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On October 1, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Therese of the Child Jesus and
of the Holy Face Martin
of Alençon
[Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte-Face] [baptized
Marie-Thérèse-Françoise (Mary Therese Frances)] [also called "The Little
Flower" and "St. Therese of Lisieux"] (French, Carmelite nun, autobiographer, follower of "The
Little Way," Doctor of the Church, died at age 24 on September 30 in 1897
[beatified 1923, canonized 1925])
Sts. Aizan and Sazan (Abyssinian
[Ethiopian], chieftains, martyred c. 400)
St. Albaud of Toul
(French, bishop, c. 520)
Bl. Anthony Rewera
of Samborzec
[Antoni] (Polish, diocesan priest, founder of Congregation of the Sons of
the Seraphic St. Francis, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 73
in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Aretas and 504 companions (early
martyrs in Rome)
St. Bavo of
Brabant
(Belgian, nobleman, widower, monk, died at about age 65 in 654)
Bl. Caspar Fisogiro
(Japanese, member of Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, martyred at Nagasaki in
1617 [beatified 1867])
Bl. Cecilia Eusepi
of Monte Romano
(Italian, virgin, member of Third Order
of the Servants of Mary, died [tuberculosis] at age 18 in 1928 [beatified
2012] [incorruptible])
Bl. Christopher Buxton
of Tideswell,
Bl. Ralph Crockett
of Barton-on-the-Hill,
Bl. Edward James
of Breaston,
Bl. John Robinson
of Ferrensby,
Bl. Robert Wilcox
of Chester,
and Bl. Robert Widmerpool
of Nottingham
(English, five priests and a layman, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under
Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1929]) [Buxton was
about 26 years of age. Crockett had
been a schoolteacher. Robinson was a
widower. Wilcox was
about 30. Widmerpool,
about 28, was a tutor for the nobility.]
St. Dodo of
Lobbes
(Belgian, Benedictine abbot in
France, d. 750)
St. Domninus of
Thessalonica
(Greek, martyred c. 304)
St. Fidharleus of
Rathin
(Irish, abbot, d. 762)
Bl. John de
Palafox y Mendoza of Fitero [Juan] (Spanish, Bishop of Puebla, Bishop
of Osma, died at age 59 in 1659 [beatified 2011])
Sts. Julia, Maxima, and Verissimus, of
Lisbon
(Portuguese, sisters and brother, martyrs, 4th Century)
Bl. Louis Mary Monti
of Bovisio
[Luigi Maria] (Italian, layman, co-founded Congregation of the Sons of the
Immaculate Conception, died at age 75 in 1900 [beatified 2003])
St. Melorius of
Cornwall
(English, prince, murdered as a child before 1100)
Bl. Nicholas of
Forca-Palena
[Niccola] (Italian, founded Hermits of St. Jerome, died at about age 100
in 1449 [beatified 1771])
St. Piaton of
Tournai
(Italian, missionary in France and Belgium, martyred in 286)
Sts. Priscus, Crescens, and
Evagrius, of
Tomi
(early martyrs)
St. Remigius of Laon
["Apostle of the Franks"] (French, nobleman, bishop of Rheims for 74
years [from age 22], died at about age 96 in 533)
St. Romanos the Melodist (Syrian,
Jewish convert, deacon, writer of a thousand hymns, died at about age 66 c.
556)
St. Severus of
Orvieto
(Italian, priest)
St. Virila of
Leyre
(French, Benedictine abbot,
miracle worker, d. 1000)
[from St. Therese, the Little Flower:]
--- You know well enough that Our
Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their
difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.
--- Kneeling before the tabernacle,
I can think of only one thing to say to our Lord: "My God, you know that I
love You." And I feel that my prayer does not weary Jesus; knowing my
weakness, He is satisfied with my good will.
--- Our Lord needs from us neither
great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
--- Our Lord does not come down from
Heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to
him - the heaven of our souls, created in His Image, the living temples of the Adorable Trinity.
--- Above all it's the Gospels that
occupy my mind when I'm at prayer; my poor soul has so many needs, and yet this
is the one thing needful. I'm always finding fresh lights there, hidden and
enthralling meanings.
--- I have not the courage to force
myself to seek beautiful prayers in books; not knowing which to choose I act as children do who cannot read;
I say quite simply to the good God what I want to tell Him, and He always
understands me.
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On October 2, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Holy
Guardian Angels. We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of
God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in
heaven:
Bl. Anthony Chevrier
of Lyons
[Antoine] (French, priest, founded Society of Priests of the Prado, died
at age 53 in 1879 [beatified 1986])
St. Beregisus of
Saint-Hubert
(French, abbot? c. 726)
Bl. Constantine Stephen Bogdanffy
of Crna Bara
[Szilard Istvan] (Hungarian, bishop of Oradea Mare in Romania, martyred by
Communists in prison at age 42 in 1953 [beatified 2010])
St. Eleutherius and companions, of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, martyred c. 303)
St. Gerinus of
Arras
(French, brother of Leodegarius [see below], martyred by stoning in 676)
St. Joan Emily de
Villeneuve of Toulouse
[Jeanne-Émilie] (French, founded Congregation
of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres, died at age 43 in
1854 [beatified 2009, canonized 2015])
Bl. John Beyzym
of Beyzymy Wielkie
[Jan] (Polish, priest, missionary for 48 years to lepers on Madagascar, died at
age 62 in 1912 [beatified 2002])
St. Leodegarius of
Autun
(French, nobleman, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, tortured [blinded, lips cut off, tongue pulled out] and
martyred at about age 62 in 678)
St. Leudomer of
Chartres
(French, bishop, c. 585)
Bl. Maria Antonina Kratochwil
of Ostrava-Vitcovice
[baptized Maria Anna (Mary Ann)] (Polish born in Moravia, School Sister of
Notre Dame, martyred by Nazis at Stanislawow at age 61 in 1942 [beatified
1999])
Sts. Primus, Cyril and Secundarius
(early martyrs in Syria)
St. Theophilus (Bulgarian, Benedictine monk in what is now Turkey, opposed
iconoclast heresy, c. 750)
St. Ursicinus II of Chur
(Swiss, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, hermit, d. 760)
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On October 3, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Adalgott of Chur (French,
Cistercian abbot, bishop,
champion of the sick, died at about age 60 in 1165)
St. Candidus of Rome
(early martyr)
Bl. Columba Marmion
of Dublin
[baptized Joseph Aloysius] (Irish, priest, seminary professor, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, died at age 64 in 1923
[beatified in 2000])
St. Cyprian of
Marseilles
(French, monk, bishop of Toulon, 6th Century)
Sts. Dionysius, Faustus, Gaius,
Peter, Paul, and companions (Roman? banished to Libya, martyred in Egypt in
257)
Bl. Dominic Spadafora
of Randazzo
(Italian, Dominican priest, died
at about age 71 in 1521)
St. Ebontius of
Comminges
(French, Benedictine abbot,
bishop of Barbastro in Spain, d. 1104)
Sts. Ewald the Black and Ewald the
Fair (German, missionary priests, tortured and martyred by pagans [the Fair by
the sword, the Black by being torn limb from limb] c. 692)
St. Froilan of Lugo
(Spanish, Benedictine monk,
bishop of Leon, miracle worker, d. 905)
St. Gerard of
Brogne
(Belgian, nobleman, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 64 in 959)
St. Hesychius of
Majuma
(Palestinian, hermit, c. 380)
Bl. Jesus Emil Jaramillo
Monsalve of Santo Domingo
[Jesús Emilio] (Colombian, religious priest of Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions, bishop of Arauca,
martyred at age 73 in 1989 [beatified 2017])
St. Maximian of
Bagae
(North African, bishop, persecuted by Donatist heretics, d. 404)
St. Menna of
Lorraine
(French, virgin, d. 395)
St. [Mother] Theodore Guerin
of Etables-sur-Mer
[baptized Anne-Thérese] (French, superior of U.S. missionary house of Sisters
of Providence, died in Indiana at age 57 in 1856 [beatified 1998, canonized
2006]) [commemorated by some on May 14]
St. Thomas of
Hereford
(English, Oxford teacher and chancellor, bishop, died in Italy in 1292
[canonized 1320])
St. Widradus of
Flavigny
[also known as St. Ware] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 747)
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On October 4, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Francis Bernadone
of Assisi
[baptized Giovanni (John)] [known as "Francesco" (French boy) and
"Il Poverello" (the little poor man)] (Italian, deacon, stigmatist,
founder of Order of Friars Minor [Franciscans] and of Order of Poor
Ladies [Poor Clares], died at about age 45 in 1226 [canonized 1228])
Sts. Adauctus and Callisthene of
Ephesus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], father [a martyr] and virgin daughter,
4th Century)
St. Ammon the Great (Egyptian,
desert monk, abbot with at least 4,000 disciples, c. 350)
St. Aurea of
Paris
(Syrian, abbess in France, d. 666)
Sts. Caius, Faustus, Eusebius,
Chaeremon, Lucius, and companions (Egyptian, martyred in 257)
Sts. Crispus and Caius of
Corinth
(Greek, baptized by St. Paul [1 Cor. 1], bishops of the Aegean islands and of
Thessalonica, martyred in 1st Century)
Sts. Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce
(Syrian, mother and daughters, martyred c. 310)
Bl. Francis Titelmans
of Hasselt
(Belgian, Capuchin friar, cared
for the sick in Rome, d. 1537)
St. Hierotheus (Greek, 1st Century)
St. Julian Majali
of Sicily
[Giuliano] (Italian, Benedictine
hermit and abbot, d. 1470)
Sts. Mark, Marcian, and many companions
(Egyptian, martyred in 304)
St. Peter of
Damascus
(Syrian, bishop, tortured and martyred [beheaded] by Moslems c. 750)
St. Petronius of
Byzantium
(from Asia Minor, bishop of Bologna in Italy, c. 445)
St. Quintus of
Tours
(French, courtier, rejected advances of queen, martyred for his chastity c.
570)
["Canticle of Brother Sun" by St. Francis of
Assisi]
Most High Almighty Good Lord, Yours
are praise, glory, honor and all blessings; To You alone! Most High, do they
belong, and no man is worthy of speaking Your Name!
Be praised, Lord, with all Your
creatures, and above all our Brother Sun, who gives us the day by which You
light our way, and who is beautiful, radiant and with his great splendor is a
symbol to us of You, O Most High!
And be praised, Lord, for our Sister
Moon and the Stars. You created them in the heavens bright, precious and
beautiful!
And be praised, Lord, for our
Brother the Wind and for the air and the clouds and for fair weather and for all other through which You sustain Your
creatures.
And be praised, Lord, for our Sister
Water, so useful, and humble, and chaste!
And be praised, my Lord, for our
Brother Fire, through whom You light up the night and who is handsome, joyful,
robust, and strong!
And be praised, my Lord, for our
Sister, Mother Earth, who supports and carries us and produces the diverse fruits and colorful flowers and
trees!
Praise and bless the Lord and give
thanks to Him and serve Him with great humility!
Be praised, my Lord, for our Sister,
bodily Death from whom no living man can escape!
Woe only to those who die in mortal
sin; but blessed are those who have done Your most holy will; for the second
death can cause them no harm!
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On October 5, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Mary Faustina of the Most Blessed
Sacrament Kowalska
of Glogowiec
[Maria Faustyna] [baptized Helena] ["Apostle of Divine Mercy"]
(Polish, member of Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, mystic,
spiritual diarist, died at age 33 [tuberculosis] in 1938 [beatified 1993,
canonized 2000])
Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos
of Füssen
(Bavarian, Redemptorist priest,
itinerant parish missioner in more than ten American states, died at age 48 in
1867 [beatified in 2000]) [on U.S. "particular calendar"]
Bl. Albert Marvelli
of Ferrara
[Alberto] (Italian, layman, engineer, leader of Catholic Action group
aiding the poor, nursed the wartime wounded, politician elected posthumously,
died [hit by truck] at age 28 in 1946 [beatified 2004])
St. Alexander of
Trier
and companions (German, martyred c. 304)
St. Anna Schäffer
of Mindelstetten
[also spelled Schaeffer] (German, virgin, paralyzed in accident, stigmatist,
had apostolate of correspondence, died at age 43 in 1925 [beatified 1999,
canonized 2012])
St. Apollinaris of Vienne
(French, bishop, d. 520)
St. Attila of
Tarazona
[Atilano] (Spanish, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Zamora, died at about age 70 in 1009)
St. Aymard of
Citiny
(French, abbot, d. 965)
Bl. Bartholomew Longo
of Latiano
[Bartolomeo] ["Fratel Rosario" ("Brother Rosary")]
(Italian, repentant anti-Catholic and ex-satanist priest, Dominican tertiary, served poor children of prisoners,
died at age 85 in 1926 [beatified 1980])
Sts. Boniface and Palmatius of
Trier
and companions (German, martyred in 287)
St. Charitina of
Amisus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgin, tortured and martyred in 304)
Sts. Firmatus and Flaviana of
Auxerre
(French, brother and sister, deacon and virgin, early martyrs)
St. Flora of
Beaulieu
(French, Hospitaler nun, mystic,
stigmatist, died at about age 36 in 1347)
St. Galla of Rome
(Italian, noblewoman, widow, c. 550)
Bl. John Hewitt
of York
[alias Weldon], Bl. William Hartley of Wyn, and Bl. Robert Sutton of Kegworth
(English, two priests and a teacher, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered]
under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1929])
St. Magdalevus of
Verdun
(French, Benedictine monk,
bishop, c. 776)
Bl. Marian Skrzypczak
of Janowiec
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis [shot] at Plonkowo [Poland] at age
30 in 1939 [beatified 1999])
St. Marcellinus of
Ravenna
(Italian, bishop)
St. Meinuph of
Bodeken
(German, abbot, d. 859)
Sts. Placid of
Monte Cassino,
Eutychius, Victorinus, Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus, Faustus, and 30 monks
(Italian ... disciple of St. Benedict, family members, and fellow Benedictine monks ... martyred in 6th Century)
Bl. Raymond of
Capua
[Raimondo] (Italian, Dominican
friar and master general, spiritual director of St. Catherine of
Siena,
died at about age 69 in 1399 [beatified 1899])
St. Thraseas of
Eumenia
(Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, martyred in 170)
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On October 6, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Bruno of
Cologne
(German, priest, teacher, hermit, founder of Order of the Carthusians,
died at about age 71 in 1101 [canonized 1623])
Bl. Mary Rose Durocher of
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu [Marie-Rose] (Canadian, co-foundress of Sisters
of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, died on her 38th birthday in 1849
[beatified 1982]) [on U.S. and Canadian "particular calendars"]
Bl. Adalbero of
Lambach
(Austrian, nobleman, bishop of Wurzburg, monk, died at about age 45 in 1090
[beatified 1883])
St. Aurea of
Amiens
(French, abbess, 8th Century)
St. Baithen of Iona
(Irish, abbot, died at about age 63 c. 600)
St. Ceollach (Irish, bishop, 7th
Century)
St. Epiphania of
Pavia
(Italian, Benedictine nun, d.
800)
St. Faith of Agen
(French, virgin, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Francis Tran Von
Trung of
Phan-xa
(Vietnamese, soldier, martyred by beheading at about age 32 in 1858 [beatified
1909, canonized 1988])
Bl. Isidore of St. Joseph de Loor
of Vrasene
(Belgian, Passionist brother,
died at age 35 [cancer] in 1916 [beatified 1984])
St. Magnus of
Venice
(Italian, bishop of Oderzo, c. 660)
Sts. Marcellus, Castus, Aemilius,
and Saturninus, of
Capua
(Italian, early martyrs)
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
of Christ Gallo
of Naples
[Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe] [baptized and confirmed Anna Maria Rosa Nicoletta]
(Italian, virgin, rectory housekeeper, Franciscan tertiary, stigmatist, mystic, spiritual
counselor, died at age 76 in 1791 [beatified 1843, canonized 1867])
St. Mummolinus of
Constance
(Scottish, monk, bishop in France, c. 686)
St. Nicetas of
Constantinople
(Paphlagonian [from part of what is now Turkey], courtier, monk, opponent of
iconoclast heresy, 9th Century)
St. Pardulphus of
Sardent
(French, Benedictine abbot, d.
728)
St. Sagar of
Laodicea
(Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, martyred in 175)
Holy Martyrs of Trier (German, very
large number of Christians martyred c. 304)
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On October 7, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin
Mary as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Formerly called the feast of "Our Lady
of Victory," this commemoration recalls the 16th-Century defeat of Moslem
Turks by Catholic forces in the naval Battle of Lepanto (near Corinth) --
success being attributed in part to the praying of the Rosary by millions of
the faithful.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Adalgis of
Novara
(bishop in Italy and France, d. 850)
Sts. Apuleius and Marcellus
(disciples of Pope St. Peter, martyred at Rome in 1st Century)
St. Augustus of
Bourges
(French, abbot, 6th Century)
Sts. Bacchus and Sergius of Rome
(Italian, military officers in Syria, martyed [one flogged, one beheaded] in
303)
St. Canog of
Brecknock
(Welsh, prince, martyred by barbarians in 492)
Bl. Clare Badano
of Savona [Chiara,
nickname: Luce] (Italian, lay woman, member of "Focolare" movement,
died [cancer] at age 18 in 1990 [beatified 2010])
St. Dubtach of
Armagh
(Irish, archbishop, d. 513)
St. Gerold of
Cologne
(German, martyred in 13th Century)
St. Helanus of
Reims
(Irish, parish priest, hermit, 6th Century)
Bl. Joseph Toniolo
of Treviso
[Giuseppe] (Italian, layman, husband, father of seven, economics professor,
social activist, died at age 73 in 1918 [beatified 2012])
St. Julia (Mesopotamian, virgin,
martyred c. 300)
St. Justina of
Padua
(Italian, virgin, early martyr)
St. Mark (Roman, elected to papacy
early in 336 and reigned for less than a year)
Bl. Matthew Carreri
of Mantua
[Matteo] (Italian, Dominican
priest, died at about age 50 in 1470 [beatified 1625])
St. Osith of
Quarendon
(British, princess, martyred by beheading in 870)
St. Palladius of
Saintes
(French, bishop, d. 590)
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On October 8, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Amor of
Aquitaine
(Belgian, hermit, 9th Century)
St. Artold of Savoy
(French, nobleman, Carthusian
priest, abbot, counselor of the pope, named bishop of Belley in his 80s,
died at age 105 in 1206) [commemorated by his order on October 13]
St. Badilo of
Vezelay
(French, Benedictine abbot in
Belgium, d. 870)
St. Benedicta (virgin, early martyr)
St. Demetrius of
Sirmium
(soldier?, deacon, martyred in what is now Croatia in 4th Century)
St. Evodus [also known as Evodius,
Yves, and Ives] (French, bishop, d. 422)
St. Gratus of
Chalons-sur-Saone
(French, bishop, c. 652)
St. Hugh Canefro
of Genoa
[Ugo] (Italian, chaplain of knights, died at about age 62 in 1230)
St. Iwi of
Northumbria
(British, deacon, hermit, d. 7th Century)
Bl. John Adams
of Winterbourne,
Bl. John Lowe
of London,
and Bl. Robert Dibdale
of Shottery
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1586 [beatified 1987]) [At death, their ages were about 43, 33, and 28.]
St. Keyna of
Cornwall
(British, virgin)
Sts. Laurentia and Palatias of
Ancona
(Italian, slave and her mistress, martyred in 302)
St. Martin Cid of
Zamora
(Spanish, Cistercian abbot, 13th
Century)
Bl. Matthew de
Eskandely of Buda
[Matyas] (Hungarian, missionary priest in China, martyred in 1309)
St. Nestor of
Thessalonica
(Greek, early martyr)
St. Pelagia the Penitent of
Edessa
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], hermit in Palestine)
Bl. Peter of
Seville
(early martyr)
St. Reparata of
Caesarea
(Palestinian, 11-year old girl ... after emerging unhurt from a furnace,
martyred by beheading in 3rd Century)
St. Thais of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, repentant prostitute, hermitess, nun, 4th Century)
St. Triduna (virgin, lay missionary
in Scotland, 4th Century)
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On October 9, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. John Leonardi
of Diecimo
[Giovanni] (Italian, priest, co-founder of Clerics Regular of the Mother of
God, formed Confraternity of Christian Doctrine [CCD], died at about age 68
in 1609 [beatified 1861, canonized 1938])
Sts. Dennis, Rusticus, and
Eleutherius, of Paris (Italian, missionary bishop and two deacons in France,
martyred by beheading c. 258)
St. Aaron of
Krakow
(monk in France, abbot and archbishop in Poland, d. 1059)
St. Aaron (Israelite born in Egypt,
brother of St. Moses, high priest, c. 15th Century B.C.)
St. Abraham of Ur [originally
Abram] (Chaldean [Iraqi], patriarch, husband of St. Sarah, father of St. Isaac,
ancestor of Israelites, c. 21st Century B.C.)
St. Alfano of
Salerno
(Italian, Benedictine monk,
archbishop, d. 1085)
Sts. Andronicus and Athanasia, of Alexandria
(Egyptian, silversmith and his wife, hermits, 5th Century)
St. Demetrius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, bishop/patriarch for 43 years, d. 231)
St. Dennis the Aeropagite of
Athens
[also known as Dionysius] (Greek, convert of St. Paul, bishop, martyred c. 95)
St. Deusdedit of
Monte Cassino (Italian,
Benedictine abbot, martyred by
starvation and abuse in 836)
St. Domninus of
Parma
(Italian, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Geminus of
Narni
(Italian, monk, c. 815)
St. Ghislain of
Hainault
(French, hermit in Belgium, abbot, 7th Century)
St. Goswin of
Anchin
(French, Benedictine abbot, d.
1165)
St. Gunther of
Sumava
(Hungarian, Benedictine monk,
hermit, died at about age 90 in 1045)
Bl. Henry Hlebowicz
of Grondo
[Henryk] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis [shot] at Borysow [Poland]
at age 37 in 1941 [beatified 1999])
St. John Henry Newman
of London
(English, converted Anglican clergyman, priest, founded Oratory of St. Philip Neri, theologian, poet, cardinal, died at age
89 in 1890 [beatified 2010, canonized 2019])
St. John Thwing
of Bridlington
(English, Augustinian Canon Regular, died at about age 60 in 1379
[canonized 1401]) [commemorated by some on the 11th]
Sts. Lambert and Valerius (Benedictine monks, missionaries, d. 680)
St. Louis Bertran
of Valencia
[Luis] (Spanish, Dominican
priest, missionary to Americas, died at age 55 in 1581 [beatified 1608,
canonized 1671])
St. Publia of
Antioch
(Syrian, mother of bishop, widow, d. 4th Century)
St. Richarius of
Centula
(French, abbot, hermit, d. 645)
St. Sabinus of
Barcelona
(Spanish, monk and hermit in France, 5th Century)
Bl. Theodoric of
Emden
(Dutch, Franciscan priest, counselor
of nuns, martyred in 1572)
Holy Martyrs of Turon (eight Spanish
and one Argentinian, eight Brothers of the Christian Schools and one Passionist priest, children's schoolteachers and
chaplain, martyred by shooting during Spanish Civil War in 1934 [beatified
1990, canonized 1999])
----- St. Anicletus Adolph Seco Gutierrez of Celada Marlantes
[Aniceto Adolfo] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (died at age 20)
----- St. August Andrew Martínez
Fernández of Quintana de los Prados [Augusto Andrés] [baptized
Román Martín (Roman Martin)] (died at age 24)
----- St. Benjamin Julian Andrés
of Jaramillo de la Fuente
[Benjamín Julián] [baptized Vicente Alonso (Vincent Alphonse)] (died at age 26)
----- St. Benedict of Jesus Valdivielso Sáez of Buenos Aires
[Benito de Jesús] [baptized Hector] (Argentinian, died at age 23)
----- St. Cyril Bertrand Sanz
Tejedor of Lerma
[Cirilo Bertran] [baptized José (Joseph)] (director of community of Brothers,
died at age 46)
----- St. Julian Alfred Fernández
Zapico of Cifuentes
[Julián Alfredo] [baptized Vilfrido (Wilfrid)] (died at age 30)
----- St. Marcian Joseph López
López of El Pedregal Pobo [Marciano José] [baptized Filomeno] (deaf,
died at age 33)
----- St. Victorian Pius Cano
of San Millán de Lara
[Victoriano Pio] [baptized Claudio Bernabé (Claude Barnabas)] (choirmaster,
died at age 29)
----- St. Innocent of the Immaculate Lady Canoura Arnau of Santa Lucia
del Valle de Oro
[Inocencio de la Inmaculada] [baptized Manuel (Emmanuel)] (Passionist priest, died at age 47)
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On October 10, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Aldericus of the
Gatinais
(French, Benedictine monk, archbishop
of Sens, died at about age 51 in 841)
Sts. Cassius, Florentius, and seven
companions, of
Bonn
(soldiers, martyred in Germany in 303)
St. Cerbonius of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, c. 400)
St. Cerbonius of
Piombino
(North African, bishop in Italy, c. 580)
St. Clarus of
Nantes
(French, bishop)
St. Daniel Comboni
of Limone sul Garda
[Daniele] (Italian, priest, missionary, teacher, founder of a religious
congregation that came to be called "Comboni Missionaries" or
"Sons of the Sacred Heart," died in Sudan at age 50 in 1881
[beatified 1996, canonized 2003])
Bl. Edward Detkens
of Mokotow
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Linz [Austria] four days before
his 57th birthday in 1942 [beatified 1999])
Sts. Eulampius and Eulampia of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], young brother and sister, martyred c.
310)
St. Francis Borgia
y Aragón of Gandía
[Francisco de Borja] (Spanish, nobleman, father of eight, widower, Jesuit superior general, died at age 61 in 1572
[beatified 1624, canonized 1670])
St. Fulk of
Fontenelle
(French, Benedictine abbot, d.
845)
St. Gereon and companions (martyred
c. 302)
St. Gonzalo of Las
Junias
[Gonçalo] (Portuguese, Cistercian
prior, c. 1163)
Bl. Hugh of
Mâcon
[Hugues] (French, Cistercian
abbot, bishop of Auxerre, d. 1151)
Sts. Hugolinus [Hugolino], Samuel
[Samuele], Angel [Angelo or Angeluccio], Domno [or Donulo], Leon [Leone],
Nicholas [Niccola], and Daniel [Daniele] (Italian, Franciscan missionaries, martyred in Morocco [beheaded by
Moslems who attempted forced conversions] in 1221 [canonized 1516])
Bl. Leon Wetmanski
of Zuromin
(Polish, auxiliary bishop of Plock, martyred by Nazis at Dzialdowo [Poland] at
age 55 in 1941 [beatified 1999])
St. Maharsapor (Persian [Iranian],
nobleman, tortured for three years, martyred by starving in 421)
St. Patrician (Scottish, bishop, 5th
Century)
St. Paulinus of York
(Italian, Benedictine missionary
in England, bishop, died at about age 60 in 644) [On English "particular
calendar"]
St. Paulinus of
Capua
(British, pilgrim to Jerusalem, bishop in Italy, d. 843)
St. Pinytus of
Knossos
(Cretan, bishop, c. 181)
St. Tranca of
Troyes
(French, martyred defending her virginity c. 637)
St. Victor and 330 companions, of
Xanten (soldiers,
martyred c. 286)
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On October 11, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Alexander Sauli
of Milan
[Alessandro] (Italian, Barnabite
priest, teacher, superior general, bishop of Aleria on Corsica, died at
age 58 in 1592 [beatified 1741, canonized 1904])
Sts. Anastasius, Placid, Genesius, and
companions (priest and others, early martyrs)
St. Andronicus of
Ephesus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, martyred by stabbing after being
mauled by arena animals at about age 65 c. 304)
St. Ansilio of
Lagny
(French, Benedictine monk, 7th
Century)
St. Bruno of
Cologne
(Dutch, imperial chancellor, duke, archbishop, died at about age 40 in 965
[canonized 1870])
St. Canice of
Kilkenny
[also known as Kenneth] (Irish, monk-priest in Wales, missionary in Scotland,
abbot in Ireland, died at about age 74 c. 599) [On Irish "particular
calendar"]
St. Emilian of
Rennes
(French, hermit)
St. Eufridus of Alba
(Italian, Benedictine monk, 7th Century)
St. Firminus of
Narbonne
(French, bishop of Uzès, d. 553)
St. Germanus of
Besançon
(French, bishop, martyred by Arians c. 390)
St. Gratus of
Oloron
(French, bishop, c. 506)
St. Gummarus of
Emblehem
(Belgian, soldier, hermit, died at about age 57 in 774)
Bl. James Grissinger
of Ulm
[Jakob] (German, soldier, Dominican
brother, painter of church windows for fifty years, died at about age 84
in 1491 [beatified 1825])
Pope St. John XXIII Roncalli
of Sotto il Monte
[baptized Angelo Giuseppe (Angel Joseph)] (Italian, bishop's secretary, medical
corpsman in World War I, archbishop as diplomat in
Bulgaria/Turkey/Greece/France, cardinal archbishop of Venice, elected to papacy
in 1958, convened Second Vatican Council, reigned until death at age 81 in 1963
[beatified 2000, canonized 2014])
St. Juliana of
Pavilly
(French, Benedictine abbess, c.
750)
St. Mary of the Desolation Torres
Acosta of Madrid
[Maria Soledad] [baptized Emanuela] (Spanish, superior of Handmaids of Mary,
died at age 60 in 1887 [beatified 1950, canonized 1970])
St. Nectarius of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor, patriarch (bishop), d. 397)
Sts. Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus,
and Pientia, of
Rome
(Italian ... missionary bishop, priest, deacon, and disciple in France ...
martyred c. 285)
St. Peter Le Tuy of Bang
Son
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred at about age 70 by beheading in 1833 [beatified
1900, canonized 1988])
St. Placida of
Verona
(Italian, virgin, c. 460)
Sts. Probus of Side and Tarachus of
Claudiopolis
(Pamphylian [from part of what is now Turkey] and Roman, tortured and martyred
by stabbing in 304)
St. Sarmata (Egyptian, desert hermit
[disciple of St. Anthony], d. 357)
Sts. Zenaida and Philonilla of
Tarsus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], sisters related to St. Paul, martyred in
1st Century)
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On October 12, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Sts. Amicus and Amelius (French,
knights, martyred by heretics in 773)
Bl. Camillus Costanzi
[Camillo] (Italian, Jesuit
missionary in Japan, martyred by roasting over slow fire at about age 50
in 1622 [beatified 1867])
St. Charles Acutis
of London
[Carlo] (English, student in Italy, documented worldwide Eucharistic miracles
on the Internet, died at age 15 [leukemia] in 2006 [beatified 2020, canonized 2024])
Sts. Cyprian and Felix and
companions (North African, bishops and almost five thousand members of their
flocks, tortured and martyred by Arian Vandals in Libya in 484)
St. Domnina of
Anazarbus
(Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], virgin, tortured and martyred in
303)
St. Edistius of
Ravenna
(Italian, martyred c. 303)
St. Edwin of
Northumbria
(British, pagan king, baptized at age 42, died at about age 48 in 633)
St. Ethelburga of
Barking
(British, princess, abbess, d. 678)
St. Eustace (Syrian or Egyptian,
priest?)
Sts. Evagrius, Priscian, and
companions (early martyrs)
St. Fiacc (Irish, disciple of St.
Patrick, bishop, 5th Century)
St. Heribert of
Worms
(German, emperor's chancellor, archbishop of Cologne, d. 1022)
St. Herlindis of
Maaseyk
(German, noblewoman, abbess, c. 745)
St. Maximilian of
Novicum
(German, bishop of Lorch, martyred in Austria in 284)
St. Mobhi of
Glasnevin
(Irish, monk, c. 544)
St. Monas of
Milan
(Italian, bishop for 56 years, d. 249)
St. Pantalus of
Basel
(bishop, early martyr)
Bl. Peter Adrian Toulorge
of Muneville-le-Bingard [Pierre-Adrien]
(French, Norbertine (Premonstratensian) priest, martyred [guillotined] at age 36 in
1793 [beatified 2012])
St. Salvinus of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, d. 562)
St. Seraphim of
Montegranaro
[Serafino] (Italian, Capuchin
brother, spiritual advisor of dignitaries, healer, died at about age 64
in 1604 [beatified 1729, canonized 1767]) [commemorated by some on the 17th]
Bl. Thomas Bullaker
of Midhurst
(English, Franciscan priest,
martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Charles I at about age 40 in 1642
[beatified 1987])
St. Wilfrid of
Ripon
(British, Benedictine abbot,
bishop of York, died at about age 75 in 709) [On English "particular
calendar"]
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On October 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Agilbert of
Jouarre
(French, Benedictine monk, bishop
of Wessex in England and of Paris in France, c. 685)
Bl. Alexandrina Maria da
Costa of Balasar
(Portuguese, laywoman, bed-ridden paralytic, mystic, visionary, survived her
last thirteen years on Holy Communion alone, died at age 51 in 1955 [beatified
2004])
St. Berthoald of Cambrai
(French, bishop, 7th Century)
St. Carpus of
Troas
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], disciple of St. Paul [2 Tim 4], 1st
Century)
St. Chelidonia of
Subiaco
(Italian, Benedictine hermitess,
d. 1152)
St. Colman of
Stockerau
(British, d. 1012 [incorrupt])
St. Comgan (Irish, abbot in
Scotland, 8th Century)
St. Edward the Confessor of
Islip
(British, king, healer, died at age 62 in 1066 [canonized 1161] [incorrupt])
[On English "particular calendar"]
Sts. Faustus, Januarius, and
Martial, of
Cordova
(Spanish, tortured and martyred by burning c. 304)
St. Florentius of
Thessalonica
(Greek, martyred by burning in 312)
Sts. Fyncana and Fyndoca (Scottish?
virgins, early martyrs)
St. Gebrand of
Foigny
(French, Cistercian abbot, d.
1218)
St. Gerald of
Saint-Cirgues(French,
blind count, died at about age 54 in 909)
Bl. John Fornasini
of Pianaccio di Lizzano
[Giovanni] ["The Angel of Marzabotto"] (Italian, parish priest,
martyred [shot by a German soldier] at age 29 in 1944 [beatified 2021])
Bl. Mary Magdalen dei
Panattieri of Trino
[Maria Maddalena] (Italian, Dominican
tertiary, virgin, died at about age 60 in 1503 [beatified 1828])
St. Maurice of
Loudeac
(French, Cistercian abbot, died
at about age 77 in 1191)
St. Regimbald of
Speyer
(German, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 1039)
St. Romulus of
Genoa
(Italian, bishop, c. 642)
St. Simbert of
Augsburg
(German, abbot, bishop, c. 808)
St. Theophilus of
Antioch
(Syrian, pagan philosopher, Catholic bishop, c. 181)
St. Venantius of
Tours
(French, abbot, 5th Century)
[Bl. Alexandrina was paralyzed in falling about 13 feet at age 14, having
jumped out of a window to escape a rapist on Holy Saturday.]
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On October 14, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Pope St. Callistus I of Rome
(Italian, freed slave, 16th pope, reigned from c. 218 until martyrdom c. 223)
St. Angadrisma of
Oror-des-Vierges
(French, Benedictine abbess, c.
698)
St. Bernard of Arce
(French or British, hermit in Italy, 9th Century)
St. Burchard of
Wurzburg
(British, Benedictine missionary
priest in Germany, bishop, c. 754)
Sts. Carponius, Evaristus, Priscian,
and Fortunata, of
Caesarea
(Palestinian, three brothers and a sister, martyred in 303)
St. Dominic Lauricatus of
Umbria
[Domenico] (Italian, hermit, Benedictine
priest, died at about age 65 in 1060)
St. Donatian of Rome
(Italian, bishop of Rheims in France for 30 years, d. 390)
St. Fortunatus of Todi
(Italian, bishop, d. 537)
St. Gaudentius of
Ephesus (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop of Rimini in Italy, martyred by Arians
c. 360)
St. Justus of
Viviers
(French, bishop of Lyons, died in Egypt c. 390)
St. Manacca (Irish?, abbess, 5th or
6th Century)
St. Manakus of
Holyhead
(Welsh, abbot, 6th Century)
St. Manechildis of Champagne
(French, virgin, c. 490)
St. Rusticus of
Trier
(German, bishop, hermit, d. 574)
Sts. Saturninus and Lupus of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor, early martyrs)
Bl. Stanislaus Mysakowski
of Wojslawice
[Stanislaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Hartheim [Austria]
at age 46 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
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On October 15, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Teresa of Jesus Sanchez
Cepeda Davila y Ahumada of Ávila [Teresa de Jesus] [better
known as "St. Teresa of Avila"] (Spanish, noblewoman, Carmelite nun and reformer, mystical writer, Doctor of
the Church, died at age 67 in 1582 [beatified 1614, canonized 1622]
[incorrupt])
St. Agileus of
Carthage (North
African, martyred c. 300)
St. Antiochus of
Lyons
(French, bishop, 5th Century)
St. Aurelia of
Strasburg
[Aurelie] (French, princess, hermitess for 55 years, d. 1027)
St. Callistus of
Huesca
(Spanish, martyred by Moslems in 1003)
St. Cannatus of
Marseilles
(French, bishop, 5th Century)
Holy Martyrs of Cologne
(French/German, about three hundred persecuted Christians, c. 300)
St. Euthymius of Opso
[baptized Nicetas] (Galatian [from part of what is now Turkey], hermit [cave,
tower, and island], deacon, abbot, c. 898)
St. Fortunatus of Rome
(Italian, early martyr)
Bl. Francis Roslaniec
of Wysmierzyce
[Franciszek] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Linz [Austria] at
age 52 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Gaius of
Nagasaki
(Korean, converted Buddhist monk, Dominican tertiary in Japan, martyred at about age 52
in 1624 [beatified 1867])
St. Leonard of
Vandoeuvre
(French, hermit, abbot, c. 570)
St. Odilo of
Gorze
(French, Benedictine abbot, c. 950)
St. Sabinus of
Catania
(Sicilian, bishop, hermit, c. 760)
St. Severus of
Trier
(French, missionary opposing Pelagian heresy, bishop in Germany, c. 455)
St. Thecla of Kitzingen
(British, missionary nun in Germany, abbess, c. 790)
Bl. Willa of
Nonnberg
(Austrian, Benedictine nun, hermitess, c. 1050)
[Two thoughts from St. Teresa of Avila:]
"We need no wings to go in
search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us."
"Let nothing trouble you, let
nothing make you afraid. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience
obtains everything. God alone is enough."
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On October 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Hedwig of
Andechs
[Jadwiga] (Bavarian, princess, mother of seven, nun in widowhood, died at about
age 69 in 1243 [canonized 1267])
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
of L'Hautecourt
[Marguerite-Marie] (French, nun of the Order of the Visitation, received
visions of Jesus and Mary, encouraged devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
died at age 43 in 1690 [beatified 1864, canonized 1920] [incorrupt])
St. Ambrose of
Cahors
(French, bishop, d. 772)
St. Anastasius of
Venice
[Anastasio] (Italian, Benedictine
monk in Spain [evangelizing Moslems] and France, died at about age 65 in
1085)
Bl. Anicletus Koplinski
of Debrzno
[Anicet] (Polish, Capuchin
priest, martyred by Nazis at Debrzno [Poland] at age 66 in 1941
[beatified 1999])
Bl. Augustine Thevarparampil
of Ramapuram
[known as "Apostle of the Untouchables" and "Kunjachan"
("little priest")] (Indian [Asian], priest for fifty years, served
the poor dalit caste, died at age 82 in 1973 [beatified 2006])
St. Balderic of
Montfauon
(French, abbot, 7th Century)
St. Baldwin of Laon
(French, archdeacon, martyred c. 680)
St. Bercharius of
Motier-en-Der
(French, abbot, died at about age 60 in 696)
St. Bertrand of
Comminges
(French, bishop for 50 years, d. 1123 [canonized 1309])
St. Bolonia (French?, virgin,
martyred in 362)
St. Conogan of
Quimper
(bishop in France, d. 460)
St. Dulcidius of Agen
(French, bishop, d. 450)
Sts. Eliphius, Eucharius, and two
companions, of
Toul
(Irish or Scottish, two brothers and two sisters, missionaries in France,
martyred by beheading in 362)
St. Eremberta of
Wierre
(French, Benedictine abbess, 7th
Century)
St. Florentinus of
Trier
(German, bishop, 4th Century)
St. Gall of
Arbon
(Irish, missionary priest in France, hermit in Switzerland, exorcist, c. 630)
[On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Gerald of
Clairvaux
(Italian, Cistercian abbot in
France, d. 1177)
St. Gerard Majella
of Muro Lucano
[Gerardo Maiella]
(Italian, Redemptorist brother,
miracle worker, died at age 29 in 1755 [beatified 1893, canonized 1904])
Bl. Joseph Jankowski
of Czyczkowy
[Jozef] (Polish, Palottine
priest, martyred by Nazis [beaten to death] at Auschwitz [Poland] at age
30 in 1941 [beatified 1999])
St. Junian of
Commodoliacus
(French, hermit, 5th Century)
St. Kiara of
Kilkeary
(Irish, virgin, c. 680)
St. Lull of
Wessex
(British, Benedictine missionary
monk in Germany, bishop of Mainz, d. 786)
St. Magnobodus of
Angers (French,
bishop, c. 670)
St. Margaret d'Youville
of Varennes [Marguérite]
[baptized Marie-Marguérite (Mary Margaret), nee Dufrost de Lajemmarais]
(Canadian, widow of adulterer at age 29, foundress of Sisters of Charity
[Grey Nuns], died at age 70 in 1771 [beatified 1959, canonized 1990]) [On
Canadian "particular calendar"]
Sts. Martinian, Saturian, Maxima,
and companions (North African, four brothers and a fellow slave, martyred [the
men dragged by horses] in 458)
St. Mommolinus of
Noyon
(Swiss, Benedictine monk, bishop,
c. 686)
Sts. Saturninus and Nereus and over
360 companions (North African, martyred by Arian Vandals c. 450)
St. Vitalis of
Moirmoutier
(French, Benedictine monk,
hermit, c. 740)
[Words of St. Gerard Majella:]
"The Most Blessed Sacrament is
Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible."
"Consider the shortness of
time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an
end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give
support?"
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On October 17, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Ignatius of
Antioch
["Theophoros" ("Carrier of God")] (Syrian, bishop of
Antioch, writer of extant letters, referrred to "Catholic Church,"
martyred [torn by wild beasts] in Rome c. 107)
Sts. Alexander, Marianus, and
Victor, of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [modern Turkey], martyred in 303)
St. Anstrudis of Laon
(French, abbess, d. 688)
Bl. Balthasar Ravaschieri
of Chiavari
[Baldassare] (Italian, Franciscan
friar, died at about age 72 in 1492 [beatified 1930])
St. Berarius I of Le
Mans
(French, bishop, c. 680)
St. Colman of
Kilroot (Irish,
abbot, bishop, 6th Century)
Bl. Contardo Ferrini
of Milan
(Italian, civil and canon lawyer, teacher, Franciscan tertiary, died at about age 43 in 1902
[beatified 1947]) [commemorated by some on October 20, by others on October 26]
St. Florentius of
Orange
(French, bishop, c. 526)
St. Francis Isidore Gagelin
of Montperreux
[François-Isidore] (French, missionary priest in Vietnam, martyred by
strangling at about age 34 in 1833 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Gilbert the Theologian of
Citeaux
(English, Cistercian abbot in
France, d. 1167)
St. Heron [or Herodion] of
Antioch
(Syrian, bishop, disciple and successor of St. Ignatius, martyred c. 136)
St. Hosea ben Beeri [also called
Osee] (Israelite, Old Testament prophet, 8th Century B.C.)
St. John the Dwarf of
Basta
(Egyptian, hermit, d. in 5th Century)
Blessed Martyrs of
Laval
(French, 15 men and 4 women, martyred by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified
1955])
----- Bl. Andrew Duliou
of Saint-Laurent-des-Mortiers [Andre] (diocesan priest, died at age 66)
----- Bl. Augustine Emmanuel Philippot of Paris
(diocesan priest, died at age 77)
----- Bl. Frances Mézière
of Mézangers [Françoise]
(laywoman, died at age 48)
----- Bl. Frances Trahet
of Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie [Françoise] (religious of the Sisters
of Charity of Our Lady of Evron, died at age 37)
----- Bl. Francis Duchesne
of Laval
[François] (diocesan priest, died at age 58)
----- Bl. Francis Migoret-Lambariere
of Saint-Fraimbault-de-Lassay [François] (diocesan priest, died at
about age 65)
----- Bl. James Andre
of Saint-Pierre-la-Cour
[Jacques] (diocesan priest, died at age 50)
----- Bl. James Burin
of Champfleur
[Jacques] (diocesan priest, died at age 38)
----- Bl. Joan Véron
of Quelaines
[Jeanne] (religious of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron, died
at age 27)
----- Bl. John Baptist Triquerie
of Laval
[Jean-Baptiste] (Franciscan
priest, died at about age 56)
----- Bl. John Baptist Turpin
du Cormier of Laval
[Jean-Baptiste] (diocesan priest, died at about age 61)
----- Bl. John Mary Gallot
of Laval
[Jean-Marie] (diocesan priest, died at age 46)
----- Bl. Joseph Mary Pellé
of Laval
[Joseph-Marie] (diocesan priest, died one day before his 74th birthday)
----- Bl. Julian Francis Morvin
de la Gérardière of Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières [Julien-François]
(priest, died at age 50)
----- Bl. Julian Moul
of Le Mans
[Julien] (diocesan priest, died at age 77)
----- Bl. Louis Gastineau
of Loiron
(diocesan priest, chaplain, died at about age 66)
----- Bl. Peter Thomas
of Mesnil-Rainfray
[Pierre] (diocesan priest, died at age 64)
----- Bl. Rene Louis Ambroise
of Laval
[Rene-Louis] (diocesan priest, died at age 73)
----- Bl. (Sister) St. Monica Lhullier of Arquenay
[(Soeur) Sainte-Monique) [baptized Marie] (sister of the Hospitaller
Canonesses Regular of the Mercy of Jesus, died at age 49)
St. Louthiern of
Cornwall
(Irish, bishop, 6th Century)
St. Mamelta of
Bethfarme
(Persian, former pagan priestess, martyred by stoning and drowning c. 344)
St. Nothelm of
Canterbury
(British, archbishop, c. 740)
Bl. Peter of the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Casani
of Lucca
[Pietro] (Italian, priest, religious of the Order the Clerics Regular of the
Mother of God of the Pious Schools, died at age 77 in 1647 [beatified
1995])
St. Regulus (Scottish, abbot, 4th
Century)
St. Richard Gwyn of Llanidloes
[alias White] (Welsh, teacher, poet, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 47
in 1584 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970]) [On Welsh "particular
calendar"]
Bl. Roman Sitko (Polish, diocesan
priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 62 in 1942 [beatified
1999])
St. Rudolph of Gubbio [Rodolfo]
(Italian, nobleman, Benedictine
monk, bishop, c. 1066)
St. Solina of Gascony (French,
virgin, martyred by beheading c. 290)
Blessed Ursuline Martyrs of
Valenciennes (French, eleven Ursuline
sisters, martyred [guillotined] by revolutionaries in 1794 [beatified
1920]) [Their names are:]
----- Bl. Ann Mary Joseph Erraux
of Pont-sur-Sambre
[Anne-Marie-Joseph] [baptized Marie-Augustine (Mary Augustine)] (formerly a Brigittine nun, died at age 32)
----- Bl. Mary Augustine Clementine Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Desjardin
of Cambrai
[Marie-Augustine-Clementine-Joseph-de-Sacre-Coeur-de-Jesus]
[baptized Marie-Madeleine (Mary Magdalen)] (died at age 34)
----- Bl. Mary Clotilda Angela of St. Francis Borgia Paillot of Bavay
[Marie-Clotilde-Angele-de-Saint-François-Borgia] [baptized Clotilde-Joseph
(Clotilda Joseph)] (died at age 55)
----- Bl. Mary Cordula Joseph of St. Dominic Barre of Sailly-en-Ostrevant
[Marie-Cordule-Joseph-de-Saint-Dominique] [baptized Jeanne-Louise (Joan
Louise)] (died at age 44)
----- Bl. Mary Josephine Leroux
of Cambrai
[Marie-Josephine] [baptized Anne-Joseph] (biological sister of Bl. Mary
Scholastica, died at age 47)
----- Bl. Mary Lavinia Joseph Lacroix of
Pont-sur-Sambre
[Marie-Livine-Joseph] [baptized Marie-Françoise (Mary Frances)] (formerly a Brigittine nun, died at age 41)
----- Bl. Mary Lawrence Joseph of St. Stanislaus Prin of Valenciennes
[Marie-Laurentine-Joseph-de-Saint-Stanislas] [baptized
Jeanne-Reine (Joan Regina)] (died at age 47)
----- Bl. Mary Louise Joseph of St. Francis Ducrez of Cond
[Marie-Louise-Joseph-de-Saint-François] [baptized Marie-Genevieve] (died at age
38)
----- Bl. Mary Natalie Joseph of St. Louis Vanot of Valenciennes
[Marie-Natalie-Joseph-de-Saint-Louis] [baptized Marie Louise] (died at age 66)
----- Bl. Mary Scholastica Joseph of St. James Leroux of Cambrai
[Marie-Scholastique-Joseph-de-Saint-Jacques] [baptized Marie-Marguerite (Mary
Margaret)] (biological sister of Bl. Mary Josephine, died at age 45)
----- Bl. Mary Ursula Joseph of St. Bernardine Bourla of Cond
[Marie-Ursule-Joseph-de-Saint-Bernardin] [baptized
Hyacinthe-Augustine-Gabrielle] (died at age 48)
St. Victor of Capua
(Italian, bishop, ecclesiastical writer, d. 554)
[From one of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch:]
"No earthly pleasures, no
kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ
Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of
us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
The prince of this world is determined to lay hold of me and to undermine my
will which is intent on God. Let none of you here help him; instead show
yourselves on my side, which is also God's side."
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On October 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Luke of
Antioch
(Syrian, physician, evangelist [gospel-writer], historian [writer of Acts],
missionary, martyred in 1st Century)
St. Asclepiades of
Antioch
(Syrian, bishop, d. 217)
St. Athenodorus of
Neocaesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop in Pontus, martyred c.
269)
Sts. Brothen and Gwendolen (Welsh,
6th Century)
Bl. Daudi Okelo
of Ogom-Payira
and Bl. Jildo Irwa
of Bar-Kitoba
(Ugandan, sons of pagans, catechists, martyred [speared when aged about 16 to
18 and 12 to 14] in 1918 [beatified 2002])
St. Gwen of
Talgarth
(Welsh, widow, martyred c. 492)
St. Julian (from Mesopotamia [modern
Iraq/Syria], hermit, 4th Century)
St. Justus of
Beauvais
(French, nine-year-old boy, martyred by beheading in 285)
St. Kevoca (Welsh, hermitess, 5th
Century)
St. Mono of
Nassogne
(Scottish or Irish, hermit in Luxembourg, martyred c. 645)
St. Peter of
Alcántara
[Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Franciscan
priest and provincial, reformer, mystic, confessor of St. Teresa of
Ávila,
died at about age 63 in 1562 [beatified 1622, canonized 1669]) [commemorated by
some on October 20]
St. Tryphonia of Rome
(Italian, widow, martyred in 3rd Century)
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On October 19, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Holy North American Martyrs [also
known as "Sts. Isaac Jogues, John
de
Brebeuf,
and companions"] (French ... six Jesuit priests and two laymen ... missionaries to
the Huron Indians of North America, martyred between 1642 and 1649 [beatified
1925, canonized 1930]) [Commemorated in Canada on September 26]
----- St. Anthony Daniel
of Dieppe
[Antoine] (French, Jesuit priest,
martyred in Canada in 1648 at age 47)
----- St. Charles Garnier
of Paris
(French, Jesuit priest, martyred
in Canada in 1649 at age 43)
----- St. Gabriel Lalemant
of Paris
(French, Jesuit priest, tortured for
seventeen hours and martyred with St. John de Brébeuf in Canada in 1649 at age
39)
----- St. Isaac Jogues
of Orléans
(French, Jesuit priest, tortured
by Mohawks [some fingers bitten off], martyred at present-day Auriesville, New
York [tomahawked and scalped by Iroquois Indians] in 1646 at age 39)
----- St. John de
Brébeuf of Condé-sur-Vire
[Jean] (French, Jesuit priest,
martyred [tortured to death by Iroquois] in Canada in 1649 at age 56)
----- St. John de
Lalande of Dieppe
[Jean] (French, layman, witnessed the death of St. Isaac Jogues, martyred
[tomahawked by Iroquois] one day later at age 19 in 1646)
----- St. Noël Chabanel
of Mende
(French, Jesuit priest, martyred
in Canada in 1649 at age 36)
----- St. René Goupil
of Anjou
(French, layman, first North American martyr, tortured for two months, martyred
[tomahawked by Iroquois] at Auriesville at age 35 in 1642)
Bl. Agnes of Jesus Galand
of Langeac
(French, virgin, Dominican nun,
died at age 32 in 1634 [beatified 1994])
St. Altinus of Orléans
(French, missionary bishop, martyred in 4th Century)
St. Aquilinus of
Bayeux (French,
blind hermit, bishop of Evreux, died at about age 75 in 695)
Sts. Beronigus, Pelagia, and 49
companions, of
Antioch
(Syrian, early martyrs)
St. Cleopatra of
Derâa
(Palestinian, martyred in Syria in 319)
St. Desiderius of
Lonrey
(French, Benedictine hermit, c.
705)
St. Eadnot of
Dorchester
(British, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 1016)
St. Ethbin of
Kildare
(British, monk in France, hermit in Ireland, c. 600)
St. Eusterius of
Salerno
(Italian, bishop, 5th Century)
St. Frideswide of
Oxford
(British, daughter of a prince, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 85 c. 735)
Bl. (Alphonsus) George Popieluszko
of Okopy
[(Alfons) Jerzy] [assumed name "Jerzy" as seminarian] (Polish, parish
priest, associated with Solidarity unionists, martyred [beaten] by Communist
police at age 37 in 1984 [beatified 2010])
St. Joel ben Pethuel (Israelite, Old
Testament prophet, c. 500 B.C.?)
St. Laura of
Cordova
(Spanish, widow, abbess, martyred [in boiling pitch or molten lead] by Moslems
in 864)
St. Lupus of
Soissons
(French, bishop, c. 540)
St. Philip Howard
of Norfolk
(English, earl, London Tower prisoner for six years under Elizabeth I, martyred
[possibly by poison] at about age 38 in 1595 [beatified 1929, canonized in
1970])
Sts. Ptolomaeus and Lucius of Rome
(Italian, martyred c. 165)
St. Theofrid of
Carmery
(French, Benedictine abbot,
martyred by Moslems in 728)
Bl. Thomas Helye
of Biville
(French, catechist to the poor, priest, itinerant preacher, d. 1257)
St. Varus of Rome
(Italian, soldier in Egypt, guard of Christian prisoners, martyred by hanging
in 307)
St. Veranus of
Vaucluse
(French, bishop of Cavaillon, c. 590)
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On October 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Paul of the Cross Francis Danei
of Ovada
[Paolo della Croce Francesco] (Italian, priest, missionary, founder of Barefoot
Clerics of the Cross [Passionists], died at age 81 in 1775 [beatified 1853,
canonized 1867]) {feast moved from October 19 in U.S.}
St. Acca of
Northumbria
(British, Benedictine abbot,
bishop of Hexham, died at about age 82 in 742)
St. Adeline of
Moriton
(French, Benedictine abbess, d.
1125)
St. Aderald of
Troyes
(French, archdeacon, d. 1004)
St. Aidan of Mayo (Irish,
bishop, d. 768)
St. Andrew the Calybite (Cretan,
monk, denounced iconoclast emperor, tortured and martyred by stabbing in
Constantinople in 766)
St. Artemius of
Antioch
(army officer, prefect in Egypt, opponent of pagans, martyred by beheading in
363)
Sts. Barsabas and eleven companions
(Persian, abbot and monks, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 342)
St. Bernard of
Bagnorea
(Italian, bishop of Vulcia, bishop of Ischia di Castro, c. 801)
St. Caprasius of Agen
(French, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Francis Serrano
Frias of Guenejea
[Francisco] and St. Francis Diaz del Rincon of Ecija
[Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican
missionary priests in China, tortured [branded, etc.] and martyred by
strangulation at ages 53 and 35 in 1748 [beatified 1893, canonized 2000])
St. Gonzalo of
Silos
(Spanish, monk, c. 1073)
St. Irene of
Tomar
(Portuguese, nun, martyred c. 653)
Bl. Jacob Kern of
Vienna
[Jakob] [baptized Franz Alexander (Francis Alexander)] (Austrian, Norbertine priest, died at age 27 in 1924 [beatified
1998])
St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin
of Gioia di Brendola
[baptized Anna Francesca (Ann Frances)] (Italian, peasant and servant, member
of Sisters of St. Dorothy [Daughters of the Sacred Heart], nurse, died
[cancer] at age 34 in 1922 [beatified 1952, canonized 1961])
Bl. Marie-Therese de Soubiran
la Louvière of Castelnaudary
[baptized/confirmed Sophie-Thérèse-Augustine-Marie] (French, noblewoman, Carmelite nun, mystic, died at about age 65 in 1889
[beatified 1946])
Sts. Martha, Saula, and companions, of
Cologne
(French, virgins, early martyrs)
St. Maximus of
Aquila
(Italian, deacon, martyred by being thrown off a cliff c. 250)
St. Sindulphus of
Rheims
(French, priest, hermit, d. 660)
St. Vitalis of
Salzburg
(Austrian, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 745)
Bl. William of
Savigny
[Guillaume] (French, Benedictine
monk, c. 1122)
[From a letter by St. Paul of the Cross:]
"It is very good and holy to
consider the passion of our Lord, and to meditate on it, for by this sacred
path we reach union with God. In this most holy school we learn true wisdom,
for it was there that all the saints learned it. Therefore, be constant in
practicing every virtue, and especially in imitating the patience of our dear
Jesus, for this is the summit of pure love. Live in such a way that all may
know that you bear outwardly as well as inwardly the image of Christ crucified,
the model of all gentleness and mercy. For if a
man is united inwardly with the Son of the living God, he also bears his
likeness outwardly by his continual
practice of heroic goodness, and especially through a patience
reinforced by courage, which does not complain either secretly or in public.
Conceal yourselves in Jesus crucified, and hope for nothing except that all men
be thoroughly converted to his will."
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On October 21, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Agatho (Egytian, hermit, abbot,
4th Century)
St. Asterius of
Ostia
(Italian, martyr, c. 223)
St. Berthold of
Parma
[Bertoldo] (Italian, Benedictine
brother, d. 1111)
Bl. Charles Francis Joseph Louis
Hubert George Mary von
Habsburg-Lothringen of Persenbeug [Karl Franz Josef Ludwig
Hubert Georg Maria] (Saxon, husband of a princess, father of eight, king, last
emperor of Austria, only monarch supporting World War I peace efforts of Pope
Benedict XV, exiled to Portuguese Madeira in prayerful poverty, died
[pneumonia] at age 34 in 1922 [beatified 2004])
St. Cilinia of Laon
(French, mother of two bishops, c. 458)
St. Condedus (British, Benedictine monk in France, hermit, c. 690)
Sts. Dasius, Zoticus, Caius, and twelve companions, of
Nicomedia
(Italian, soldiers, martyrs, c. 303)
St. Finton of
Taghmon
(Irish, abbot, c. 635)
St. Gebizo of
Monte Cassino
(German, Benedictine monk in
Italy, c. 1087)
Bl. Gonzalo of
Lagos
[Gonçalo] (Portuguese, Augustinian
monk, preacher, died at about age 62 in 1422 [beatified 1778])
St. Hilarion of
Tabatha
(Palestinian, hermit, abbot, miracle-worker, died on Cyprus at about age 80 in
371)
St. Hugh of
Ambronay
(French, Benedictine abbot, c.
10th Century)
Bl. Imana of Loss
[Imaine] (French, Cistercian
abbess, d. 1270)
St. John Thwing
of Bridlington
(English, Augustinian Canon, prior, died at about age 60 in 1379
[canonized 1401])
St. Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya
y Upegui of Jericó
[Laura de Santa Catalina de Siena] (Colombian, teacher, missionary, founder and
superior of Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Mary and
of Saint Catherine of Siena, defender of South American Indian rights, died
at age 70 in 1944 [beatified 2004, canonized 2013])
St. Malchus of
Chalcis
(Syrian, hermit, c. 390)
St. Maurontus of
Marseilles
(French, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, c. 804)
Blessed Martyrs of Nembra [also known as
Bl. Genaro Fueyo
Castañón
and Companions] (Spanish, four men martyred during Civil War by Communists in
1936 [beatified 2016])
----- Bl. Januarius Fueyo
Castañón of Linares del Puerto [Genaro] (diocesan priest, died at age
72)
----- Bl. Segundo Alonso
González of Cabo
(layman, died at age 48)
----- Bl. Isidore Fernández
Cordero of Murias
[Isidro] (layman, died at age 43)
----- Bl. Anthony González
Alonso of Nembra
[Antonio] (layman, died at age 24)
Bl. Peter Capucci
of Citta di Castello
[Pietro] (Italian, Dominican
priest, miracle-worker, died at about age 55 in 1445 [beatified 1816])
St. Tuda of
Lindisfarne
(Irish, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 664)
St. Ursula and ten companions, of
Cologne
(British, virgins, martyred in Germany, 4th Century) [On Maltese
"particular calendar"]
St. Viator of
Lyons
(French, hermit, c. 390)
St. Wendelin of
Tholey
(Irish or Scottish shepherd, hermit, abbot, died at about age 63 in 617)
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On October 22, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Pope St. John Paul II Wojtyla
of Wadowice
[baptized Karol Jozef (Charles Joseph)] (Polish, actor, parish priest,
university professor, prolific writer, archbishop of Krakow, elected to papacy
1978, visitor to 129 nations, instrumental in fall of Iron Curtain, victim of
gunshot wound, promulgator of new Catechism, initiator of World Youth Day,
reigned until death at age 84 in 2005 [beatified 2011, canonized 2014]) [on
U.S. "particular calendar"]
St. Abercius Marcellus of
Hierapolis
(Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, c. 167)
Sts. Alexander, Heraclius, and
companions (early martyrs)
Sts. Alodia and Nunilo of
Adahuesca
(Spanish, virgins, martyred [beheaded] by Moslems in 851)
St. Benedict of
Macerac
(Greek, abbot in France, d. 845)
St. Bertharius of
Monte Cassino
(French, Benedictine abbot in
Italy, martyred by invading Moslems c. 884)
St. Cordula (virgin, martyred c.
453)
St. Donatus of
Fiesole
(Irish, bishop in Italy for 47 years, 9th Century)
St. Mallonius of
Rouen
(British? missionary in France, bishop, d. 314)
St. Mark of
Jerusalem
(Palestinian, bishop, martyred c. 156)
St. Maroveus of
Precipiano
(Italian, Benedictine abbot, c.
650)
St. (Mary) Salome of
Galilee (Israelite,
wife of Zebedee, mother of Sts. James the Greater and John, possibly related to
the BVM, witness of the Crucifixion, 1st Century)
St. Moderan of
Berceto (French,
bishop of Rennes, later Benedictine
hermit in Italy, c. 730)
St. Nepotian of
Clermont
(French, bishop, c. 388)
St. Nunctus of
Merida
(Spanish, abbot, martyred in 668)
St. Paul Tong Viet
Buong of
Phu Cam
(Vietnamese, captain of king's bodyguard, tortured and martyred [beheaded] in
1833 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Philip of
Fermo
(Italian, bishop, martyred c. 270)
Sts. Philip, Severus, Eusebius, and
Hermes, of
Heraclea
(from Asia Minor ... bishop, deacon, and two priests ... martyred by burning in
304)
St. Simplicius of
Monte Cassino
(Italian, Benedictine abbot, c.
570)
Bl. Timothy Giaccardo
of Narzole
[Timoteo] (Italian, priest of Society of St. Paul, died (leukemia) at
age 51 in 1948 [beatified 1989])
St. Verecundus of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, d. 522)
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On October 23, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. John of
Capestrano
[Giovanni] (Italian, lawyer, governor, Franciscan priest, died in Austria at age 70 in 1456
[beatified 1650, canonized 1690]) [The name of his birthplace is widely
misspelled as "Capistrano."]
St. Allucio of
Pescia
(Italian, herdsman, d. 1134)
St. Amon of Toul
(French, bishop, 4th Century)
Bl. Arnold Rèche
of Landroff
[Arnaud] [baptized Jules-Nicolas (Julius Nicholas)] (French, coachman, member
of Brothers of the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers], wartime nurse,
catechist, died at age 52 in 1890 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Bartholomew of
Breganza
[Bartolomeo] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican friar, pope's theologian, bishop of Nimesia
on Cyprus and of Vicenza in Italy, died at about age 71 in 1271 [beatified
1793])
St. Benedict of
Sebaste
(bishop in Samaria, abbot in France, c. 654)
St. Bertrand of
Grandselve
(French, Cistercian abbot,
visionary, d. 1149)
St. Clether (Welsh, died (possibly
martyred) in England c. 520)
St. Domitius of
Amiens
(French, deacon, hermit, 8th Century)
St. Elfreda of
Glastonbury
(British, princess, hermitess, c. 936)
St. Henry of
Cologne
[Henri] (French, among first Dominican
priests, d. 1225)
St. Ignatius of
Constantinople
(Turkish, emperor's son, abbot, patriarch [bishop], died at about age 78 in
877)
Bl. John Buoni
of Mantua
[Giovanni] (Italian, court jester, co-founder of Augustinian Hermit Friars,
d. 1249 [beatified 1483])
St. John of
Siracusa
(Sicilian, Benedictine monk,
bishop, c. 609)
Bl. Joseph Stanek of Lapsze Nizne
[Jozef] (Polish, Palottine
priest, martyred by Nazis at Czerniakow [Poland] at age 27 in 1944
[beatified 1999])
St. Leothadius of
Moissac
(French, Benedictine abbot, d.
718)
St. Oda of Amay
(French, princess, widow, caretaker of the poor and suffering, c. 723)
St. Romanus of
Rouen
(French, bishop, d. 639)
Sts. Servandus and Germanus of Len
(Spanish, martyred c. 305)
Bl. Severinus Boethius of Rome [full
name: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boethius] (Italian, statesman,
philosopher, writer, martyred at about age 45 c. 525 [beatified 1883])
St. Severinus of
Bordeaux
(French, bishop of Cologne, opposed Arian heresy, martyred in 403)
St. Syra of
Faremoutiers
(French, virgin, abbess, c. 660)
St. Theodore of
Antioch
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], priest, opposed Arian heresy, tortured
and martyred by beheading in 362)
Bl. Thomas Thwing
of Heworth
(English, priest, martyred under Charles II in 1680 [beatified 1929])
St. Verus of
Salerno
(Italian, bishop, 4th Century)
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On October 24, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Anthony Mary Claret
y Clara of Sallent
[Antonio Maria] (Spanish, priest, retreat master, missionary, founder of the Congregation
of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [commonly called Claretians]
and of the Teaching Sisters of Mary Immaculate, archbishop of Santiago
in Cuba, confessor to queen of Spain, prophet and miracle-worker, preacher of
10,000 sermons, author of 200 works, spread devotion to the Blessed Sacrament
and Our Lady, died in France at age 62 in 1870 [beatified 1934, canonized
1950])
St. Benigna Cardoso da Silva of Oiti
(Brazilian, adopted orphan, virgin, martyred [macheted] in defense of her
virginity at age 13 in 1941 [beatified 2022])
St. Bernard of
Manso Calvo
(Spanish, Cistercian abbot,
bishop of Vich, d. 1243)
St. Cadfarch (Welsh, 6th Century)
St. Ebregislus of
Cologne
(German, bishop, martyred in 5th Century)
King St. Elesbaan (Ethiopian, ruler,
hermit, c. 555)
Sts. Felix, Audactus, Januarius,
Fortunatus, and Septimus (African, bishop, two priests, and two lectors,
martyred in 303)
St. Felix of
Thibiuca
(African, bishop, martyred in 303)
St. Fromundus of
Coutances
(Irish, Benedictine abbot, missionary
bishop in France, c. 690)
Bl. John Angel Porro
of Milan
[Giovanni Angelo] (Italian, Servite
priest, hermit, died at age 53 in 1504 [beatified 1737])
Bl. Joseph Baldo
of Puegnago
[Giuseppe] (Italian, diocesan priest, seminary professor, founded Congregation of the Little Daughters of St.
Joseph, died at age 72 in 1915 [beatified 1989])
St. Joseph Le Dang
Thi of
Ke Van
(Vietnamese, army captain, martyred by strangling at about age 35 in 1860
[beatified 1909, canonized 1988])
St. Louis Guanella of Fraciscio di
Campodolcino
[Luigi] (Italian, parish priest, founder of Daughters of St. Mary of
Providence, founder of Servants of Charity, built institute for
handicapped, aided immigrants in U.S., died at age 72 in 1915 [beatified 1964,
canonized 2011])
St. Maglorius of
Lammeur
(Welsh, abbot, bishop of Dol in France, d. 586)
St. Marcius of
Monte Cassino
(Italian, Benedictine monk,
hermit, d. 679)
St. Martin of
Vertou
(French, hermit, abbot, died at about age 74 in 601)
Holy Martyrs of Nadjran [also known
as "St. Aretas and companions"] (Ethiopians in Yemen, chief and his
community of 340, martyred [burned] by Jews in 523)
Bl. Peter Mary Ramírez
Ramos of La Plata
[Pedro María] (Colombian, diocesan priest, martyred at age 48 in 1948
[beatified 2017])
St. Proclus (from Asia Minor [now
called Turkey], bishop of Cyzicus, patriarch [bishop] of Constantinople,
opposed Nestorian heresy, c. 446)
St. Senoch of
Tiffauges
(French, abbot, 6th Century)
Bl. Todd MacCarthy
of Munster
[Tadhg] (Irish, bishop of Ross, died in Italy at age 37 in 1492 [beatified
1895])
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On October 25, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Bl. Albert of
Sassoferrato
[Alberto] (Italian, Camaldolese
monk, d. 1330 [beatified 1837])
Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria, of Rome
(Italian, married couple, martyred by being buried alive c. 283)
Sts. Crispian and Crispin, of Rome
(Italian, noblemen [brothers], shoemakers, evangelizers of Gaul [France],
martyred by beheading c. 286)
Sts. Cyrinus, Claudius, and
Antoninus, of
Rome
(Italian, martyred by beheading in 304)
Blessed Martyred Diocesan Laborer
Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Spanish, members of Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos Del Corazon De Jesus
(Brotherhood of Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus),
martyred by communists during civil war in 1936 [three] and 1938 [one]
[beatified 2021])
----- Bl. Aquilino Pastor
Cambeos of Zarza de Granadilla (seminary prefect, died [shot?] at age
25)
----- Bl. Emmanuel Galcerá
Videllet of Caseras
[Manuel] (died at age 35)
----- Bl. Francis Cástor
Sojo López of Madrigalejo
[Francisco] (seminary professor, died [shot?] at age 55)
----- Bl. Millán Garde
Serrano of Vara de Rey
(canon lawyer, prefect and spiritual director at six seminaries, tortured and
beaten to death at age 61 in 1938)
St. Dulcardus of Micy
(French, monk, hermit, d. 584)
Holy Martyrs of England and Wales
(English and Welsh ... 40 people [priests, religious brothers, lay men and
women] ... representative of about 300 people known to have suffered and died
for the holy Catholic faith, at the hands of their government, between 1535 and
1679 [7 beatified in 1886, 33 in 1929, all canonized in 1970]) [Each of these saints is also commemorated
individually (or as part of a small group) on another day of the year.]
[Click here to see the martyrs' names and other facts
about them.]
St. Fronto (from Lycaonia [part of
modern Turkey], missionary bishop of Périgueux in France, 3rd Century)
Sts. Fructus, Valentine, and
Engratia, of
Sepulveda
(Spanish, brothers and sister ... one a hermit, two martyred by Moslems c. 715)
St. Gaudentius of
Brescia
(Italian, bishop, writer of pastoral letters, d. 410)
St. Goeznoveus of
Cornwall
(British, bishop of Quimper in France, d. 675)
St. Hilary of
Mende
(French, hermit, bishop, d. 535)
St. Hildemarca of
Fecamp
(French, Benedictine abbess, c.
670)
St. Lupus of
Bayeux
(French, bishop, 5th Century)
Sts. Marcian and Martyrius of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], chorister and subdeacon, martyred by
Arians in 351)
St. Miniato of
Florence
(Italian, soldier, martyred c. 250)
Sts. Protus and Januarius of
Porto Torres
(Italian, priest and deacon, missionaries in Sardinia, martyred by beheading in
303)
St. Tabitha of
Joppa
["Dorcas" in Greek (both names meaning "gazelle")]
(Israelite, widow, raised from the dead by St. Peter [Acts 9:36-43], 1st
Century)
Bl. Theodoric of
Saint-Herbert
(French, Benedictine abbot, d.
1087)
Sts. Theodosius, Lucius, Mark,
Peter, and many companions, of Rome (Italian, soldiers, martyred
in 269)
Holy Martyrs of England and Wales --
CONTINUED
(English and Welsh ... 40 people [priests, religious brothers, lay men and women]
... representative of about 300 people known to have suffered and died for the
holy Catholic faith, at the hands of their government, between 1535 and 1679 [7
beatified in 1886, 33 in 1929, all canonized in 1970])
[In most of the world, the Holy Martyrs of England and Wales may be
commemorated as a group today. On the Welsh "particular calendar,"
today's Feast is called "Six Welsh Martyrs and Their Companions." The
new (1993) English "particular calendar" of liturgical celebrations
in England calls for these 40 canonized people to be commemorated on May 4,
along with 85 beatified people -- all 125 being collectively called "The
English Martyrs." At this site, the 85 beatified martyrs born in England,
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are named in the May 4 list.
Today's 40 saints are among the thousands of Catholics who suffered for
continuing to profess the true faith and religious submission to the pope,
following King Henry VIII's promulgation of the schismatic Act of Supremacy,
which declared that the monarch of England was the head of the "Church of
England." Most of the canonized martyrs were tortured and then drawn,
hanged, and quartered (exceptions being noted below). The 40 saints were
executed at sixteen places (14 in England, 2 in Wales), though almost half of
them gave their lives at the infamous London site known as Tyburn. (At Tyburn,
over 40,000 condemned people were executed between 1196 and 1783.) Each of today's saints is also commemorated
individually (or as part of a small group) on another day of the year.]
-- [Carthusians:]
----- St. Augustine Webster
of Axholme,
St. John Houghton
of Essex,
and St. Robert Lawrence
of Beauvale
(English, priors [religious superiors], tortured and martyred under Henry VIII
in 1535 [beatified 1886]) [St. John died at about age 47.]
-- [Brigittine:]
----- St. Richard Reynolds
of Devonshire
(English, priest, tortured and martyred under Henry VIII in 1535 [beatified
1886])
-- [Augustinian friar:]
----- St. John Stone
of Canterbury
(English, erudite theologian, priest, martyred under Henry VIII in 1539
[beatified 1886])
-- [Jesuits]:
----- St. Alexander Briant
of Somersetshire
(English, returned apostate, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 25
in 1581 [beatified 1886])
----- St. Brian Edmund Arrowsmith
of Haydock
[preferred his Confirmation name, Edmund] (English, priest, martyred under
Charles I at about age 44 in 1628 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Edmund Campion
of London
(English, convert, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 41 in 1581
[beatified 1886])
----- St. David Lewis
of Abergavenny
(Welsh, priest, martyred under Charles II at about age 63 in 1679 [beatified
1929])
----- St. Henry Morse
of Broome
(English, priest, martyred under Charles I at about age 50 in 1645 [beatified
1929])
----- St. Henry Walpole
of Docking
(English, priest, tortured and martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 37 in
1595 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Nicholas Owen
of Oxford
(English, religious brother, carpenter [constructed hiding places for
"illegal" priests], tortured and martyred [abuse in Tower of London]
under James I in 1606 [beatified 1929]
----- St. Philip Evans
of Monmouthshire
(Welsh, priest, martyred under Charles II at about age 34 in 1679 [beatified
1929])
----- St. Robert Southwell
of Horsham Saint Faith's
(English, priest, horribly tortured and martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I at
about age 33 in 1595 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Thomas Garnet
of Southwark
(English, priest, martyred by hanging under James I in 1608 [beatified 1929])
-- [Benedictine monks:]
----- St. Alban Roe
of Bury Saint Edmunds
[baptized Bartholomew] (English, priest, martyred under Charles I at about age
62 in 1642 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Ambrose Barlow
of Manchester
[baptized Edward] (English, priest, martyred under Charles I at about age 56 in
1641 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Roberts
of Trawsfynydd
(Welsh, priest in Spain, martyred in England under James I at about age 33 in
1610 [beatified 1929])
-- [Franciscan friars]
----- St. Joachim of St. Anne Wall of Lancashire
[aliases: John Marsh,
Francis Dormore,
Francis Webb,
Francis Johnson]
[baptized John] (English, priest, martyred at about age 59 under Charles II in
1679 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Jones
of Clynog Fawr
[aliases: John Buckley, John
Griffith,
Godfrey Maurice]
(Welsh, martyred at about age 39 under Elizabeth I in 1598 [beatified 1929])
-- [Diocesan Priests:]
----- St. Cuthbert Mayne
of Youlston
(English, Protestant minister turned Catholic priest, martyred under Elizabeth I
at about age 33 in 1577 [beatified 1886])
----- St. Edmund Gennings
of Lichfield
[or Genings/Jennings]
(English, adolescent convert, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 24 in
1591 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Eustace White
of Louth
(English, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1591 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Almond
of Allerton
(English, martyred under James I at about age 35 in 1612 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Boste
of Dufton
[or Boast]
(English, tortured [racked] and martyred at about age 50 under Elizabeth I in
1594 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Kemble
of Saint Weonard's
(English, martyred by hanging at about age 80 under Charles II in 1679
[beatified 1929])
----- St. John Lloyd
of Brecknockshire
(Welsh, martyred under Charles II at about age 49 in 1679 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Paine
of Petersborough
[or Payne] (English, tortured for nine months and martyred under Elizabeth I in
1582 [beatified 1886])
----- St. John Plessington
of Dimples Hall
[aliases: William Pleasington,
William Scarisbrick]
(English, martyred at about age 42 under Charles II in 1679 [beatified 1929])
----- St. John Southworth
of Samlesbury
(English, martyred at about age 61 under Cromwell in 1654 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Luke Kirby
of Bedale
(English, tortured and martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 34 in 1582
[beatified 1929])
----- St. Polydore Plasden
of London
(English, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 28 in 1591 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Ralph Sherwin
of Rodsley
(English, returned apostate, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 31
in 1581 [beatified 1886])
-- [Laity:]
----- St. Anne Line
of Dunmow
[nee Higham]
(English, convert from Calvinism, married woman [widow?], harbored
"illegal" priests, martyred [hanged] at about age 36 under Elizabeth
I in 1601 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Margaret Clitherow
of York
["The Pearl of York"] (English, mother of two priests and a nun,
martyred [suffocated under pressure of great weight] under Elizabeth I at about
age 29 on Good Friday in 1586 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Margaret Ward
of Congleton
and Bl. John Roche
[alias Neale/Neele]
(English and Irish ... laywoman and her servant ... aided "illegal"
priests, tortured and martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified
1929])
----- St. John Rigby
of Harrock Hall
(English, servant, martyred at about age 30 under Elizabeth I in 1600
[beatified 1929])
----- St. Philip Howard
of Norfolk
(English, earl, London Tower prisoner for six years under Elizabeth I, martyred
[possibly by poison] at about age 38 in 1595 [beatified 1929])
----- St. Richard Gwyn
of Llanidloes
[alias White]
(Welsh, teacher, poet, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 47 in 1584
[beatified 1929])
----- St. Swithun Wells
of Bambridge
(English, married man, teacher, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 55 in
1591 [beatified 1929])
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On October 26, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Bl. Adalgott of
Dissentis
(German, Benedictine abbot, d.
1031)
Sts. Alanus and Aldrus of
Quimper
(French, bishops, 5th Century)
St. Albinus of
Buraburg
[Witta] (Irish, Benedictine monk,
missionary, bishop, c. 760)
Sts. Aneurin and Gwinoc (Welsh, Benedictine monks, 6th Century)
St. Bean (Scottish, bishop of
Morlach, bishop of Aberdeen, c. 1012 [canonized 1898])
Bl. Bonaventure of
Potenza
[Bonaventura] [baptized Carlo Antonio (Charles Anthony)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, died at age 60 in 1711
[beatified 1775])
St. Cedd of
Northumbria
(British, brother of St. Chad, Benedictine missionary, bishop of the East Saxons, d.
664) [On English "particular calendar," being honored with St. Chad
(see March 2)]
Bl. Celine Borzecka
of Antowil
[Celina] [nee Chludzinska] (Polish, widow at age 37, mother of two, co-founded Congregation of Sisters of the Resurrection
of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Rome, died three days before her 80th birthday
in 1913 [beatified 2007])
Bl. Damian dei
Fulcheri of Finario
[Damiano] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican
priest, preacher of missions, miracle-worker, d. 1484 [beatified 1848])
St. Dominic Nguyen Van
Xuyen of
Tonkin
(Vietnamese, Dominican friar,
martyred at about age 52 by beheading in 1839 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Eadfrid of
Leominster
(British, Benedictine prior, c.
675)
St. Eata (Irish, Benedictine abbot, bishop of Bernicia, bishop of Hexham,
c. 686)
Pope St. Evaristus of
Bethlehem
(Israelite, fifth bishop of Rome, reigned from c. 99, martyred c. 107)
St. Fulk (Italian of Scottish
ancestry, bishop of Piacenza, bishop of Pavia, died at about age 65 in 1229)
St. Gaudiosus of
Salerno
(Italian, bishop, 7th Century)
St. Gibitrudis of
Faremoutiers
(French, Benedictine nun, c. 655)
St. Gwinoc (Welsh, monk, poet, 6th
Century)
St. Humbert of
Fritzlar
(German, Benedictine prior, c.
8th Century)
Bl. Joseph Gregory Hernández
Cisneros of Isnotú [José
Gregorio] (Venezuelan, celibate layman, physician [serving the poor for free],
died [hit by a car] at age 54 in 1919 [beatified 2021])
Sts. Lucian, Marcian, Florius, and
companions, of
Bithynia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], two converts from devil worship and others,
martyred c. 250)
St. Quadragesimus of
Policastro
(Italian, shepherd, subdeacon, c. 590)
Sts. Rogatian and Felicissimus of
Carthage
(North African, priest and layman, martyred in 256)
St. Rusticus of
Marseilles
(French, Benedictine monk, bishop
of Narbonne, c. 462)
St. Sigibald of Metz
(German, bishop, c. 740)
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On October 27, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Abban of Wexford (Irish, prince,
abbot, died at about age 50 in 620)
St. Abraham the Poor of
Menuf
(Egyptian, hermit, c. 377)
Bl. Antonia of
Brescia
(Italian, Dominican prioress,
died at about age 100 in 1507)
Sts. Capitolina and Erotheis of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], wealthy woman and maid, martyred in 304)
St. Colman of
Senboth-Fola
(Irish, Benedictine abbot, c.
632)
St. Cyriacus of
Constantinople
(Turkish, patriarch [bishop], d. 606)
St. Desiderius of
Auxerre
(French, bishop, c. 625)
Bl. Emilina of
Longeville
(French, Cistercian nun, prophet,
died at about age 63 in 1178)
St. Florentius of
Burgundy
(French, martyred in 3rd Century)
St. Frumentius of Tyre
(Lebanese, shipwrecked missionary to Ethiopia, bishop, c. 380)
St. Gaudiosus of
Abitina
(North African, bishop, c. 455)
Bl. Goswin of
Chemnion
(Cistercian monk in France, d.
1203)
St. Namatius of
Clermont
(French, bishop, c. 462)
St. Otteran of Iona
(British, abbot, c. 563) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
Sts. Vincent, Sabina, and Christeta,
of
Avila
(Spanish, brother and sisters, martyred in 303)
Blessed Martyrs of Zenta (two priests,
martyred in Argentina [one at age 40, the other at about age 61] in 1683 [beatified
2022])
----- Bl. John Anthony Solinas of Oliena
[Giovanni Antonio] (Italian, Jesuit priest)
----- Bl. Peter Ortiz de Zárate of San Salvador
[Pedro] (Argentinian, diocesan priest)
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On October 28, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Simon the Zealot of Cana and
St. Jude Thaddeus (Israelites, Apostles of the Lord, evangelizers in Africa and
Asia, writer of biblical epistle [Jude], martyred in 1st Century)
St. Abraham of
Ephesus (Turkish,
archbishop, 6th Century)
Sts. Alberic, Anglinus, and Godwin, of
Stavelot
(Belgian, Benedictine abbots, 7th
and 8th Century)
St. Alfred the Great of Wantage
(British, king of Wessex, died at about age 50 in 899)
St. Cyrilla of Rome
(Italian, virgin, martyred c. 270)
St. Dorbhene of Iona
(Irish, Benedictine abbot, d.
713)
St. Eadsin of
Canterbury
(British, bishop, d. 1050)
St. Faro of
Meaux
(French, nobleman, monk, bishop, c.675)
St. Ferrutius of Rome
(Italian, soldier in Germany, early martyr)
St. Fidelis of Como
(Italian, soldier, martyred c. 304)
St. Honoratus of
Vercelli
(Italian, disciple of St. Eusebius, bishop, anointed dying St. Ambrose, died at
about age 85 in 415)
St. Joachim Royo
Perez of Hinojosa
[Joaquin] (Spanish, Dominican
missionary priest [36 years] in Philippines and China, tortured in
prison and martyred by strangling in China at about age 57 in 1748 [beatified
1893, canonized 2000])
St. John Dat of
West Tonkin
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 34 in 1798 [beatified
1900, canonized 1988])
St. Remigius of
Lyons
(French, archbishop, d. 875)
St. Salvius of
Normandy
(French, hermit, miracle worker, 6th Century)
[Prayer for the intercession of Saint Jude]
Most holy apostle, Saint Jude,
faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you
universally as the patron of hopeless cases, of things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, for I am so helpless
and alone. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege given to you,
to bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of.
Come to my assistance in this great
need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my
necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly -- [here make your
request] -- and that I may praise God with you and all the elect forever.
I promise, O blessed Saint Jude, to
be mindful of this great favor, to always honor you as my special and powerful
patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you. Amen.
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On October 29, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Abraham of
Rostov
[Averkii] (Russian, preacher, abbot, 10th Century)
St. Anne of Mt.
Olympus
(Turkish, widow, hermit, d. 820)
Bl. Berengarius of
Formbach
(German, Benedictine abbot, d.
1108)
St. Bond of Sens
(French, hermit, 7th Century)
St. Cajetan Errico of
Secondigliano
[Gaetano] (Italian, founder of Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary, died at age 69 in 1860 [beatified 2002, canonized 2008])
St. Colman of
Corker
(Irish, abbot, bishop of Kilmacduagh, died at about age 82 in 632 [canonized
1903]) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Donatus of
Corfu
(Greek, bishop, c. 600)
St. Elfleda of
Ramsey
(British, noblewoman, Benedictine
abbess, c. 1000)
St. Ermelinda of
Meldaert
(Belgian, princess, virgin, c. 595)
St. Eusebia of
Bergamo
(Italian, virgin, martyred in 3rd Century)
Sts. Hyacinth, Quintus, Felician,
and Lucius, of
Lucania
(Italian, early martyrs)
St. John of
Autun
(French, bishop)
St. Kennera of
Galloway
(Scottish, nun, 5th Century)
Bl. Maria Restituta Kafka
of Brno
[baptized Helena] (Czech, salesgirl, surgical nurse, member of Franciscan
Sisters of Christian Charity, martyred [beheaded] by Nazis in Austria at
age 48 in 1943 [beatified 1998])
St. Maximilian of
Lorch
(Austrian, bishop, martyred in 284)
St. Narcissus of
Jerusalem
(Greek, 30th bishop of Jerusalem, miracle worker, died at about age 116 c. 215)
Bl. Paula Montaldi
of Volta Mantovana [Paola] (Italian, virgin, Poor Clare abbess, mystic, died at about age 71 in 1514
[beatified 1906])
St. Sighelm of
Stavelot
(Belgian, Benedictine abbot, d.
670)
St. Stephen of
Macerata
[Stefano] (Italian, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Caiazzo, died at about age 88 in 1023)
St. Terence of Metz (French,
bishop, d. 520)
St. Theodore of
Vienne
(French, hermit, abbot, c. 575)
Bl. Thomas Bellacci
of Florence
[Tommaso] (Italian, Franciscan
brother, mystic, died at about age 77 in 1447 [beatified 1771])
Bl. Wirnto of
Göttweig
(Austrian, Benedictine abbot, d.
1127)
St. Zenobius of
Antioch
(Lebanese, priest, physician, martyred by being torn with iron hooks in 310)
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On October 30, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Alphonse Rodriguez
of Segovia
[Alonso] (Spanish, widower, Jesuit
brother, college doorkeeper for 46 years, mystic, died at age 85 in 1617
[beatified 1825, canonized 1887])
St. Angel Falcone
of Acri
[Angelo] [baptized Luca Antonio (Luke Anthony)] (Italian, Capuchin
Franciscan priest, died at about age
70 in 1739 [beatified 1825, canonized 2017]) [commemorated by some on October
31]
St. Arilda of
Gloucestershire
(British, virgin, martyred defending her chastity)
St. Artemas of
Lystra
(Greek, disciple of St. Paul [Titus 3:12], bishop, 1st Century)
St. Asterius of
Amasea
(Turkish, bishop, c. 400)
Bl. Benvenuta Bojani
of Cividale
(Italian, virgin, visionary, Dominican
tertiary, died at age 38 in 1292 [beatified 1763])
Bl. Bernard de la
Tour of Portes
(French, Carthusian superior
general, d. 1258)
Sts. Claudius, Lupercus, and
Victorius, of
Len
(brothers, martyred in Spain c. 300)
Bl. Dorothy of
Montau
(German, peasant, mother of nine, widow, hermitess, mystic, died at age 47 in
1394 [beatified 1976])
St. Egelnoth the Good of
Canterbury
(British, Benedictine monk,
archbishop, d. 1038)
St. Eutropia of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred c. 253)
St. Gerard of
Potenza
[Gerardo] (Italian, bishop, d. 1119)
St. Germanus of
Capua
(Italian, bishop, c. 545)
St. Herbert of
Tours
(French, archbishop)
Bl. John Slade
of Manston
(English, schoolteacher, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under
Elizabeth I in 1583 [beatified 1929])
St. Lucanus of
Lagny
(French, martyred in 5th Century)
St. Marcellus of Rome
(Italian, centurion, martyred in Tangiers [Africa] c. 298)
St. Maximus of
Cumae
(Italian, martyred in 304)
Bl. Nanterius of
Saint-Mihiel
(French, Benedictine abbot, c.
1044)
St. Saturnino of
Cagliari
(Italian, martyred by beheading in 303)
St. Serapion of
Antioch
(Syrian, bishop, d. 199)
St. Talarica (Scottish, bishop, 6th
Century)
St. Theonestus of
Altino
(Greek, missionary, bishop of Philippi in Macedonia, martyred in 425)
Sts. Zenobius and Zenobia of
Aegae
(Turkish, physician/bishop and his sister, c. 290)
[Here is a magnificent excerpt from a 4th-Century sermon of St. Asterius of
Amasea,
on the Holy Martyrs. It shows that the practice of fervent requests for the
intercession of saints is ancient. It shows that even the martyrs of
pre-Constantinian times called upon still earlier martyrs for prayers.]
"We keep through every age
their bodies decently enshrined, as most precious pledges; vessels of benediction, the organs of their blessed
souls, the tabernacles of their holy minds. We put ourselves under their
protection. The martyrs defend the church as soldiers guard a citadel. The
people flock in crowds from all quarters and keep great festivals to honor
their tombs.
"All who labor under the heavy
load of afflictions fly to them for refuge. We employ them as intercessors in
our prayers and suffrages. In these refuges, the hardships of poverty are
eased, diseases cured, the threats of princes appeased. A parent, taking a sick
child in his arms, postpones physicians, and runs to one of the martyrs,
offering by him his prayer to the Lord, and addressing him whom he employs for
his mediator in such word as these:
'You who have suffered for Christ,
intercede for one who suffers by sickness. By that great power and confidence
you have, offer a prayer on behalf of fellow-servants. Though you are now removed
from us, you know what men on earth feel in their sufferings and diseases. You
formerly prayed to martyrs, before you were yourself a martyr; you then
obtained your request by asking. Now you are possessed of what you asked; in
your turn assist me. By your crown, ask what may be our advancement.'
"If another is going to be
married, he begins his undertaking by soliciting the prayers of the
martyrs. Who, putting to sea, weighs
anchor before he has invoked the Lord of the sea by the martyrs?"
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On October 31, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special
way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
Sts. Ampliatus, Urbanus, and
Narcissus, of
Rome
(Italian, missionaries, mentioned in Romans 16, martyred in 1st Century)
St. Antoninus Fontana of
Milan
(Italian, archbishop, d. 660)
St. Arnulfus of
Novalese
(Italian, Benedictine monk,
martyred by Moslems c. 840)
St. Bega of
Cumberland
(Irish or Anglo-Saxon, virgin, d. 681)
Bl. Christopher of
Romagnola
[Cristoforo] (Italian, parish priest then Franciscan friar, died at about age 100 in 1272
[beatified 1905])
St. Erth of
Cornwall
(Irish, bishop, c. 512)
St. Foillan of Fosses
(Irish, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, c. 655)
Bl. Irene Stefani
of Anfo
[baptized Aurelia Mercede] [nicknamed "Nyaatha" (Mother of mercy)]
(Italian, virgin, religious of the Consolata
Missionary Sisters in Kenya, nurse,
died at age 39 in 1930 [beatified 2015])
Bl. Leon Nowakowski
of Byton
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Piotrkow Kujawski [Poland] at
age 26 in 1939 [beatified 1999])
St. Mary of the Most Pure of the
Cross Salvat
y Romero of Madrid
[María de la Purísima de la Cruz] [baptized María Isabel [Mary Elizabeth]
(Spanish, superior general of Sisters of
the Company of the Cross, died at age 72 in 1998 [beatified 2010, canonized
2015])
St. Notburga of
Cologne
(German, Benedictine nun, c. 714)
St. Quentin of
Amiens
(Roman, missionary, tortured and martyred by beheading in 287)
St. Stachys of
Byzantium
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, mentioned in Romans 16, 1st
Century)
Bl. Thomas Bellaci
of Florence
[Tommaso] (Italian, Franciscan
brother, novice-master, preached in Syria and Ethiopia, died at about
age 77 in 1447 [beatified 1771])
St. Wolfgang of
Ratisbon
(Austrian, Benedictine monk,
schoolteacher, bishop of Regensburg, died at about age 70 in 994 [canonized
1052])
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