4th JUNE: ST WALTER OF SERVILIANO, ABBOT
-thread-
1. St Walter was a native of Rome, and in his youth withdrew himself from the tumult of the world to make the study of God and himself his only employment.
By the exercises of self-denial and
#StWalterOfServiliano #Christian
-thread-
1. St Walter was a native of Rome, and in his youth withdrew himself from the tumult of the world to make the study of God and himself his only employment.
By the exercises of self-denial and
#StWalterOfServiliano #Christian
2. and holy contemplation, he had already made great progress in an interior life, when, out of a desire of following perfectly the sweet call of divine grace, he retired to San-Serviliano, a town in the diocese of Fermo, in the Marche of Ancona, where he some time after
3. built a monastery, of which he was chosen the first abbot.
Though endowed with an eminent spirit of all Christian virtues, and a sublime gift of heavenly contemplation, he was most remarkable for his tender and extraordinary devotion
Though endowed with an eminent spirit of all Christian virtues, and a sublime gift of heavenly contemplation, he was most remarkable for his tender and extraordinary devotion
4. to the cross and sacred passion of Christ. He flourished in the thirteenth century. His body is enshrined on the right side of the high altar in the parish church of St. Mark at San-Serviliano.
(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
(From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
