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Date : Tue Apr 30 2019 09:40:16

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

May 1st =E2=80=93 St. Brioc, Abbot 
(Also known as Brieuc, Briocus)

Born in Cardiganshire (Ceredigion), Wales; died in Brittany, c. 510;
feast of his translation is October 18. Brioc was the founder of a
monastery near Tr=C3=A9guier, Brittany, and another which grew into the
town and see called Saint-Brieuc. According to legend, his father was
named Cerpus and his mother was Eldrude, both of whom he is said to
have converted following his ordination. Brioc appears to have worked
in southwestern Britain before migrating to Brittany; there is a place
called Saint Breock or Breoke in Cornwall and Saint Briavels in the
Forest of Dean is at root the same name. Saint Brioc's medieval
biography contains a number of particulars and marvelous tales, but
its historicity is slight. It says, for instance, that Brioc was
trained in Gaul by Saint Germanus of Auxerre, who died in 448, which
makes it highly unlikely.

Brioc is reputed to have built a famous church called Grande-Lann,
where he gathered a number of disciples. In Tr=C3=A9guier, he converted a
wealthy nobleman named Conan who provided the funds to build a
monastery in northern Armorica. Then Brioc is said to have returned to
Britain and with the help of his relative, Prince Rigald of Domnonia,
built the church of Saint Stephen there.

Brioc is styled a bishop in an inscription in marble at his shrine
built in 1210, but it is not certain that he was a bishop; more likely
he was an abbot of the Celtic type who kept a bishop in his monastery
as one of his subjects because no legend claims his successor in the
see, which dates only to 844. Brioc's relics were translated to the
abbey of Saint-Sergius in Angers in the mid-9th century to protect
them from Norse invaders. Saint Henry II was present for their
translation in 1166. In 1210, an arm, two ribs, and some cervical
bones were given back to Saint Brieuc's (Attwater, Attwater2,
Benedictines, Farmer, Gill, Husenbeth).

In art, Saint Brioc is a bishop with a fiery pillar above him. He is
venerated in Treguier, Brittany, and Cornwall (Roeder). Because of the
legends regarding his great charity, Brioc is considered the patron of
purse-makers (Farmer).


Saint Quote:
Be ye prudent as the serpent; he, on being in danger, exposes his
whole body to preserve his head. In the same manner, we must risk
everything, should it be necessary, to preserve the love and presence
of Our Lord whole and entire within ourselves, for He is our Head, and
we are His members. This is the prudence which we are to unite with
simplicity.
-- St. Francis of Sales


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This is the prayer to Saint Joseph, Patron of Workers whose
feast is also celebrated today

O glorious patriarch, Saint Joseph, humble and just craftsman
of Nazareth, you gave to all Christians, but particularly to us,
an example of a perfect life of assiduous work and of
admirable unity with Mary and Jesus. Help us in our daily
work so that we might find in it an effective means of
glorifying our Lord, of sanctifying ourselves and of being
useful to the society in which we live. Obtain for us from our
Lord, O beloved protector, humility and simplicity of heart,
attachment to work, benevolence towards those who work
with us, compliance with the divine will in the difficulties of this
life and joy in bearing them, consciousness of our specific
social mission and the sense of our social responsibility, a
spirit of discipline and prayer, docility and respect for our
superiors, fraternity towards our equals, support in times of
stress, charity and indulgence for our dependents. Help us to
follow your example and to keep our sight fixed on Mary, our
Mother, your gentle wife, who wove silently in a corner of your
humble shop, smiling sweetly. May we never avert our eyes
from Jesus, who worked with you at your carpenter's bench,
so that we may in like manner lead peaceful and holy lives on
earth, the prelude to the eternally happy one which awaits us
in heaven for ever more. Amen.


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