And several troparia for western saints commemorated on 22 July from Acathistes et offices orthodoxes:

Ton 4 Tropaire à saint Baudry, higoumène, (Natalice au 7ème siècle)

Avec sainte Beuve, vous étiez les enfants*
Bien-aimés de Sigebert, roi de l’Austrasie.*
Ô saint Baudry, tu as fondé le monastère*
De Montfaucon, dans le diocèse de Verdun,*
Et celui de Reims où ta sœur a pris le voile.*
Prie pour nous le Christ, afin qu’Il sauve nos âmes!

Tone 4 Troparion to St Balderic, abbot (7th c)

You and St Beuve were the well-loved children

of Sigebert, king of Austrasia

O St Balderic, you founded the monastery

of Montfaucon in the diocese of Verdun

And that of Reims where your sister took the veil.

Pray for us to Christ that he save our souls!

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Ton 6 Tropaire à saint Panchaire, évêque de Besançon, (Natalice en 356 A.D.)

Tu succédas à saint Hilaire à Besançon,*
Et tu assistas au Concile de Cologne*

Où fut combattue l’hérésie de l’arianisme.*

Quand l’empereur voulut accepter les ariens*
Dans l’Eglise, tu partis vivre en solitaire.*
Saint Panchaire, prie le Seigneur de nous sauver!

Tone 6 Troparion to St Pancratius, bishop of Besancon (+356)

You succeeded St Hilarius at Besancon

And attended the Council of Cologne

Where the Arian heresy was contested.

When the Emperor wished to accept the Arians

Into the Church, you left to live as a solitary.

St Pancras, pray to the Lord to save us.

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Ton 7 Tropaire à saint Wandrille, higoumène, Fondateur de Fontenelle, (Natalice en 668 A.D.)

Tu fus Comte du palais du Roi Dagobert,*

Tu vécus avec ton épouse en chasteté,*

Puis tu te fis moine à Montfaucon en Champagne,*

Avant de fonder l’abbaye de Fontenelle,*
Tout en évangélisant le pays de Caux.*
Saint Wandrille, prie le Christ de sauver nos âmes!

Tone 7 Troparion to St Wandregesil, abbot, founder of Fontenelle (+668)

You were made a Count in the palace of King Dagobert,

You lived with your wife in chastity
Until you were made a monk at Montfaucon in Champagne

Before founding the abbey of Fontenelle,

All to bring the message of the Gospel to the country of Caux.

St Wandregesil, pray to Christ to save our souls!

icon images from here and here – neither provides a source. Yet another icon without provenance is shown on WSIP.

Today (22 July) in the calendar of early saints in these islands we commemorate St Dabius, or Movean, a preacher, disciple of St Patrick, abbot in Ireland and hermit in Scotland. Brigid at Under the Oak posts a very useful article that explains how their names are related, and it turns out to be a typical Gaelic confusion, or rather a Latin and intercultural confusion about forms of names in Gaelic, whether Scots or Irish. orthodoxengland lists both separately. celt-saints lists them separately but acknowledges that they may be the same person.

Holy Father Biu, pray to God for us.

Two troparia for saints of 21 July from Acathistes et offices orthodoxes

Ton 1 Tropaire à saint Victor, martyr à Marseille, (Natalice en 290 A.D.)

Officier, tu refusas de trahir le Christ,*

En acceptant de sacrifier aux dieux païens.*
Mené en prison, tu convertis les gardiens,*
Alexandre, Longin et Felicien, au Christ.*
Et comme blé du Pain de Vie, tu fus broyé.*

Saint Victor, prie le Seigneur de sauver nos âmes!

Tone 1 Troparion to St. Victor, martyr in Marseille (+ 290 AD)

Though an officer in the Roman army, you refused
To betray Christ by sacrificing to pagan gods.
Led to prison, you converted the guards

Alexander, Longinus and Felician to Christ.

And like wheat for the Bread of Life, you were crushed.

Saint Victor, pray the Lord to save our souls!

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Ton 2 Tropaire à saint Arbogaste, évêque de Strasbourg, (Natalice au 7ème siècle)

D’abord solitaire dévot dans la forêt*
Appelée Forêt Sainte au pays de l’Alsace,*
Tu fus mandé à Strasbourg par le Roi Dagobert,*
Afin d’y remplacer le hiérarque Lothaire.*
Tu fus un évêque pieux soucieux de l’Eglise.*
Saint Arbogaste, prie le Christ de nous sauver!

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Tone 2 Troparion to St. Arbogast, bishop of Strasbourg (+ 678)

Having left your native Ireland

To live as a hermit in the Holy Wood in Alsace,

You were summoned by King Dagobert to Strasbourg,

In order to replace the hierarch Lothar.

You were a pious bishop, concerned for the Church.

Saint Arbogast, pray to Christ to save us!

Today (20 July) in the rather quiet calendar of early western saints we commemorate St Severa of Trier, abbess of St Gemma, and her later namesake at another convent in Trier. To clarify (a bit), Trier and Trèves are the same place. From orthodoxengland:

Severa July 20, + c 680. Sister of St Modoald, Bishop of Trier in Germany. First Abbess of St Gemma (later Sainte-Sevère) in Villeneuve near Bourges in France.

Severa July 20, + c 750. Abbess of the convent of Oehren in Trier (St. Irminen in Öhren in Trier) in Germany.

The 7th century Severa is also mentioned as abbess of the convent of St Symphorian at Trier. Once again a fair amount of confusion in the various half-digested sources.

heiligen.net (in Dutch)
Devout sister of Bishop St Modoald of Trier,
You became the first abbess of the monastery
of St Gemma in the diocese of Bourges,
leading your nuns into the Kingdom of God
in ascesis, fasting and prayer.

Saint Severa, beseech Christ to save us!

Ton 7 Tropaire à sainte Sévère, higoumène de sainte Gemme, (Natalice en 507 A.D.)

Sœur très dévote de saint Modoald de Trèves,
Tu devins la première higoumène au couvent*
De sainte Gemme dans le diocèse de Bourges,*
Menant tes moniales au Royaume de Dieu*
Dans l’ascèse, dans le jeûne et dans la prière.*
Sainte Sévère, prie le Christ de nous sauver!

Today (19 July) in the calendar of early western saints we commemorate St Symmachus, Orthodox Pope from 498 to 514. His tenure was marked by an unedifying row about how popes were legitimately elected. At the very end of a long description of the political toings and froings and struggles with various kinds of heresy throughout the Empire, the Catholic Encyclopedia mentions some of his more practical local actions as Bishop of Rome, which are picked up in the troparion below.

• orthodoxwiki
• wikipedia
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Butler’s Lives of the Saints
• icon at WSIP
• beautiful shot of the same mosaic including St Symmachus’ neighbours St Agnes and Pope St Honorius, from Flickr

Ton 5 Tropaire à saint Symmaque, Pape orthodoxe, (Natalice en 514 A.D.)

 

Evêque de Rome, ami de Constantinople,*

Tu dus lutter contre le schisme dans l’Eglise.*

Tu fus la providence pour les délaissés,*

Œuvrant pour soulager les misères humaines,*

Et accueillir les pèlerins venus à Rome.*

Saint Symmaque, prie le Seigneur de nous sauver!

Bishop of Rome, friend of Constantinople,

You were required to battle against the schism in the Church.

You provided for the welfare of the neglected,

Working to relieve human misery

And to welcome the pilgrims who came to Rome.

St Symmachus, pray to the Lord to save us!

 

A quiet day on the British calendar; I’ve updated St Helier’s post with a troparion, and here are a couple  more for today from Acathistes et offices orthodoxes.

Ton 5 Tropaire à saint Domnin, martyr, (natalice au 3ème siècle)

L’Ecriture dit que la louange parfaite,*

Est issue de la bouche des petits enfants.*

Saint Domnin, tu n’étais âgé que de dix ans,*

Lorsque tu fus crucifié en haine du Christ,*

Avec d’autres chrétiens à Avrilly dans l’Eure.*

Saint innocent, prie le Seigneur de nous sauver!

Scripture says that perfect praise

Comes from the mouths of little children.

St Domninus, you were only ten years old

When you were crucified by those who hated Christ

With other Christians at Avrilly in the Eure, in Normandy.

Holy innocent, pray to the Lord to save us!

The relics of St Dominin were translated to Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne.

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Ton 6 Tropaire à saint Généroux, higoumène, (Natalice au 6ème siècle)

Romain de naissance, tu te fis religieux*

Au monastère sacré de saint Jouin de Marne.*

Tes éminentes qualités spirituelles,*

Te firent bientôt élire comme higoumène.*

Saint Généroux, toi qui es auprès du Seigneur,*

Prie-Le d’avoir de nos âmes grande mercy!

Roman by birth, you became a monk

At the holy monastery of St Jouin of Marne.

Your distinguished spiritual qualities

Soon caused you to be elected abbot.

St Generosus, you who are close to the Lord,

Pray to Him to have great mercy on our souls!

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celt-saints adds for today:

‘St. Sinach MacDara, 6th century. The only reference I can find to Sinach is that the fisherman traditionally gathered on the island of MacDara for an annual Mass. It is still customary to dip sails or make the Sign of Cross when passing the island (Montague).

‘St. Tenenan (Tininor) of Leon, Bishop. Born in Britain; died c. 635. Tenenan was a priest who became a hermit in Brittany and later bishop of Leon. He probably died at Ploabennec, where he had built a forest hermitage and where his relics were long venerated (Benedictines, Farmer).’

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And another source, many more early western (especially French) saints, posted by ‘Claude le liseur’ who I think is probably M Lopez-Ginisty of Acathistes et offices orthodoxes, at forum-orthodoxe.com

A quiet day on the British calendar; I’ve updated St Helier’s post with a troparion, and here are a couple  more for today from Acathistes et offices orthodoxes.

Ton 5 Tropaire à saint Domnin, martyr, (natalice au 3ème siècle)

L’Ecriture dit que la louange parfaite,*
Est issue de la bouche des petits enfants.*

Saint Domnin, tu n’étais âgé que de dix ans,*

Lorsque tu fus crucifié en haine du Christ,*

Avec d’autres chrétiens à Avrilly dans l’Eure.*

Saint innocent, prie le Seigneur de nous sauver!

Scripture says that perfect praise

Comes from the mouths of little children.

St Domninus, you were only ten years old

When you were crucified by those who hated Christ

With other Christians at Avrilly in the Eure, in Normandy.

Holy innocent, pray to the Lord to save us!

 

The relics of St Dominin were translated to Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne.

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Ton 6 Tropaire à saint Généroux, higoumène, (Natalice au 6ème siècle)

Romain de naissance, tu te fis religieux*

Au monastère sacré de saint Jouin de Marne.*

Tes éminentes qualités spirituelles,*

Te firent bientôt élire comme higoumène.*

Saint Généroux, toi qui es auprès du Seigneur,*

Prie-Le d’avoir de nos âmes grande mercy!

Roman by birth, you became a monk

At the holy monastery of St Jouin of Marne.

Your distinguished spiritual qualities

Soon caused you to be elected abbot.

St Generosus, you who are close to the Lord,

Pray to Him to have great mercy on our souls!

 

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celt-saints adds for today:

‘St. Sinach MacDara, 6th century. The only reference I can find to Sinach is that the fisherman traditionally gathered on the island of MacDara for an annual Mass. It is still customary to dip sails or make the Sign of Cross when passing the island (Montague).

‘St. Tenenan (Tininor) of Leon, Bishop. Born in Britain; died c. 635. Tenenan was a priest who became a hermit in Brittany and later bishop of Leon. He probably died at Ploabennec, where he had built a forest hermitage and where his relics were long venerated (Benedictines, Farmer).’

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And another source, many more early western (especially French) saints, posted by ‘Claude le liseur’ who I think is probably M Lopez-Ginisty of Acathistes et offices orthodoxes, at forum-orthodoxe.com

Today (15 July) in the calendar of early British saints we commemorate St. Edith (Editha, Eadgyth), abbess of Polesworth (ca. 925). Miss Dunbar separates out two Ediths who are conflated by other sources, so here they both are:

St. Edith (3), March 15. 871. First abbess of Polesworth, in Warwickshire. Daughter of Egbert, king of England (828-830). Sister of Ethelwolf. Aunt of Alfred the Great. Polesworth was one of two towns or estates granted by Etholwolf to ST. MODWENNA for monasteries. OSITHE and ATEA were nuns under Edith. Book of Hyde. Dugdale Monasticon i.197. Lives of the Women Saints of our Contrie of England.

St. Edith (4), July 15. Queen of Northumberland, l0th century. Eldest daughter of Edward the Elder, king of England (901-925). Her mother’s name was Egwenna, a beautiful lady whom Edward met at his nurse’s house, and who was the mother of his successor, Athelstane. In 920 Athelstane gave his sister Edith in marriage to Sithric, or Siric, king of the Danes in Northumberland, who was tributary to the English crown. Sithric died the following year. Edith became a nun at Polesworth, and died in the monastery she built at Tamworth. She was half-sister of Kings Edmund (940-940) and Edred (940-955), and of SS. EDBURGA (6) and ELFLEDA, a nun either at Rumsey or Wilton. Of her other half-sisters, one married Otho the Great, king of Germany and emperor, another was Queen of France, being the wife of Charles the Simple, and the three others made marriages nearly as illustrious. William of Malmesbury, De Gestis Pontificum. Book of Hyde. Stevenson, Church Hist. of England. Memorial of Ancient British Piety. Watson, Eng. Mart.

celt-saints
wikipedia

Polesworth Abbey

Holy Mother Edith, pray to God for us.

Today (14 July) in the calendar of early British saints we commemorate St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus), 6th archbishop of Canterbury (664). From Baring Gould:

S. ADEODATUS, ABP. OF CANTERBURY. (a.d. 664.) [Utrecht, German, Anglican, Benedictine Martyrologies. But Wilson on June 30th. Authorities: — Mention by Bede and Matthew of Westminster. Also a Life by Capgrave.]

S. Adeodatus, or Deusdedit, was elected archbishop of Dover or Canterbury, in 655, and was consecrated by Ithamar, bishop of Rochester. His name in Saxon was Frithom. Next to nothing was known of his acts. He died on July 15th, 664, and was buried in the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul at Canterbury.

wikipedia

celt-saints

Holy Father Deusdedit, pray to God for us.

Today (13 July) in the calendar of early British saints we commemorate the Hieromartyr Dogfan (Doewan) of Dyfed (6th C). From Baring Gould & Fisher:

S. DOEWAN, Martyr

This Saint’s name occurs in the genealogies as Doewan, Dogwan, and Dogfan, and elsewhere also as Doewon, Doefon, Dwywan, Dwywon. In the later genealogies he is given as a son of Brychan Brycheiniog, but his name does not occur in either of the Cognatio versions. In the Calendars his name is always given as Doewan. He is not to be confounded, as is sometimes done, with Dyfan, of Lucius fame. He was slain by the pagan Saxons at Merthyr Dogwan, in Dyfed, where his church is, but its situation is not known, nor is it easy to understand how the Saxons had got into South-west Wales at that time.

He is the patron of Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant, Denbighshire, which adjoins Llangynog, dedicated to his half-brother, Cynog, whose mother Banadlined or Banhadlwedd was probably a native of Llanrhaiadr. Local tradition points out a place called Buarth yr Hendre, in the parish, as the site of an old church, the site and graveyard of which are still visible. From the fact of its being in Cwm Doefon, and Ffynnon Ddoefon being in the same dell, it has been reasonably conjectured to have been the site of the original oratory founded by Doewan. The parish church name simply means ‘The Church near the waterfall in Mochnant’ (the commote).

His festival is entered against July 13 in a good number of Calendars of the fifteenth century and later. The Prymer of 1546 gives the 12th, no doubt in mistake. A great fair was held at Llanrhaiadr on his day (Old Style), and is still held on the 23rd and 24th.

The cloud-berries (Rubus Chamaemorus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_chamaemorus, growing on the more alpine parts of the Berwyn, in this parish, are popularly called Mwyar Doewan, his berries. They are also known as Mwyar Berwyn. They are mentioned in Camden’s Britannia among the ”rare plants growing in Wales,” Chamaemorus Cambro-britannica sive Lancastrense Vaccinium nubis.” There is a tradition that whoever brought a quart of them ripe to the parson on the morning of the day of the Saint’s festival, had his ecclesiastical payments remitted for the year.

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Which is all to say that nothing whatever is actually known of his life. However, I am pleased to discover that cloudberries do grow in Britain.

• St Dogfan’s church in Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant has one of Wales’ many ancient stone crosses, or as in this case cross-inscribed stones.
• nice local history trail guide about the church
• not mentioned on celt-saints except misspelled as Dofgan

Saint Dogfan, pray to God for us.