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Saturday, October 05, 2024

Memorial of Saints (October 5)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

  • Maria Faustina Kowalska
  • Apollinaris of Valence, bishop;
  • Galla, widow;
  • Magenulf or Meinulf;
  • Flora of Beaulieu, virgin;
  • Aymard of Cluny, abbot

St. Aymard (d. 965 A.D.) became the third abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Cluny, France. Succeeding St. Odo in 942 A.D., he continued the reforms of St. Odo and his predecessor. He resigned in 948 A.D. because of blindness and died on October 5.

Related blog posts:

  • The Benedictine Monastery at Cluny, France, Learn more
  • Sts. Berno, Odo, and Aymard: Benedictine Abbots of Cluny, Learn more
  • Sts. Majolus, Odilo, and Hugh: Benedictine Abbots of Cluny, Learn more
  • What Monasticism in the History of the Church Can Teach Us, Learn more
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