SAINTS FOR JULY 01

SAINTS FOR JULY 01

STS. JULES AND AARON, MARTYRS OF BRITANNIA, JULY 1-put to death at Caerlon, Monmouthshire, with companions. St. Bede listed them in his martyrology.

Saint Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1629 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, July 1

ST. AARON, MOSE'S BROTHER, HIGH PRIEST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT-Aaron, the brother of Moses, was the first High Priest of Israel. When Moses was on Mt Sinai, Aaron gave in to the people’s desire to have an idol. He repented and was pardoned by God, but on account of later doubts, he was, like his brother forbidden from entering the Promised Land. July 1

Bl. Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, At the age of thirty-seven, he landed in Mexico City on January 1, 1750, and spent the rest of his life working for the conversion of the peoples of the New World. Feastday July 1

St. Veep, 6th century. Patron saint of St. Veep, in Cornwall, England, also called Veepu and Wennapa. Veep was possibly a member of the celebrated clan of Brychan.

St. Servan, 6th century. Patron of the Orkney Islands. Bishop, also known as Servanus, Serf, or Sair. According to an unreliable legend, he was from Ireland, receiving consecration as bishop from St. Palladius and preaching among the Scots. He is honored as the patron of the Orkney Islands, although it is highly unlikely that he was ever there. He is called the Apostle of West Fife.

St. Juthware, 7th century. Virgin and possible martyr of England, the sister of St. Sidwell. Many legends are connected to her life, including one in which she was beheaded.

St. Cewydd, 6th century. A Welsh saint of Anglesey, Wales. Nothing else is known of him.

St. Gall, 450-645 A.D. Famous Irish missionary and companion of St. Columban. Born in Ireland, he was trained by Sts. Columban and Comgall, and he was one of the twelve companions who accompanied Columban to France. He was a noted scriptural scholar and helped in the founding of Luxeuil Monastery. When St. Columban was exiled in 610, Gall followed him to Switzerland and then to Italy. Gall remained in Switzerland and became a hermit on the Steinach River. The monastery of St. Gall was erected on this site. Gall refused two bishoprics and abbacy of Luxeuil. He is venerated as an apostle to the land. He died in Arbon.