| 24 October |
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| Optional Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop |
Antonio María Claret y Clará
Worked as a weaver in his youth. Seminary student with Saint Francisco Coll Guitart. Ordained on 13 June 1835. Missionary in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. Directed retreats. Founded the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba on 20 May 1850. Founded the Teaching Sisters of Mary Immaculate. Following his work in the Caribbean, Blessed Pope Pius IX ordered Anthony back to Spain. Confessor to Queen Isabella II, and was exiled with her. Had the gifts of prophecy and miracles. Reported to have preached 10,000 sermons, published 200 works. Spread devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
23 December 1807 at Sallent, Catalonia, Spain
24 October 1870 in a Cistercian monastery at Fontfroide, Narbonne, France
• 7 May 1950 by Pope Pius XII
• Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer served as Vice-Postulator for Saint Anthony’s Caused from 1916 until his death in 1936
• Catholic press
• Claretians
• Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• weavers
Driven by the fire of the Holy Spirit, the holy apostles traveled throughout the earth. Inflamed with the same fire, apostolic missionaries have reached, are now reaching, and will continue to reach the ends of the earth, from one pole to the other, in order to proclaim the word of God. They are deservedly able to apply to themselves those words of the apostle Paul: "The love of Christ drives us on." The love of Christ arouses us, urges us to run, and to fly, lifted on the wings of holy zeal. The zealous man desires and achieve all great things and he labors strenuously so that God may always be better known, loved and served in this world and in the life to come, for this holy love is without end. Because he is concerned also for his neighbor, the man of zeal works to fulfill his desire that all men be content on this earth and happy and blessed in their heavenly homeland, that all may be saved, and that no one may perish for ever, or offend God, or remain even for a moment in sin. Such are the concerns we observe in the holy apostles and in all who are driven by the apostolic spirit. For myself, I say this to you: The man who burns with the fire of divine love is a son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and wherever he goes, he enkindles that flame; he deserves and works with all this strength to inflame all men with the fire of God's love. Nothing deters him: he rejoices in poverty; he labors strenuously; he welcomes hardships; he laughs off false accusations; he rejoices in anguish. He thinks only of how he might follow Jesus Christ and imitate him by his prayers, his labors, his sufferings, and by caring always and only for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. - from a work by Saint Anthony Mary Claret
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anthony-mary-claret/
• Aloisius Guanella
• Aloysius Guanella
• Don Luigi
• Louis Guanella
• Ludovicus Guanella
Ninth of thirteen children born to Lawrence and Maria Guanella, a poor but pious family. Luigi entered seminary at age twelve, and was ordained on 26 May 1866. He worked with Saint John Bosco from 1875 to 1878 to care for homeless children. Youth director in Turin, Italy. Parish priest in Traona, Itay, where he opened a school for the poor; local anti-Catholic Masons forced its closure in 1881.
Parish priest in Pianello del Lario, Italy in 1881 where he founded an orphanage and nursing home. In 1886 the need had outgrown the facility, and Father Luigi moved the home to a larger building which he called the Little House of Divine Providence. There he founded the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence to minister to the residents; the congregation received papal approval in 1917, and today has over 1,200 sisters working in over 100 homes. In 1908 Luigi founded a men's congregation, the Servants of Charity (Guanellians) which received papal approval in 1928 and 1935, and today has over 500 brothers in over 50 houses.
Father Luigi never bothered to retire, continuing to write meditations and inspirational works, and mininster to those in need. Friend and advisor to Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari and Pope Saint Pius X. He reclaimed marsh land in the Sondrio region, and built an institute for the handicapped. He worked in the United States with Italian immigrants in 1912. In 1913 he founded the Confraternity of Saint Joseph whose mission is to pray for the dying, and which today has 10 million members. In 1915, just months before his death, Luigi went into the fields to minister to those who had been harmed by a series of earthquakes in the region.
9 December 1842 in Fraciscio di Campodolcino, Sondrio, diocese of Como, Italy
24 October 1915 in Como, Italy of complications from a stroke he suffered on 27 September 1915
23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
O my Jesus, draw me entirely to you. Draw me with all the love of my heart. If I knew that one fiber of my heart did not palpitate for you, I would tear it out at any cost. But I know that I could not speak without your help. Draw me, O my Jesus, draw me completely. I know it well, my heart cannot rest until it rests in your heart. - Saint Luigi
There is need of living well, but there is even more need of dying well. A good death is everything, especially today where people think only of things and enjoyment here on earth, rejecting eternity. - Saint Luigi
We may never make the church into a hallway, or a courtyard or highway, or a public square. - Saint Luigi
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-luigi-guanella/
Lector while still a student. Secretary to and spiritual student of Saint John Chrysostom. Priest. Archbishop of Cyzicus, by the people of that city saw him as being under the control of Constantinople, and refused to accept him. Noted preacher in Constantinople. When Nestorius was chosen patriarch of Constantinople and began openly spreading the teachings that became known as the Nestorian heresy, Proclus continued to preach orthodox Christianity. Archbishop of Constantinople in 434. Friend and frequent correspondent with Saint Cyril of Alexandria. The Armenian bishops turned to him for analysis of the writings of other leaders. Noted for his forgiveness of heretics who wished to return to the Church, but his defense of and insistence on adherance to the true teachings of the Church. Many of his letters, sermons and teachings have survived. Hands-on leader of his clergy and minister to his flock following a destructive earthquake in early 447 that led many to live in open fields for fear of collapsing buildings; legend says that he led the people in prayers that stopped the quakes.
Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
24 October 447 in the area of modern Turkey of natural causes
A man full of piety, perfectly skilled in ecclesiastical discipline, and a strict observer of the canons. - Saint Cyril of Alexandria on Saint Proclus
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-proclus-of-constantinople/
Sassena, Sassenay, Seno, Sénoch, Senoco, Senócus
Son of pagan parents. In his early 20's he became the spiritual student of Saint Martin de Vertou, and converted to Christianity. Hermit whose wisdom and piety attracted would-be students for whom he founded a monastic community; Blessed Euphronius of Tours consecrated the altar of the monastery church, and ordained Senoch as a deacon. Benedictine monk. Abbot. Ordained a priest at Tours, Neustria (in modern France). A miracle worker with the gift of healing by prayer, he returned to his home town and openly tried to impress people with his power and wisdom; they ran him out of town, he took it as a learning experience, and devoted himself to his house and his own spirituality. Friend of Saint Gregory of Tours who was forced to publicly chastise Senoch for paying more attention to his own spiritual practices than the running of his house or the spiritual growth of his monks.
536 in Tiffauges, Poitou, Gaul (in modern France)
• 576 in his at Varennes (modern Saint-Senoch), Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, France from a fever that lasted three days
• relics transferred to Sassenay, Burgundy, France in the 9th century to protect them from Norman invaders
• Saint-Senoch, France
• Sassenay, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-senoch/
The youngest of four children born to José Cardoso da Silva and Thereza Maria da Silva; her father died before she was born, her mother before Benigna was a year old, and she and her brother were then adopted by another family. Benigna was known as a pious girl, always willing to help at home and school, a good student who would interfere when other childen were being cruel or destructive, and was brought to tears whenever she saw a classmate punished. She was murdered fighting off a rapist, she is considered a martyr to chastity.
15 October 1928 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil
• slashed and beaten with a machete by Raimundo "Raul" Alves Ribeiro at about 4pm on 24 October 1941 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil
• buried in the São Miguel Cemetery in Ceará
• re-interred at the parish church of Senhora Sant'Ana in Ceará on 26 May 2012
• 21 October 2020 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Nossa Snhora da Penha, Creato, Brazil, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-benigna-cardoso-da-silva/
Apostle of the Herbauges
Born wealthy, to a family well-known in his region. Ordained a deacon by Saint Felix. Noted for his lack of skill as a preacher. Hermit in the Dumen forest at Brittany. There his obvious sanctity attracted so many followers that he was forced found Vertou abbey near Nantes, France and serve as its first abbot; legend says he was led to the site of the monastery by an angel. Later founded Saint Jouin-de-Marne abbey, the convent at Durieu, and assisted in the founding of other houses. Reported miracle worker.
527 at Nantes, France
601 at Durieu, France of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-martin-of-vertou/
• Ragnobertus, Raimbert, Regnoberto, Regnobertus, Rembert, Rennobert, Renobert, Rénobert
• Second Apostle of Bessin
Missionary priest in the 620s, working to convert the Saxons who had invaded the Bessin region. Twelfth bishop of Bayeux, France. Founded several churches in the area that became Caen, France.
Noron-la-Poterie, France
c.666 of natural causes
Caen, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-regnobert-of-bayeux/
Joseph Baldo
Sixth of nine children. Priest in the archdiocese of Verona, Italy. Founded the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary in 1882. Founded the Little Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1894.
19 February 1843 in Puegnago, Brescia, Italy
24 October 1915 in Ronco all'Adige, Verona, Italy of natural causes
31 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-giuseppe-baldo/
Magloire, Maelor, Maglorio
Monk. Went to Brittany with Saint Samson of York. Abbot of Lammeur Abbey. Bishop of Dol, France. Built and retired to a monastery on Sark in the Channel Islands.
southern Wales
c.575
Sark
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maglorius-of-wales/
Fortunato
4 May (translation of relics)
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian when he refused to give up copies of scripture for destruction.
• beheaded on 24 October 303 in Venosa, Italy
• relics enshrined in the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Bari, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fortunatus-of-thibiuca/
Christian princess of the city of Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia). She, her husband and children were part of the Martyrs of Najran who were killed by order of Dhu Nuwas, king of the Omeritani who had converted to Judaism and demanded that everyone in his kingdom do so, too.
beheaded in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ruma-of-najran/
Christian prince of the city of Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia). He, his wife and children were part of the Martyrs of Najran who were killed by order of Dhu Nuwas, king of the Omeritani who had converted to Judaism and demanded that everyone in his kingdom do so, too.
beheaded in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-areta-of-najran/
Joseph Thi
Layman. Soldier. Captain in the army of King Tu-duc. Convert. Martyr.
c.1825 in Ke Van, Quang Tri, Vietnam
strangled to death on 25 October 1860 at An Hòa, Quang Nam, Vietnam
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-giuse-le-dang-thi/
Vincentian priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
29 April 1903 in Moscardón, Teruel, Spain
24 October 1936 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-amado-garcia-sanchez/
Ebregesilus, Ebregisilo, Evergisio, Evergisius, Evergislo
Fifth-century bishop of Cologne, Germany. Murdered by heathen robbers. Martyr.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-evergislus-of-cologne/
Felix Africanus
Bishop of Thibiuca in North Africa. Martyred in the persecutions of Diolcetian for refusing to surrender sacred books for destruction.
303
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felix-of-thibiuca/
Mark, Martin
Hermit at Monte Cassino Abbey. Hermit in a a on Mount Massicus.
c.679 in Mondragone, Italy of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcius-of-monte-cassino/
Fromondo, Fromundo
Monk. Abbot. Bishop of Coutances, France.
c.690
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fromundus-of-coutances/
Adauctus
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
303
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-audactus-of-thibiuca/
Martyr.
Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ciriacus-of-hierapolis/
Martyr.
Hierapolis, Phrygia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-claudian-of-hierapolis/
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
303
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-januarius-of-thibiuca/
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
303
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-septimus-of-thibiuca/
Sixth-century spiritual student of Saint Iltyd. Founded churches in Penegoes and Abererch in Wales.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cadfarch/
Three Christians martyred together. All we know about them are the names Mark, Sotericus and Valentina.
• stoned to death near Ephesus, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)
• relics enshrined on the island of Tasos
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-ephesus-24-october/
Martyrs of Nagrana
342 priests, religious and lay people who were martyred together by order of Dhu Nuwas, king of the Omeritani who had converted to Judaism and demanded that everyone in the his kingdom do so, too.
beheaded or burned alive in 523 at Nagrana (modern Najran, Saudi Arabia)
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-najran/
• Eximeno de Ayvar
• Florentin of Bonnet
• Petronilla
• Ponzia
• William of Anglesy
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