Solemnities, Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials, and Traditional Dates of Commemoration
- Hilary of Arles, bishop
- Mauruntius, abbot
- Avertinus
- Angelo, martyr
- Jutta, widow [1]
- Gotthard of Hildesheim, abbot and bishop [3]
Today, the Catholic Church commemorates 2 bishops, 2 abbots, 1 martyr, 1 widow, and (according to pious legends) 1 hermit who was ordained a deacon.
Since the Church on May 5 commemorates 2 abbots, let us learn how they followed Christ in their monastic way of life.
St. Gotthard of Hildesheim (ca. 960-1038 A.D.) was a reformer. He helped in the reform of the Nieder-Altaich abbey and guided the reform of three other monasteries. On the other hand, St. Mauruntius, or Maurontius of Douai, (ca. 634-701 A.D.) entered the Marchioness abbey and became its deacon. He also founded the abbey of Breuil. He was also superior of the double monastery of Marchiennes.
In their commitment to Christ, both St. Gotthard and St. Mauruntius devoted to their life to the building of the Church's monastic way of life and its abbeys. Both abbots signified the mission of Christ to make the gospel known through a life of prayer and the expansion of the monastic system in Europe during the 7th to the 11th century A.D. [2][3][4]
Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [May 5]
- St. Irene, Glorious Martyr [2]
St. Irene of Thessalonica (d. ca. 304 A.D.) was convicted during the persecution of Christians for possessing copies of the Scriptures and for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods. After being placed in a house of prostitution and chained, she was put to death - by fire or an arrow to her throat. Her feast is commemorated today by the Russian Orthodox Church [3].
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