St. Vigilius Bishop and Martyr June 26 He evangelized norther Italy and was the Bishop of Trent between the 4th and 5th centuries; he and St. Ambrose were close contemporaries. He was martyred while preaching the Gospel in the Rendena valley, where he had overturned a statue of Saturn, runover by udolaters who slew him with clogs. He is usually depicted in his Bishop's vestments, sometimes holding a clog, the instrument of his death. HOME---------------PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS-----------------LITANIES www.catholictradition.org/Saints/saints6-20.htm |