OCTOBER 26 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, October 26, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Damian of Fulcheri [Damiano] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican priest, preacher of missions, miracle-worker, d. 1484)
Pope St. Evaristus (Israelite of Bethlehem, fifth bishop of Rome, reigned from c. 99, martyred c. 107)
St. Gaudiosus of Salerno (Italian, bishop, 7th century)
St. Gibitrudis of Faremoûtiers (French, Benedictine nun, c. 655)
St. Gwinoc (Welsh, monk, poet, 6th century)
St. Humbert of Fritzlar (German, Benedictine prior, c. 8th century)
Sts. Lucian and Marcian (converts from devil worship, martyred c. 250)
Bl. Adalgott (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1031)
Sts. Alanus and Aldrus (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 of Aberdeen (Scottish, bishop, c. 1012)
Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, d. 1711)
St. Cedd (English, Benedictine, missionary, bishop, d. 664)
St. Cuthbert of Canterbury (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 758)
Bl. Dominic Doan [Doan Xu-yen] (Vietnamese, Dominican friar, martyred by beheading in 1839)
St. Eadfrid of Leominster (English, Benedictine prior, c. 675)
St. Eata of Hexham (Irish, Benedictine abbot, c. 686)
St. Fulk (Italian of Scottish ancestry, bishop, d. 1229)
St. Quadragesimus of Policastro (Italian, shepherd, subdeacon, c. 590)
Sts. Rogatian and Felicissimus (Carthaginian, priest and layman, martyred in 256)
St. Rusticus of Narbonne (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 462)
St. Sigibald of Metz (German, bishop, c. 740)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 26, 2001

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Jmj

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 of Aberdeen (Scottish, bishop, c. 1012)
Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza [Bonaventura] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, d. 1711)
St. Cedd of Northumbria (British, brother of St. Chad, Benedictine missionary, bishop, d. 664)
St. Chad of Lichfield (British, missionary monk in Ireland, abbot, bishop, d. 673)
Bl. Damian of Fulcheri [Damiano] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican priest, preacher of missions, miracle-worker, d. 1484)
Bl. Dominic Nguyen Van Xuyen of Tonkin (Vietnamese, Dominican friar, martyred by beheading in 1839)
St. Eadfrid of Leominster (English, Benedictine prior, c. 675)
St. Eata of Hexham (Irish, Benedictine abbot, c. 686)
Pope St. Evaristus of Bethlehem (Israelite, fifth bishop of Rome, reigned from c. 99, martyred c. 107)
St. Fulk of Piacenza (Italian of Scottish ancestry, bishop, d. 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)
Sts. Lucian, Marcian, Florius, and companions, of Bithynia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], 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 Narbonne (French, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 462)
St. Sigibald of Metz (German, bishop, c. 740)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 26, 2003.


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