SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 3rd of December WELCOME! WILLIAM SHERWOOD, BISHOP OF MEATH William Sherwood, Bishop of Meath, died at Dublin, December 3, 1482. He was an English ecclesiastic who obtained the see by papal provision in April, 1460. Of his earlier life nothing is known. He soon came into conflict with Thomas Fitzgerald, eighth Earl of Desmond, who was deputy to George, Duke of Clarence, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The earl accused the bishop of instigating the murder of some of his followers, and in 1464 both went to England to lay their grievances before the king. Edward IV upheld the earl, who was supported by the Irish parliament, and acquitted him of all charges of disloyalty and treasonable relations with the Irish people. But when in 1467 he was disgraced, and succeeded by the Earl of Worcester, Bishop Sherwood was suspected of leading the opposition, which finally brought the earl to the scaffold. Some years after his rival's death,...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 19th of June WELCOME! BLESSED SEBASTIAN NEWDIGATE, CARTHUSIAN AND MARTYR Blessed Sebastian Newdigate was executed at Tyburn, June 19, 1535. A younger son of John Newdigate of Harefield Place, Middlesex, king's sergeant, and Amphelys, daughter and heiress of John Nevill of Sutton, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Cambridge, and on going to Court became a friend of Henry VIII and a privy councillor. He married and had a daughter, named Amphelys. After his wife's death in 1524, he entered the London Charterhouse and became a monk there. He signed the Oath of Succession "in as far as the law of God permits" , June 6, 1534. Arrested on May 25, 1535, for denying the king's supremacy, he was thrown into the Marshalsea prison, where he was kept for fourteen days bound to a pillar, standing upright, with iron rings round his neck, hands, and feet.  There he was visited by the king who offered to load him with riches...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 8th of April WELCOME! VENERABLE JOHN GOODMAN, PRIEST AND MARTYR John Goodman, priest and martyr; born in the Diocese of Bangor, Wales, 1590; died 1642. He was educated at Oxford, and ordained a Protestant minister, but abandoning heresy, he crossed over to Paris, where he was received into the Church by Mr. Richard Ireland.  Admitted to Douai College, February 12, 1621, he continued his studies there until 1624, when he proceeded to St-Omer, in order to enter the Society of Jesus. Finding, however, that this was not his vocation, he was ordained a secular priest and sent on the English mission. He worked with unremitting zeal for some years, was twice apprehended and twice released. Once more a prisoner in 1642, he was brought to trial and condemned to death, but at the queen's intercession was reprieved.  When this act of Clemency on the part of Charles I excited the anger of Parliament, Goodman, with great magnan...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 13th of April WELCOME! BLESSED MILES GERARD, PRIEST AND MARTYR [Blessed Miles Gerard], martyr; born c. 1550 at Wigan; executed at Rochester 13 (30?) April, 1590. Sprung perhaps from the Gerards of Ince, he was, about 1576, tutor to the children of Squire Edward Tyldesley, at Morleys, Lancashire.  Thence in 1579 he went to the seminaries of Douai and Reims, where he was ordained April 7, 1583, and then stayed on as professor until August 31, 1589 (O.S.), when he started for England with five companions.  At Dunkirk the sailors refused to take more than two passengers; so the missioners tossed for precedence, and Gerard and Francis Dicconson , the eldest (it seems) and youngest of the party, won.  Though bound for London, they were driven out of their course into Dover harbour, where they were examined and arrested on suspicion (November 24, N.S.). A contemporary newsletter says that they were wrecked, and escap...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November WELCOME! SAINT CAESARIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT Saint Caesarius (Cæsarius), (November 1) was a bishop of Clermont in Auvergne . (El.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 534) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Caesarius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org CLERMONT Clermont counts amongst its bishops a large number of saints: Saint Urbicus (c. 312); Saint Leoguntius; Saint Illidius (Allyre), who, about 385, cured the daughter of the Emperor Maximus at Trier; t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of July WELCOME! SAINT GAL, 16th BISHOP OF CLERMONT Of the ninety-eight bishops who have occupied the see of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) the sixteenth and twenty-third bore the name of Gal [Gallus], and both are numbered among the twenty-nine bishops of this church who are honoured as saints. The first and most illustrious was bishop from 527 to 551. Born of a senatorial family of Auvergne,  Saint Gal early embraced the monastic life, and then became councillor to Saint Quintianus, who he was to succeed in the See of Clermont.  Tierry I [Thierry], King of Austrasia, having invaded Auvergne, took Gal prisoner and attached him to the oratory of his palace. He regained his liberty some years later and returned to Clermont. Quintianus having died, Gal was chosen as his successor in 527.  As bishop he was the intrepid defender of the rights of the Church against Sivigald, the governor appointed by Thierry, and ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of November WELCOME! SAINT GAL, BISHOP OF CLERMONT Saint Gal, the twenty-third Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne), succeeded Saint Cæsarius; he ruled from 640 to 650. A man of great sanctity, Saint Gal was one of the most eminent bishops in Gaul. Little, however, is known of his life. His feast is kept on November 1.  Source:  Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Gal may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. ➡️ Saint Gal, 16th Bishop of Clermont

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 13th of February WELCOME! SAINT FULCRAN, BISHOP OF LODÈVE Saint Fulcran was Bishop of Lodève; he died on February 13, 1006. According to the biography which Bernard Guidonis, Bishop of Lodève (died 1331), has left us his saintly predecessor, Fulcran came of a distinguished family, consecrated himself at an early age to the service of the Church, became a priest, and from his youth led a pure and holy life.  When in 949 Theoderich, Bishop of Lodève, died, Fulcran, notwithstanding his unwillingness, was chosen as his successor and was consecrated by the Archbishop of Narbonne on February 4 of the same year. He was untiring in his efforts to conserve the moral life within his diocese, especially among the clergy and the religious orders; he rebuilt many churches and convents, among them the cathedral dedicated to St Genesius and the church of the Holy Redeemer with the Benedictine monastery attached to it. The poor and ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 10th of January WELCOME! SAINT DIARMAID THE JUST, CONFESSOR A famous Irish confessor of the mid-sixth century, Saint Diarmaid died in 542. His name is associated with the great monastery of Inisclothran (Iniscleraun) on Lough Ree, in the Diocese of Ardagh, which he founded about the year 530. He was of princely origin and a native of Connacht.  Wishing to found an oratory far from the haunts of men, he selected the beautiful but lonely island associated with the memory of Queen Meave, now known as Quaker Island. Here his fame soon attracted disciples, and among them Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise. He was not only a good teacher, but also a distinguished writer and poet.  On the island seven churches are traditionally said to have been erected, and the traces of six are still in evidence, including Tempul Diarmada, or the church of Saint Diarmaid, the saint's own church, an oratory eight feet by seven. His feast is ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 24th of April WELCOME! SAINT DIARMAID, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH Saint Diarmaid was born in Ireland, date unknown; he died in 851 or 852. He was made Archbishop of Armagh in 834, but was driven from his see by the usurper Foraunan in 835. However, he claimed his rights and is subsequently mentioned in the Connacht records (in 836), as primate. He lived in a stormy age, as the Scandinavian rovers under Turgesius seized Armagh, in 841, and levelled the churches. The "Annals of Ulster" describe him as "the wisest of the doctors of Europe" . His feast is celebrated April 24. Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Diarmaid may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 28th of August WELCOME! BLESSED WILLIAM DEAN, PRIEST AND MARTYR [Blessed] William Dean, born in Yorkshire, England, date uncertain, martyred August 28, 1588. He studied at Reims and was ordained priest at Soissons, December 21, 1581, together with the martyrs  George Haydock  and Robert Nutter .  Their ordination coincided with the time that the news of Campion's martyrdom reached the college. Dean said his first Mass January 9 and left for England  January 25, 1581. He is called by Champney "a man distinguished by the soundness of his morals and learning" . He was banished with a number of other priests in 1585, put ashore on the coast of Normandy, and threatened with death if he dared to go back to England. Nevertheless he quickly returned to his labours there and was again arrested, tried, and condemned for his priesthood, August 22, 1588. The failure of the Spanish Armada, in spite of the loyalty ma...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 17th of February WELCOME! BLESSED WILLIAM RICHARDSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR William Richardson , aka Anderson, the last martyr under Queen Elizabeth, was born according to Challoner at Vales in Yorkshire (i.e. presumably Wales, near Sheffield), but, according to the Valladolid diary, he was a Lancashire man; he was executed at Tyburn, February 17, 1603.  He arrived at Reims July 16, 1592 and on August 21 following was sent to Valladolid, where he arrived December 23. Thence, October 1, 1594, he was sent to Seville where he was ordained.  According to one account he was arrested at Clement's Inn on February 12, but another says he had been kept a close prisoner in Newgate for a week before he was condemned at the Old Bailey on February 15, under stat. 27 Eliz., c. 2, for being a priest and coming into the realm.  He was betrayed by one of his trusted friends to the Lord Chief Justice, who expedited his trial and...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED THOMAS COTTAM, PRIEST AND MARTYR Thomas Cottam, born 1549 in Lancashire, was executed at Tyburn, May 30, 1582. His parents, Laurence Cottam of Dilworth and Anne Brewer, were Protestants. Having completed his studies at Brasenose, Oxford (M.A., July 14, 1572) he became master of a grammar school in London.  Converted there to the faith by Thomas Pound he went over to Douai, and was ordained deacon at Cambrai, December, 1577. Desirous of the Indian mission, he went to Rome and was received (April 8, 1579) as a Jesuit novice at Sant' Andrea. Attacked by fever about October, he was sent to Lyon to recuperate, and went thence to the College at Reims, considering himself as accepted for India, if his health improved by a visit to England. In May (probably 28th), 1580, he was ordained priest at Soissons, and started (June 5) with four companions for England.  Through the treachery of an English ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED LUKE KIRBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR Blessed Luke Kirby was born in the north of England about 1549, and is said to have graduated M.A., probably at Cambridge. Having been reconciled at Louvain, he entered Douai College in 1576, and was ordained priest at Cambrai in September, 1577.  He left Reims for England, May 3, 1578, but returned July 15 and proceeded to Rome, where he took the college oath at the English College, April 23, 1579.  In June, 1580, he was arrested on landing at Dover, and committed to the Gatehouse, Westminster. Transferred to the Tower, December 4, he was subjected to the "Scavenger's Daughter" for more than an hour, December 9. He was condemned, November 17, 1581, and from April 2 till the day of his death was in irons. Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED WILLIAM FILBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR Born in Oxfordshire between 1557 and 1560; suffered at Tyburn, May 30, 1582. Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, he was admitted to the seminary at Reims, October 12, 1579. He was ordained priest at Reims, March 25, 1581, and shortly after left for the mission.  He was arrested in July, committed to the Tower, removed August 14 to the Marshalsea, and thence back to the Tower again. He was sentenced November 17, and from that date till he died was loaded with manacles. He was also deprived of his bedding for two months. With him suffered three other Beati, Thomas Cottam , Luke Kirby , and  Laurence Richardson (vere Johnson). Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr William confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as h...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED LAURENCE RICHARDSON, PRIEST AND MARTYR Blessed Laurence Richardson, a son of Richard Johnson, of Great Crosby, Lancashire, was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, in or before 1569, and supplicated B.A. November 25, 1572. In 1573 he was at Douai, and on March 23, 1577, was ordained priest at Cateau-Cambresis.  He was sent on the mission July 27 following, and laboured in Lancashire. He was arrested in London on his way to France and imprisoned in Newgate, where he remained until the day of his indictment, November 16, 1581, when he was committed to the Queen's Bench Prison, and on the day of his condemnation, November 17, to the Tower, where he had no bedding for two months. Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Laurence confessed the faith, may experience h...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of December WELCOME! SAINT FINNIAN, BISHOP OF CLONARD Saint Finnian  was Bishop of Clonard in Meath; he was famous for his gifts of preaching and became known as 'teacher of the saints of Ireland'. He died in 549. PRAYER In the work of your bishop Saint Finnian, Lord, you formed a multitude of Saints in the knowledge of the Gospel and in the monastic life; in our own day raise up, we pray, at his intercession, Saints to edify your people  by the vitality of their Christian lives. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 6th of October WELCOME! BLESSED JOHN HEWETT, PRIEST AND MARTYR John Hewett [Hewitt, aka Weldon] was an English martyr; son of William Hewett of York; date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, October 6, 1588. The two names Hewett and Weldon gave rise to some confusion, and Challoner in his "Memoirs", in addition to his sketch of "John Hewit", records under the same date one John Weldon "priest of the College of Douay according to Champney and Molanus". That but one martyr is referred to is proved by Law in "Martyrs of the Year of the Armada" (The Month, XVI, 3rd ser., 71-85), chiefly on the testimony of a certain tract dated October 24, 1588, entitled "A True Report of the inditement, arraignment, conviction, condemnation, and Execution of John Weldon, William Hartley, and Robert Sutton; Who suffered for high Treason, in several places, about the Citie of London on Saturd...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 29th of November WELCOME! BLESSED EDWARD BURDEN, PRIEST AND MARTYR  Blessed Edward Burden was an English Priest and  Martyr; born c. 1540 in Co. Durham, England. He died on November 29, 1588, by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at York, England. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, before completing his theological studies on the Continent. He was ordained (1584) at Douai and returned to England in 1586 to work in Yorkshire. He was condemned for his priesthood and suffered with Fr John Hewitt . Blessed Edward Burden was beatified by  Pope John Paul II  on November 22, 1987 with  George Haydock and Companions. Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/burden-edward-bl ⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Edward confessed the faith, may exper...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 28th of March WELCOME! BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON, PRIEST AND MARTYR [Blessed Christopher Wharton, English Martyr, was] born at Middleton, Yorkshire, before 1546; he was martyred at York, March 28, 1600. The second son of Henry Wharton of Wharton and Agnes Warcop, and younger brother of Thomas, first Lord Wharton, Christopher was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A., February 3, 1564, and afterwards became a fellow.  In 1583 he entered the English College at Reims to study for the priesthood (July 28). He was ordained priest in the following year (March 31), but continued his studies after ordination till 1586, when on May 21 he left Reims in company with Ven. Edward Burden . No details of his missionary labours have been preserved; but at his trail Baron Savile, the judge, incidentally remarked that he had known him at Oxford some years after 1596.  He was finally arrested in 1599 at the h...