May 2nd - St. Ultan of Péronne, OSB Abbot B (AC)
(Also known as Ultan of Fosse)
Died at Péronne, c. 686. Ultan, an Irish monk like his brothers Saints
Fursey
and Foillan, went with them on a missionary journey to East Anglia. There,
with
Fursey, he founded a monastery in Burgh Castle, a Roman fort near
Yarmouth,
but
later migrated to France after a pilgrimage to Rome. There he administered
the
Abbey of Saint-Quentin, which had been built for Fursey. Then he escaped
the
raiding Mercians by moving into Belgium. His brother Foillan built and
became
abbot of Fosses Monastery on land given to him by Blessed Itta and her
daughter
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. During this time Ultan was chaplain to
Gertrude's
convent and taught them liturgy, Scripture, and chant. Ultan later
succeeded
his
brother Fursey in ministering to pilgrims as abbot of Fosses.
He inherited Foillan's abbacy at Péronne, where he died. Foillan's
official
feast day is the date of Ultan's vision of his martyrdom, although his
relics
were not recovered for about two months thereafter. Ultan is mentioned in
the
vita of Saint Amatus, who had been unjustly banished by Theodoric: "Amatus
found
refuge in Fursey's monastery at Péronne of which Ultan was abbot at the
time
and
rejoiced in the tranquility of his retirement."
Ultan was buried in Fosses Abbey, which became a celebrated Irish
monastery,
as
did Péronne. A chapel dedicated to Saint Brigid of Kildare overlooks the
town of
Fosses (Attwater, Attwater2, Benedictines, Coulson, D'Arcy, Daniel-Rops,
Delaney, Fitzpatrick, Gougaud, Montague, Tommasini).
Quote:
For you should have kept before your eyes the warnings which Our
predecessors
have constantly given, namely, that, if the sacred books are permitted
everywhere without discrimination in the vulgar tongue, more damage will
arise
from this than advantage.... Since in vernacular speech we notice very
frequent
interchanges, varieties, and changes, surely by an unrestrained license of
Biblical versions that changelessness which is proper to the divine
testimony
would be utterly destroyed, and faith itself would waver, when,
especially,
from
the meaning of one syllable sometimes an understanding about the truth of
a
dogma is formed.
-Pope Pius VII (1800-1823)
Bible Quote:
7 But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the
giving
of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity
captive; he
gave gifts to men. (Ephesians 4:7-8)
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(Romans 1:16) The Fellow****p of the Unashamed
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give until I drop, preach until all know and work until He
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And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem
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