SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT AGLETRUDIS, VIRGIN Saint Agletrudis, whose feast day is October 2, and also June 27, was the daughter of  Saint Bavo  (commemorated on October 1). It is said that she influenced her father, who had been leading a highly dissolute lifestyle, to be brought onto a better path.  This Agletrudis is probably one and the same person as the  holy lady venerated on March 19 who is mentioned among the companions of  Saint Landoald . According to Bucelin *, who lists her name on June 27, Agletrudis was particularly invoked by the faithful in and around Ghent ( Gandavum ) in Belgium. According to the same author, this saint was a nun and died in 640.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 77) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviati...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! STEPHEN OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, RELIGIOUS Stephanus (October 2), with the surname of the Mother of God [Étienne de la Mère de Dieu], a Carmelite from the province of Rennes, is listed in the order's catalogue *. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 385) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME!  BLESSED BERENGARIUS, BISHOP OF LERIDA Berengarius [Berenger], bishop of Lerida (Ilerda) in Spain, was appointed but never consecrated. A canon at the cathedral of that church at first, he subsequently entered the Dominican Order and was elected bishop there in a most miraculous way: When, after the death of Bishop Barberanus, the canons could not agree on the choice of his successor, an angel is said to have appeared in their midst and to have ordered them to elect the monk Berengar. Whether this incident is fact or fiction can no longer be determined, but this much is certain: the Blessed was elected, but died before his episcopal consecration could take place. He went to his eternal reward on October 2, 1256. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 447) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Gran...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! EDMUND MacGAURAN, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, MARTYR ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Edmund (Edmundus) [Edmund MacGauran] archbishop of Armagh in Ireland, belonged to the Third Order of Saint Francis. Driven by fury against the holy Roman Church, heretics seized him one day and mortally wounded the holy archbishop with a spear in 1598 . (Hub. Mart.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 14) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT ODRAN, CONFESSOR ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Odran (Othranus) was a confessor in Ireland (Mg.). (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 638) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Odran 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. ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! ODIGITRIA, VIRGIN Odigitria was a virgin of Catana, who is venerated there as a saint according to a note in the Bollandists * who in their work list her among the Praetermissi. (I. 318) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 601) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! EVEREIMUS, HERMIT Evereimus, who is remembered on October 2, was a pious hermit who died in A.D. 1060. He was buried in Bruges (Brugae) in the Netherlands . (I. 318)  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 147-48)) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October ERCUS, BISHOP OF SLANIA ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Ercus (Hercus) was a disciple of  Saint Patrick  (Patricius), and Bishop of Slania in Ireland. He never seems to have received ecclesiastical veneration. (I. 319) This holy bishop is also remembered on November 2. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 80) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org ➡️ Irish Confessors and Martyrs   🇮🇪  PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART FOR IRELAND  🇮🇪 O most Sacred and most Loving Heart of Jesus! to which the Irish nation is most solemnly dedicated, preserve our nation in faith, in purity, and in charity. Through all its trials, its sorro...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October SAINT PRIMUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Primus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Antioch, the holy martyrs Primus, Cyril, and Secundarius." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Primus, Cyril, and Secundarius 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 OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October SAINT ELEUTHERIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Eleutherius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Nicomedia, Saint Eleutherius, soldier and martyr, with numberless others. They were falsely accused of having set fire to the palace of Diocletian and, by order of this most cruel emperor, were barbarously massacred in groups. Some were put to the sword, some consumed by fire, while others were precipitated into the sea. But the principal one, Eleutherius, having endured long tortures, and being found stronger after each one, terminated his victorious martyrdom by fire, as well-tried gold." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Eleutherius and Companions 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 ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October SAINT GERINUS, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Gerinus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, the holy martyr Gerinus, brother of the blessed Leodegarius, who was overwhelmed with stones in the same city [Arras]." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Gerinus 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 OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October BLESSED THADDEA OF MASSA, VIRGIN Blessed Thaddea was a divinely graced virgin in Tuscany. A member of the Third Order of St Francis, Blessed Thaddea died at Massa in 1649 in the odour of sanctity. (Born.) (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Thaddea 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 OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT BEREGISUS, ABBOT Saint Beregisus - Beregis or Beregise in French - was the founder and first abbot of the monastery of Saint Hubert (Andainum) in the Ardennes forest.  He was born in the Liege area during the latter half of the 7th century. His parents were rich and noble and his mother is said to have been called Berilla.  Saint Beregisus received his education in the monastery of Saint Trudo (Saint Trond), who, according to the probable opinion, belonged to the Canonici Regulares . As an adult, he took the habit and was ordained a priest, in which position he was so distinguished by his piety that Pepin of Heristal and his wife  Plectrudis  chose him as their confessor and counsellor, and according to some sources, as their court chaplain.  Once Saint Beregisus accompanied Pepin and his wife on a trip to the place called Andainum by the river of the same name. Wh...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! BLESSED JAN BEYZYM, PRIEST  (Also October 12) Jan Beyzym was born in Stari Beizymy, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) on May 15, 1850 as the eldest of five children to Jan Beyzym and Olga.   Bl. Jan studied in Kiev there from 1864 until 1871. Afterwards he joined the Jesuits for his novitiate period on December 10, 1872 at Stara Wies and this concluded in 1874. During his novitiate there was a cholera epidemic and he received the permission of his superior to go out into the streets to tend to the ailing victims.  Bl. Jan was ordained a priest on July 26, 1881. He then  served as a teacher at Jesuit boarding schools, teaching French and Russian. In 1898 he joined the Jesuit missions to lepers near Tananariwa in Madagascar with the permission of his superiors. On December 30, Bl. Jan arrived at Red Island before being posted to Ambahivoraka near Antananarivo. He fainted several ti...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT URSICINUS, BISHOP OF CHUR Ursicinus, a Benedictine monk, led the transformation of the Sigisbert cell founded around 720 in Disentis [Switzerland] into a Benedictine monastery and led it as abbot before he became bishop of Chur (in 754).  In 758 he renounced the office of bishop to spend his remaining time on earth seeing to his soul by prayer and fasting. To this end he retired to a hermitage, where he died on October 2 around 760.  Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 🎨 Disentis, 1821 PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ursicinus 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 OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of October WELCOME! SAINT LEODEGAR, BISHOP OF AUTUN, MARTYR  (Leger) Bishop of Autun, born about 615; died a martyr in 678, at Sarcing, Somme.  His mother was called Sigrada, and his father Bobilo. His parents being of high rank, his early childhood was passed at the court of Clotaire II.  He went later to Poitiers, to study under the guidance of his uncle, the bishop of that town. Having given proof of his learning and virtue, and feeling a liking for the priestly life, his uncle ordained him deacon, and associated him with himself in the government of the diocese.  Shortly afterwards he became a priest and with the bishop’s approval withdrew to the monastery of St Maxentius in 650. He was soon elected abbot and signalised himself by reforming the community and introducing the Rule of St Benedict.  In 656 he was called to the court by the widowed Queen Bathildis to assist in the government of ...