January 10 Saint William Archbishop of Bourges († 1209) William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal …More
January 10 Saint William Archbishop of Bourges († 1209)
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal uncle. From his early childhood Saint William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in exercises of piety and his studies, with which he employed his whole time in an untiring application.
Saint William was made a canon, an ecclesiastic attached to a cathedral church, first at Soissons and afterwards in Paris; but he soon resolved to abandon the world and retired into the solitude of Grandmont, where he lived with great regularity in that austere Order. Finally he joined the Cistercians, flourishing with sanctity at the time, and later was chosen to be Prior of the Abbey of Pontigny, then made Abbot of Challis.
On the death of Henri de Sully, Archbishop of Bourges, William was chosen to succeed …More
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal uncle. From his early childhood Saint William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in exercises of piety and his studies, with which he employed his whole time in an untiring application.
Saint William was made a canon, an ecclesiastic attached to a cathedral church, first at Soissons and afterwards in Paris; but he soon resolved to abandon the world and retired into the solitude of Grandmont, where he lived with great regularity in that austere Order. Finally he joined the Cistercians, flourishing with sanctity at the time, and later was chosen to be Prior of the Abbey of Pontigny, then made Abbot of Challis.
On the death of Henri de Sully, Archbishop of Bourges, William was chosen to succeed …More
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Saints of the Day:
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (2016)
—
Aldo of Carbonari
Agatho, Pope
Anna of the Angels Monteagudo
Arcontius of Viviers
Benincasa of Cava
Dermot of Inis Clothrann
Domitian of Melitene
Giles of Lorenzana
John Camillus the Good
Marcian of Constantinople
Maria Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña y Ortega
Maurilius of Cahors
Nicanor of Cyprus
Paul the Hermit
Peter Orseolo
Petronius of Die
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Saethryth of Faremoutier
Thecla of Lentini
Thomian of Armagh
Valerius of Limoges
William of Bourges
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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (2016)
—
Aldo of Carbonari
Agatho, Pope
Anna of the Angels Monteagudo
Arcontius of Viviers
Benincasa of Cava
Dermot of Inis Clothrann
Domitian of Melitene
Giles of Lorenzana
John Camillus the Good
Marcian of Constantinople
Maria Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña y Ortega
Maurilius of Cahors
Nicanor of Cyprus
Paul the Hermit
Peter Orseolo
Petronius of Die
Raymond de Fosso
Saethryth of Faremoutier
Thecla of Lentini
Thomian of Armagh
Valerius of Limoges
William of Bourges
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