SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 9th of October WELCOME! SAINT INGRID OF VADSTENA, VIRGIN Saint Ingrid  (Ingridis), commemorated on October 9, was a virgin of the Vadstena monastery (Vastanum). She is mentioned in the Life of  Saint Bridget  with the remark that in 1599, Charles IX. of Sweden had men searching for relics of this Saint (IV. 484) . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg 1869, p. 41) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ingrid 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September WELCOME! SAINT INGRID OF SWEDEN, WIDOW Saint Ingrid , foundress and prioress (Ingrid Elofsdotter of Skänninge, Ingrid Elovsdotter), born around 1235 in Skänninge in Östergötland in Sweden, the daughter of one of the most important aristocratic families in the country, married at a young age and was widow not long after. After the death of her husband, she and her siblings founded the first  Dominican  convent in Sweden on their property in Skänninge.  THE PILGRIMAGE After a pilgrimage to the seven pilgrimage churches in Rome and Jerusalem, she herself entered her monastery and was its first prioress from 1281. Saint Ingrid passed to her eternal reward on September 2 , 1282 or October 9 , 1282. Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints  PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Ingrid may increase our devotion and promote our salvat...