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Born to pagan Greek parents, and possibly a slave. One of the earliest converts to Christianity. Physician, studying in Antioch and Tarsus. Probably travelled as a ship's doctor; many charitable societies of physicians are named for him. Legend has that he was also a painter who may have done portraits of Jesus and Mary, but none have ever been correctly or definitively attributed to him; this story, and the inspiration his Gospel has always given artists, led to his patronage of them. He met Saint Paul the Apostle at Troas, and evangelized Greece and Rome with him, being there for the shipwreck and other perils of the voyage to Rome, and stayed in Rome for Paul's two years of in prison. Wrote the Gospel According to Luke, much of which was based on the teachings and writings of Paul, interviews with early Christians, and his own experiences. Wrote a history of the early Church in the Acts of the Apostles.
at Antioch
• c.74 in Greece
• some stories say he was martyred, others that he died of natural causes
• relics at Padua, Italy
artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, doctors, glass makers, glassworkers, glaziers, gold workers, goldsmiths, lacemakers, lace workers, notaries, painters, physicians, sculptors, stained glass workers, surgeons, unmarried men, Worshipful Company of Painters, 2 cities
• physician
• bishop
• book
• brush (refers to the tradition that he was a painter)
• man accompanied by a winged ox
• man painting an icon of Blessed Virgin Mary
• ox
• palette (refers to the tradition that he was a painters)
• winged calf
• winged ox
• Canonical Gospel According to Luke
• Canonical Acts of the Apostles
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-luke-the-evangelist/
• 19 October as one of the Martyrs of North America
• 16 March (Jesuits)
Joined the Jesuits at Rouen, France in 1624. Priest. Taught literature. Missionary to New France (Canada) in 1636, starting in Quebec and working among the Hurons and Petuns in the area of the Great Lakes. This was a rough assignment - not only were the living conditions hard, but the locals blamed the "Blackrobes" for any disease, ill luck, or other problems that occurred where they were. Captured on 3 August 1642 by the Mohawks, enslaved, tortured and mutilated for thirteen months, he taught the Faith to any who would listen. With the help of local Dutch settlers he finally escaped and was sent back to France to recover. In 1644 he returned to Canada to continue his work with the natives and negotiate peace with the Iroquois. Martyred with fellow Jesuit priest Saint John de Brebeuf and several lay missionaries when the natives blamed Christian sorcery for an epidemic and crop failure.
10 January 1607 at Orleans, France
• tomahawked in the head by an Iroquois chief on 18 October 1646 at Ossernenon in what would become upstate New York, USA
• his head was displayed on a pole and his body thrown in to the Mohawk River
29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI
• Americas
• Canada
My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings. - Saint Isaac Jogues
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-isaac-jogues/
Son of Peter Garavita, governor of the palace; his mother was a member of the noble family of Sanabia. Peter studied grammar and philosophy at Alcantara, and both civil and canon law at Salamanca University. Franciscan at age 16 at Manjarez. Founded the friary at Babajoz at age 20, and served as its superior. Ordained in 1524 at age 25. Noted preacher. A recluse by nature, he lived at the convent of Saint Onophrius, a remote location where he could study and pray between missions. Franciscan provincial for Saint Gabriel in Estremadura, Spain in 1538. Worked in Lisbon, Portugal in 1541 to help reform the Order. In 1555 he started the Alcantarine reforms, now known as the Strictest Obeservance. Commissioner of his Order in Spain in 1556. Provincial of his reformed Order in 1561. Friend and confessor of Saint Teresa of Avila, and assisted her in 1559 during her work to reform her own Order. Mystic and writer whose works were used by Saint Francis de Sales.
1499 at Alcantara, Estremadura, Spain
18 October 1562 at Estremadura, Spain of natural causes
28 April 1669 by Pope Clement IX
• Brazil (named by Pope Blessed Pius IX in 1862)
• Estremadura Spain (named in 1962)
• night watchmen
• watchmen
He does much in the sight of God who does his best, be it ever so little. - Saint Peter of Alcantara
No tongue can express the greatness of the love which Jesus Christ bears to our souls. He did not wish that between Him and His servants there should be any other pledge than himself, to keep alive the remembrance of Him. - Saint Peter of Alcantara
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-peter-of-alcantara/
Burchard of Nabburg
Son of Henry of Schweinfurt, Margrave of Nordgau in Bavaria, Germany, and Gerberga von Henneberg, a daughter of Count Otto II. Studied at the convent school of Saint Emmeram in Regensburg, Germany. Secular politician. Chancellor to emperor Conrad II in 1032. Even working in the imperial court he was noted for his personal piety and his good example of a Christian in the world. Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany in 1036. Improved housing for clerics, built chapels, churches and monasteries. Accompanied Conrad II on his Italian campaign in 1038 to 1039. Worked with and supported emperor Henry III. Worked to defuse political tensions within the Church hierarchy.
18 October 1000 in Nabburg, Germany
• 18 October 1059 in Halberstadt, Germany
• buried in the cathedral of Halberstadt
• re-interred at the church at the Burchardi monastery in 1060 following a fire at the cathedral
• relics moved to the Franciscan church of Saint Andrew when the monastery was abolished in 1810
• some relics moved to the parish church of Nabburg, Germany in 1984
1253 by Pope Innocent IV
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-burchard-i-of-halberstadt/
• Justus of Louvre
• Justus of Parisis
• Justin of...
During a trip with his father to Amiens, France to ransom or rescue an imprisoned relative during the persecutions of Diocletian, the nine-year-old Justus was denounced to pagan authorities as a Christian magician. Questioned about his faith at Beauvais, France, the boy confessed that he was a Christian; he was immediately executed. Legend says that the body then picked up the severed head and stood upright before the terrified soldiers; later retellings depict the headless boy preaching and converting the pagans.
278 at Auxerre, France
• beheaded in 285 at Beauvais, France
• majority of relics in the cathedral in Paris, but others in Zutphen, Netherlands and smaller locations in France, Belgium and England
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-justus-of-beauvais/
Mercedarian friar. Worked with Saint Ferdinand of Portalegre. In 1253 the two sailed from Barcelona, Spain to Tunis in North Africa to ransom Christians imprisoned and enslaved for their faith by Muslims. By 16 October 1253 they had free 129 but were double-crossed by some of the slave traders and turned over to Muslim royal authorities. Ferdinand was eventually released and ordered to leave the country with his ransomed slaves, but Theobald was tortured and executed. Martyr.
French
thrown into a fire, and when he did not die quickly enough, he was stoned to death in 1253 in modern Tunisia
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-theobald-of-narbonne/
• Amabilis of Riom
• Amabilis the Cantor
Cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont, France. Precentor of the cathedral of Clermont. Parish priest in Riom, France.
475 of natural causes
• against demonic possession
• against fire
• against mental illness
• against poison
• against snake bite
• against wild beasts
• Auvergne, France
• Riom, France
bishop listening to an angel playing music
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-amabilis-of-auvergne/
Procolo
• 16 November (in Pozzuoli, Italy)
• 21 April (Eastern Orthodox)
• 19 September (Eastern Orthodox)
Deacon of the church of Pozzuoli, Italy. Imprisoned and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for objecting to the deaths of other martyrs.
beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy
Pozzuoli, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-proculus-of-pozzuoli/
Eutyches, Eutichio, Eutiche
Christian layman imprisoned and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for objecting to the deaths of other martyrs.
beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eutychius-of-pozzuoli/
Mercedarian friar the Holy Savior convent on Mallorca, Spain. Freed 153 Christians enslaved and imprisoned by Muslims for their faith in Tunisia.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-domenico-of-perpignano/
Priest in the diocese of Almeria Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
21 May 1859 in Mojácar, Almeria Spain
18 October 1936 in La Ballabona, Antas, Almeria Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-alfredo-almunia-lopez-teruel/
Acuzio
Christian layman imprisoned and martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian for objecting to the deaths of other martyrs.
beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-acutius-of-pozzuoli/
Mono, Muno, Monone
Hermit in the Ardennes region of France. Murdered by a pack of local thugs who were offended by his personal holiness.
Scotland
stoned to death c.645 in Nassogne, Belgium
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-monon-of-nassogne/
Blanche, Candida, Genuissa, Wenn, Wenna
Daughter of Saint Brychan of Brycheiniog. Married lay woman. Widow. Evangelized northern Wales. Martyr.
463
c.492 by pagan Saxons at Talgarth, Wales
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gwen-of-tagarth/
Spiritual student of Saint Cadoc of Llancarvan. Helped found the monastery on the island of Morbihan (modern Ile de Saint-Cado) in Armorica, Brittany, France and served as its abbot.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cadwaladr-of-brittany/
Tryfonia
Mother of Saint Cyrilla of Rome. Third-century widow and martyr.
• Rome, Italy
• relics enshrined by Pope Paul I
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-tryphonia-of-rome/
Bishop of Antioch in 211. Sometimes listed as a martyr due to the trials he underwent as bishop.
217 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-asclepiades-of-antioch/
Poor Clare nun.
Novara, Italy
1491 in Novara, Italy of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-margherita-tornielli/
Fourth-century hermit with a cell near Edessa, Mesopotamia. Hermit on Mount Sinai.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-julian-the-hermit/
Sister of Saint Nonna. Aunt of Saint David of Wales. Mother of Saint Cyby and Saint Cadfan. Widow.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gwen-18-october/
Sixth century. No information has survived.
Llanbrothen, Wales
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-brothen/
Gwedolen, Gwynnin
No information has survived.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gwendoline/
A group of Christians martryed together in Africa. The only details that have survived are the names - Beresus, Dasius, Faustinus, Leucius, Lucius, Martialis, Victoricus, Victrix and Viktor.
c.300 in Africa
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-africa-18-october/
• Amabile of Rium
• Francis of Boullonay
• Illogan of Cornwall
• Lupus of Soissons
• Raso Goetghebue
• Servatius of Lairvelz
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