Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?May_2nd_=E2=80=93_St=2E_Ultan_of_P=C3=A9ronne=2C_OSB_Abbot?= To : All From : rich Date : Wed May 01 2019 08:46:35 From: rich May 2nd =E2=80=93 St. Ultan of P=C3=A9ronne, OSB Abbot (Also known as Ultan of Fosse) Died at P=C3=A9ronne, 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 P=C3=A9ronne, 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 P=C3=A9ronne 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 P=C3=A9ronne. 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). Saint Quote: We make little actions great by performing them with a great desire to please God; the merit of our services consisting, not in the excellency of the works, but in the love which accompanies them. -- St. Francis of Sales <><><><> A Prayer for the Grace of Devotion O Lord my God, You are my all and every good. And what am I, that I should presume to address You? (1) I am the poorest of Your servants and a wretched worm, far more poor and worthless than I can ever realize or express. Yet, Lord, remember that I am nothing: I have nothing, and can do nothing.(2) You alone are good, just and holy; You can do all things, fill all things,(3) bestow all things, leaving only the wicked empty-handed. Remember Your mercies,(4) Lord, and fill my heart with Your grace, since it is Your will that none of Your works should be worthless. How can I endure this life of sorrows, unless You strengthen me with Your mercy and grace? Do not turn Your face from me, (5) do not delay Your coming, nor withdraw Your consolation from me, lest my soul become like a waterless desert.(6)Teach me, O Lord, to do Your will:(7)teach me to live worthily and humbly in Your sight; for You are my Wisdom, who know me truly, and who knew me before the world was made, and before I had my being. --Thomas =C3 Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 3, Ch 3 --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .