Saint Lambert, Pray For Us!
Today is the Feast of St. Lambert de Lyon, so I am sort of claiming it as my saints day. St. Lambert was a Benedictine archbishop raised in the court of the Frankish king Clotaire III. He became a monk at Fontenelles, France, under St. Wandrille and succeeded him as abbot in 666. After founding the abbey of Donzere, Lambert was named archbishop of Lyons. Lambert was born in the diocese of Thérouanne. He was raised in a rather secular manner, according to the rank that his birth dictated at that time. His parents sent him to the court of France whilst he was still quite young, and here his good qualities soon won the esteem of the nobility. He was highly regarded by the young King Clotaire III; the door to great honor would open for him when he renounced all the advantages of the court, to serve God and work more freely for the salvation of his soul. He placed himself under the discipline of the famous holy abbot Wandrille, who ruled the monastery of Fontenelles at...