Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?August_2nd_=E2=80=93_St=2E_Plegmund_of_Canterbury=2C_OSB?= To : All From : rich Date : Sun Aug 01 2021 10:26:31 From: rich August 2nd =E2=80=93 St. Plegmund of Canterbury, OSB Born in Mercia, England; died at Canterbury, England, on August 2, 914. Saint Plegmund was a hermit on an island near Chester, called Plegmundham after him and later Plemstall, who was noted for his holiness and scholarship. He was called to the court of Alfred the Great to be his tutor. He helped Alfred write the Old English version of Saint Gregory the Great's =E2=80=9COn pastoral care=E2=80=9D (Liber regu= lae pastoralis) and may have been responsible for the compilation of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle. At that monarch's request, in 890, he was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Formosus in Rome. He crowned Edward the Elder at Kingston in 901, and consecrated the Newminster at Winchester in 908. Plegmund traveled to Rome again in 908, probably to secure approval of his bishopric by Pope Sergius III, because the consecrations of Formosus were condemned in 897 and 905. He returned from Rome with some of the relics of Saint Blaise. Archbishop Plegmund divided the Wessex dioceses of Winchester and Sherbourne into Winchester, Ramsbury, Sherbourne, Wells, and Crediton (which was later called Exeter) and consecrated bishops for each of them (plus two others) on the same day. His episcopacy was noted for promoting learning and developing Canterbury's metropolitan jurisdiction. Saint Plegmund's cultus, however, was not spontaneous or immediate; he has been venerated as a saint only since the 13th century (Benedictines, Delaney, Farmer). Reflection: Let us do with all our heart and attention the duty of each day, leaving to God the result as well as the care of the future. Bible Quote: Be not deceived: God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.=C2 [Galatians 6:7-8]=C2 DRB Saint Quote: Those who attend to the regulation of their own consciences are not much given to form rash judgments; far from wasting their reflections in dissecting the actions and intentions of their neighbors, whose conduct may appear cloudy and obscure, they enter into themselves, and use their utmost endeavors to reform and perfect their own lives, like bees which, in misty and cloudy weather, return to their hive to pursue their home labors. Rash judgment produces detraction, which is the bane of conversation. Were detraction banished from the world, numberless other sins would be banished together with it. -- St. Francis de Sales <><><><> We were made for glory--the glory which comes from God and which lasts forever. That glory can only be obtained in the cross of Jesus Christ. And the price for that glory is the total offering of our lives for the One who loved us first and who died on the cross to save us from everlasting death and destruction. God offers us the free gift of faith which enables us to believe in his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who frees us from slavery to sin so we can live as sons and daughters of God. The distinctive mark of the followers of Jesus is love--a love not bound by fear, greed, or selfishness--but a love full of compassion, mercy, kindness, and goodness. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .