The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.
Catholic Saints Index. Catholic Saints S - Z. Saint William. William of Bourges and St. He was raised to see the vanity in worldly possessions and so went to join the Order of Grandmont though his father intended for him to join the army.
William moved to join the Cistercians and was then chosen prior at the Pontigny abbay. He was elected archbishop of Bourges after the death of his predecessor. He only accepted the appointment on command as he had declined it. He was so mindful of the poor and the sick and frequently visited them and also offered company to the imprisoned.
He lived a life full of austerities as it is said he abstained from meat and wore a hair shirt. Also known as. Member of the family of the Counts of Nevers, his father Baldwin planned a military life for William. Educated by his maternal uncle, Peter the Hermit , archdeacon of Soissons , France. Drawn to religious life from an early age, William became a priest , canon of Soissons , and canon of Paris.
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