Feast of St. Evermod, February 17

 

Evermod was the abbott of the monastery shown in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a Premonstratensian. What?

Premonstratensians are also called Norbertines, a religious order of canons regular. What?

Canons Regular are like monks, but without the cloisters. They actively and publicly minister the liturgy and the sacraments to those who visit their church. Unlike the Clerks Regular (like the Jesuits), the White Canons (as the Norbertines are called) are members of a particular community in a particular place.


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