St. Sulpicius Severus, Jan. 29

Little is known about Sulpicius' early life. He was appointed Bishop of Bourges in 584 and is credited with writing a very popular biography of St. Martin of Tours (Nov. 11). In 585, he went to the Council of Mâcon. He died in 591.

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St. Angelo, May 5

Source Angelo was born in Jerusalem to Jewish parents who later converted to Christianity. At the age of eighteen, he and his twin brother became Carmelites. Angelo lived for five years as a hermit and then he went to Sicily to convert Jews. He was finally stabbed to death in 1220.

St. Gertrude of Nivelles, Mar. 17

Source Gertrude was born in Landen in 626 and was the daughter of Bls. Pepin and Itta. She refused to marry, becoming a nun instead. After her father died, her mother founded a double monastery at Nivelles. She became abbess in 652, the year that her mother died. She died on March 17, 659.

St. Louis de Montfort, Apr. 28

Source Louis Mary Grignion was born on January 31, 1673 in Montfort. He was ordained in 1700 and later made a chaplain at a hospital near Poitiers but later resigned. He later went to Rome and the pope made him a missionary. He also wrote a book called True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin . He died at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in 1716.

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