Abundius the Sacristan

Saint Abundius the Sacristan (also Abonde or Acontius), who died around 564, was sacristan of the church of Saint Peter in Rome. His holy life was an inspiration to all who knew him, and healings were worked through his prayers, among them the cure of a man with gout.

Saint Gregory the Great tells in his Dialogues (book III, chapter 25) of the healing of a young woman paralysed by palsy. She had prayed to Saint Peter, and the apostle appeared to her in a vision and sent her to Abundius. The girl did not know him, but sought him out in the basilica and told him that the apostle had sent her that he might help her. Abundius answered, if he sent you, rise up, took her by the hand and lifted her to her feet, and from that hour she was well. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 14 April (new style; 27 April in the old style).