Previous Saint This month Next Saint
[Today's previous saint] [back to Calendar] [Today's next saint]
Died c. 751. The English or Irish Saint Abel accompanied Saint Boniface of Crediton in his evangelizing activities on the Continent. The Apostle of Germany had Saint Abel appointed archbishop of the most important sees of the Church--Rheims, in whose cathedral the French kings were crowned. His election was ratified by the council of Soissons in 744 and by Pope Saint Zachary. But Abel was never able to take possession of his cathedra because another, Milo, was intruded. As Abel was forced out of his diocese by warring factions, he retired to Lobbes in Belgium, where he later became abbot. When he died, his tomb was embellished with an episcopal cross and the fleur-de-lys of France (Benedictines, Montague).


Previous Saint This month Next Saint
[Today's previous saint] [back to Calendar] [Today's next saint]