Saint Maurus & Placid 15 January Our ( MAURUS (6th century), monk. A nobleman's son who was entrusted to "Benedict by his father to be educated and to become a monk at Monte Cassino, Maurus, according to Gregory the Great, was notable for obedience, and once at Benedict's command rescued the boy *Placid from drowning by walking, without realizing it, on the water. Later he was identified by pseudo- Faustus (Odo, abbot of Glanfeuil) with another Maurus, founder of the abbey of Glanfeuil, who was supposed to have died in 584 on 15 January. AA.SS. lan. I (1643), 1038-62; AA.SS. O.S.B., I (1668), 275-98; J. McCann, David Hugh Farmer 1987 The research can continue on the subject of |
Friday 15 January 2010
Maurus & Placid OSB
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