On this last day of November, I would like to acknowledge Wikipedia and catholic.org/saints - where most of my source material comes from.
As we move from one month of celebration to the next, today we will celebrate the Patron Saint of wine, wine makers and vine growers. St. Urban of Langres was born around the year 327 in France. He was consecrated the Bishop of Langres, France in 374. Soon afterwards, political turmoil erupted and he was driven from his house. St. Urban hid from his persecutors in a vineyard.
The vine dressers hid the bishop and in turn he catechized them and converted them to Christianity. Those same vine dressers then assisted the Bishop move from one town to another via their vineyards where he was able to minister to his people while in hiding. Due to this work, and to Urban’s devotion to the Holy Blood, he developed great affection to all the people in the wine industry, and they for him. His feast day is April 2.
Cheers! 🍷
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