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CALENDAR of the SAINTS
Anno Dómini 17 October 2010
"....and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ~ ~ Apocalypse
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Saint Alexander
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Saint Anstrudis of Laon
Daughter of Saint Blandinus of Laon and Saint Sadalberga; sister of Saint Baldwin. When Sadalberga withdrew from the world to become abbess at Saint John the Baptist convent at Laon, France, Anstrudis went with her as a nun. On the death of her mother, Anstrudis reluctantly became abbess of the convent. Noted for her care for her sisters, her all night vigils, and her self-imposed austerities. Ebroin, mayor of the palace, viciously persecuted the Church of the day, and had her brother killed. He threatened Anstudis, but her simple faith won him over.
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Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari
Priest in the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants). Preacher with Blessed Bernardine of Feltre.
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Bishop Saint Berarius I of Le Mans
Bishop of Le Mans. Translated the relics of Saint Scholastica from Monte Cassino to Le Mans.
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Saint Catervus, Martyr
Born to the imperial Roman nobility. Roman prefect. Married layman with a son named Bassus. Brought Christianity to the city of Tolentino, Italy. Martyred in the 4th century in Tolentino, Italy for doing so. Relics in the Cathedral of San Catervo, Tolentino, which appears to have been built over his original sarcophagus, which was opened in A.D. 1455. The head of Saint Catervus was transferred to a reliquary for veneration.
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Bishop Saint Colman of Kilroot
Disciple of Saint Ailbe of Emly. Abbot. Bishop of Kilroot, Ireland.
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Blessed Contardo Ferrini
Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy. Civil and canon lawyer. Teacher. Secular Franciscan tertiary. A friend to Pope Pius XI.
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Bishop Saint Florentius
Bishop of Orange, France. He was known for his patronage of monastic scholarship and his personal sancity. Bishop Florentius defended his see against the heresies of the era.
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Saint Francis Isidore Gagelin, Martyr
Studied at the Grand Seminary at Besancon, France. Member of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in 1817. Missionary to Vietnam in 1822. Priest. When the government began a crackdown on Christians, Francis turned himself over to the authorities of Bongson, and worked with other prisoners in the short time he had left. He was strangled to death on 17 October 1833 in Bãi Dâu, Saigon, Vietnam and buried in Phukam, Vietnam. His relics later transferred to the seminary in Paris, France. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
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Blessed Gabriel Bourla, Martyr
Ursuline Nun. Martyr. Died in A.D. 1794 at Valenciennes.
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Blessed Gilbert the Theologian
Benedictine Cistercian monk at Ourscamp. Abbot at Ourscamp in 1147. Abbot at Citeaux in 1163.
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Bishop Saint Herodion, Martyr
Martyred bishop, the successor of St. Ignatius at Antioch, Turkey, where he served for two decades.
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Saint Heron, Martyr
Spiritual student of Saint Ignatius. Bishop of Antioch for 20 years. Martyred in A.D. 136.
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Bishop Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Martyr
Convert from paganism to Christianity. Succeeded Blessed Apostle Saint Peter as bishop of Antioch, Syria. Served during the persecution of Catholics by Roman Emperor Domitian. During Emperor Trajan's persecution of Catholics, Bishop Igntius was ordered taken to Rome to be killed by wild animals. On the way, a journey which took months, he wrote a series of encouraging letters to the churches under his care. He was the first Church writer to use the term the Catholic Church. An Apostolic Father. His name occurs in the “Nobis quoque peccatoribus” in the Canon of the Mass. It is known Saint Ignatius was the infant that Jesus took into his arms in the Book of Blessed Apostle Saint Mark at Chapter 9. Thrown to wild animals in A.D.107 in the Roman Colosseum. The relics of Saint Ignatius rest in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
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Blessed Jane Louise Barré, Martyr
Ursuline Nun. Guillotined in 1794 at Valenciennes with Blessed Jane-Reiné Prin and other Ursuline companions.
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Blessed Jane Reiné Prin, Martyr
Urusuline Nun. Guillotined 1794 at Valenciennes with Blessed Jane Louise Barré and other Ursulines companons.
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Saint John the Dwarf
Born to a poor but pious family. From age 18, he lived in an underground cave he dug in the desert of Skete. Spiritual student of Saint Poemen and Saint Ammoes. Noted for being short of stature, short of temper, and conceited by nature; he did not grow in height, but as his faith increased, so did his gentleness and humility. In later life he was known for absentmindedness, his thoughts being on the spiritual life. As a test of his new humble obedience, his director ordered him to water a walking staff stuck in the sand; John did so. It later blossomed, and John referred to it as the "tree of obedience". To escape Berber invaders around A.D. 395, he fled Skete and lived for years as a hermit on Mount Queolzum, near the current city of Suez. Spiritual teacher of Saint Arsenius. When Saint John died, his servant, who had been in a nearby village, had a vision of Saint John being carried to heaven by a group of angels and saints; his body moved to the desert of Skete in A.D. 515
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Saint Louthiern
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Saint Mamelta, Martyr
Martyr of Persia. He was a pagan priest at Bethfarme. Converted to Christianity, he was stoned because of his faith and then drowned in a lake by muslim authorities.
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Saint Marianus
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Blessed Marie Magdalen Desjardin, Martyr
Ursuline Nun and martyr of the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Valenciennes with Blessed Marie Louise Vanot.
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Archbishop Saint Nothelm
Friend of Saint Bede and Saint Boniface. Archbishop of Canterbury, England.
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Saint Richard Gwyn, Martyr
Cambridge educated. Teacher. Renounced Protestantism, and converted. Imprisoned and martyred for his profession of faith in 1584 at Wrexham. While in jail, he wrote religious poetry in Welsh. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Saint Rudolph of Gubbio
In 1054 he gave his castle at Campo Regio to Saint Peter Damian, and became a Benedictine monk at Fontavellana under Saint Peter. Bishop of Gubbio in 1061. Described as a "miracle of unselfishness".
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Saint Rufus of Rome, Martyr
Brought to Rome with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Zosimus during the persecution of Catholics by Roman Emperor Trajan. Mangled by wild animals A.D. 107 in the Roman Colosseum with Saint Zosimus.
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Saint Serafino of Montegranaro
Born of a poor, pious family. An uneducated shepherd in his youth, he spent his time in the fields in prayer. Orphaned, he was abused by his big brother. Entered the Capuchins at age 16, receiving the name Seraphin. Noted for his simple, obedient, ascetic life, and his charity to the poor. He had a special devotion to the Blessed Eucharist and to Our Lady. Had the gifts of reading hearts, of miracles, and of prophecy. His counsel was sought by both Church and secular authorities.
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Saint Victor
Bishop of Capua, Italy, from 541 and an ecclesiastical writer, He authored several notable works, including the Codex Fuldensis , De cyclo paschali , and Capitula de Resurrectione Domine . He is perhaps to be identified with Victor, bishop of Capua of the same century. He is honored for his learning and historical concerns.
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Saint Zosimus of Rome, Martyr
Brought to Rome, Italy with Saint Ignatius of Antioch and Saint Rufus during the persecutions of Catholics by Roman Emperor Trajan. Mangled by wild animals A.D. 107 in the Roman Colosseum.
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