Holland in 1908. Provincial house and novitiate of Premonstratensian Fathers, who conduct Saint Norbert’s College, founded in 1898. Includes a preparatory school and arts’ college. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Saint Michael’s College
Saint Michael’s College Buckingham, Quebec, Canada. Conducted by the Brothers of Christian Instruction. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Saint Michael’s Abbey
Saint Michael’s Abbey Farnborough, England , founded, 1895 , by Benedictines of the Solesmes Congregation; erected into an abbey , 1903 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Saint Meinrad’s Abbey
Saint Meinrad’s Abbey Saint Meinrad, Indiana. Founded in 1854 by two Benedictines. Made a priory in 1865, an abbey since 1870. Destroyed by fire in 1887 and rebuilt by Fintan Mundwiler. Includes two seminaries and Jasper College. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Saint Maurice of Agaunum Abbey
Saint Maurice of Agaunum Abbey Abbey nullius of Augustinian Canons in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, site of the martyrdom of the Theban Legion. Little is known of its foundation, which was probably renewed by Sigismund, King of the Burgundians. About 522 Abbot Ambrosius introduced the “Perpetual Psalmody,” as practised by the Acremetre. Among its … Continue reading “Saint Maurice of Agaunum Abbey”