July 15th

Blessed Ansver and Companions, Martyrs of Ratzeburg

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Ratzeburg, Germany

At Ratzeburg in Holstein, Germany, Saint Ansver, abbot and martyr, who together with twenty-eight monks was stoned to death by the Wends, who had risen up against the preachers of the Christian faith.

Latin Original

Racebürgi in Holsátia Germánize, sancti Ansuéri, abbátis et mártyris, qui cum vigínti octo mónachis a Vinédis contra fídei christiánze praedicatóres insurgéntibus lapidátus est.