Saturday, September 20, 2014

Saturdays with the Saints: St. Guntramnus

Today's edition of Saturdays with the Saints features St. Guntramnus....who is also known by about 8 different names.

Contran
Gontram
Gontran
Gontrano
Gontranno
Gunthrammus
Gunthramnus
Guntram
Guntrammo

Because I don't have a hard enough time remembering peoples' names. 
I couldn't find out a lot about him, but here's what I do have. He was the son of a king and a saint, and the brother of two kings. He divorced his wife, and when her physician couldn't heal her, he killed the physician. (ouch! And people think Malpractice suites are bad!) Upon his conversion he was filled with remorse and so devoted his time, energy, and money to building the church. He was a generous, compassionate, and forgiving ruler, who was known for justly enforcing the laws, regardless of station.

He is the patron saint of divorced people, guardians, and reformed murderers. 

His feast day is March 28th. 

And that's it. That's all I've got. I hope you enjoyed today's edition of Saturdays with the Saints. See you again on Monday!

Yours always,
Tara