26 October |
• yesterday • tomorrow |
his memorial would traditionally been on 29 June, but it was changed so as to not conflict with the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul celebrated on that day
The eldest of six children born to Benigno María Hernández Manzaneda and Josefa Antonia Cisneros Mansilla; he was baptized on 30 January 1865 and confirmed on 6 December 1867. Beginning at age 18, he studied medicine at the University of Caracas, Venezuela, graduating on 29 June 1888, and then in Paris, France and Berlin, Germany. Feeling called to religious life, José joined the Secular Franciscans on 7 December 1899, and began investigating becoming a Carthusian monk. After some theology studies in Rome, Italy, he was forced to return to Caracas for health reasons. José took this as a sign that he should give up the idea of religious life, and serve an apostolate as a physician. That’s how he spent the rest of his life - single, celibate, prayerful and dedicated to caring for the poor for free.
26 October 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela
• hit by a car on 29 June 1919 in Caracas, Venezuela while delivering medications he had purchased for an elderly patient
• relics enshrined in the church of Our Lady of Candelaria in Caracas
• 30 April 2021 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Apostolic Nuncio Aldo Giordano presiding
• his beatification miracle involved the healing of Yaxury Solorzano, a 10 year old girl in the diocese of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela who had been shot in the head with a shotgun during an armed robbery on 10 March 2017; she was badly injured, with pellets in her brain; because there was delay in obtaining a neurosurgeon, her mother began to pray for the intercession of then Venerable José Gregorio; the girl improved, surgery was cancelled and she was released a few days later in good health
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-jose-gregorio-hernandez-cisneros/
• Damian of Finario
• Damian of Fulcheri
• Damian of Finale
• Damian of Finarium
• Damiano, Damianus
Born to wealthy Italian nobility. When he was kidnapped as an infant by a mentally ill man, his parents prayed fervently to the Virgin Mary for help; searchers were led to his hiding place by a miraculous light, and the baby was returned unharmed. Damien joined the Dominicans at Savona, Italy. Priest. Famous preacher throughout Italy with hundreds converted during his missions. Known as a miracle worker in life, there were miracles reported at his tomb, and he became the object of popular devotion almost immediately on his death.
at Fulcheri, Liguria, Italy
1484 at Modena, Reggio d'Emilia, Italy of natural causes
4 August 1848 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
God of truth, for the salvation of the faithful you endowed Blessed Damian with wondrous virtues and powers of speech. Through his prayers may we hear your word with an open heart and hold fast to it with patience. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of Preachers
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-damian-dei-fulcheri/
Youngest of five sons of King Ethelwulf of Wessex. Ideal Christian king of Wessex, he came to the throne during a Danish invasion. Alfred defeated the Danes and preserved the growth of the Church in England. Patron of learning, he established a court school, invited British and foreign scholars to work there. Personally translated several religious works into Anglo-Saxon. His laws made no distinction between British and Welsh subjects, a first.
849 at Wantage, Berkshire, England
26 October 899 of natural causes
• "The Consolation of Philosophy" of Boethius
• "The History of the World" of Orosius
• "Ecclesiastical History" of Bede
• "Pastoral Rule" of Saint Gregory the Great
• "Dialogues" of Saint Gregory the Great
We pray to you, O Lord, who are the surpeme Truth, and all truth is from you. We beseech you, O Lord, who are the highest Wisdom, and all the wise depend on you for their wisdom. You are the supreme Joy, and all who are happy owe it to you. You are the Light of minds, and all receive their understanding from you. We love, we love you above all. We seek you, we follow you, and we are ready to serve you. We desire to dwell under your power for you are the King of all. Amen. - Saint Alfred the Great
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-alfred-the-great/
Cedda, Cedde, Ceddus, Ceddi, Ceadwalla
Brother of Saint Chad and Saint Cynibild; his brother Caelin was also a priest. Benedictine monk at Lindisfarne, England. Spiritual student of Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne. Priest. Missionary to the Midlands of England in 653, sent by King Oswiu of Northumbria with three other priests at the request of convert King Peada of the Middle Angles. Worked with Saint Diuma. Missionary in Essex by request of converted King Sigebert of the East Angles. Bishop of the East Saxons, consecrated by Saint Finan of Iona. Founded churches and monasteries at Bradwell-on-the-Sea, Lastingham, and Tilbury, and served as abbot of the house in Lastingham. Attended the Synod of Whitby in 664 where he acted as an interpreter, and at which he accepted Roman Easter observance. In his old age he retired to the monastery at Lastingham, Yorkshire.
Northumbria, England
• 26 October 664 at Lastingham, Yorkshire, England of plague
• buried at Lastingham
• relics later relocated next to the altar in the new church at Lastingham
• bishop with chalice and abbot's staff
• with Saint Chad
• with Saint Diuma
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cedd/
• Bonaventure of Potenza
• Carlo Antonio
• Carlo Antonio Gerardo Lavanga
• Karl Antonius
Joined the Friars Minor Conventual at Nocera, Italy at age 15. Home missioner in southern Italy, serving from convents in Campania Aversa, Maddaloni, Amalfi, Ischia, Nocera Inferiore, Sorrento, Naples and finally, Ravello. Noted novice master, and known for the theological depth of his preaching. Worked fearlessly with plague victims. A miracle worker, he had the gifts of healing, and of levitation, and saw the soul of his sister ascend into heaven.
4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga
26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy of gangrene while singing a psalm during a religious ecstasy
26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-bonaventura-of-potenza/
• Celina Chludzinska Borzecka
• Celina Rosalie Leonard
Celina was early drawn to religious life, but acceded to her parent's wishes and married Joseph Borzecka in 1853. Mother for four, two of whom died in infancy. Widow. Founded the Congregation of Sisters of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
29 October 1833 in Antavilis, Vilniaus rajonas, Poland (now in Lithuania)
26 October 1913 in Kraków, Maloploskie, Poland of natural causes
27 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-celina-chludzinska/
Spent his early life as a demon worshipper and sorcerer. When a Christian woman fended off his spells simply by making the Sign of the Cross, he gave up his idolatrous life and converted to Christianity. He turned his devotion to study of magic to a study of the faith, and like many a convert, spent the rest of his days explaining and working against the error of his earlier life. Martyred in the persecutions Decius.
c.250
• converts
• possessed people
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-lucian/
• Fulk of Pavia
• Foulques
Canon. Studied in Paris, France. Archpriest and then bishop of Piacenza, Italy. Bishop of Pavia, Italy in 1216, chosen by Pope Honorius III.
• 1164 in Piacenza, Italy
• his parents were from Scotland
1229 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fulk-of-piacenza/
Arnaldo
Mercedarian lay knight at the royal convent of Santa Maria d'Ausonia in Spain. Suffered great abuse from Saracens for remaining Christian in Muslim occupied Spain.
convent of Santa Maria d'Ausonia in Spain of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-arnold-of-queralt/
Albino, Vitta, Vito, Witta, Wittanus, Wizo, Wintanus
Benedictine monk. Missionary to Germany with Saint Boniface. Only bishop of Büraburg, (part of the modern Archdiocese of Mainz, Germany) in 741.
8th century Anglo-Saxon England as Witta
c.748 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-albinus-of-buraburg/
Brother of Saint Fructus of Segovia and Saint Engratia of Segovia. Martyred by invading Moors.
at Sepulveda, Castile (in modern Spain)
• c.715
• relics at Segovia, Spain
Segovia, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-valentine-of-segovia/
Sister of Saint Fructus of Segovia and Saint Valentine of Segovia. Martyred by invading Moors.
at Sepulveda, Castile (in modern Spain)
• c.715
• relics at Segovia, Spain
Segovia, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-engratia-of-segovia/
Amand, Amando, Amatius, Amantius
First bishop of Strasbourg, France.
346 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-amandus-of-strasbourg/
Bernardo
Mercedarian lay knight. Fought invading Moors in Almería, Spain.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-bernard-de-figuerols/
Born to the nobility. Monk and then abbot at Lyminge Abbey in Kent, England. Bishop of Hereford, England c.736. Archbishop of Canterbury, England c.740.
761 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cuthbert-of-canterbury/
Eata of Lindisfarne
Monk at Ripon, England. Abbot of Melrose Abbey in Scotland. Abbot of Lindisfarne Abbey. Bishop of Lindisfarne, England. Bishop of Hexham, England.
c.686
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eata-of-hexham/
Aptonio
Bishop of Angouleme, Aquitaine (in modern France) in 541. Attended the Fifth Council of Orleans in 549.
c.567 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aptonius-of-angouleme/
Shepherd. Deacon at Policastro, Salerno, Italy. According to Saint Gregory the Great, he raised a dead man to life.
c.590 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-quadragesimus-of-policastro/
Alar, Alor, Alour
Fifth century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-alorus-of-quimper/
• Bean of Aberdeen
• Beano, Beanus, Beóán
Bishop of Mortlach, Scotland. Evangelized in Aberdeen, Scotland.
c.1012
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bean-of-mortlach/
Rustique
Monk at Lérins Abbey. Bishop of Narbonne, France. Attended the 3rd Ecumenical Council in Ephesus in 431.
c.462
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-rusticus-of-narbonne/
Alain, Alan
Fifth century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-alanus-of-quimper/
Possible devil worshipper who converted to Christianity and was martyred in the persecutions of Decius.
martyred c.250
• converts
• possessed people
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcian/
Adalgott of Dissentis
Monk at Einsiedeln Abbey. Abbot of Dissentis Abbey in 1012.
1031
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adalgott-of-einsiedeln/
Sigibaldo
Bishop of Metz, France in 716. Built several monasteries including Neuweiter and Saint-Avold.
c.740
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sigibald-of-metz/
Benedictine monk at Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany. Prior at Buraburg, Germany.
7th century
8th century of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-humbert/
Rogaziano
Priest. Martyr.
256 in Carthage in North Africa
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-rogatian-of-carthage/
Eadfrid
Priest in Northumbria, England. Evangelized in Mercia. Founded a monastery in Leominster, England.
c.675
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-edfrid/
Seventh century bishop of Salerno, Italy.
relics in Naples, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gaudiosus-of-salerno/
Layman. Martyr.
256 in Carthage in North Africa
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felicissimus-of-carthage/
Nun at Faremoutiers-en-Brie, France. Spiritual student of Saint Fara.
c.655
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gibitrudis/
Gildas
Father of Saint Gwinoc. Sixth century Welsh monk in Wales.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aneurin/
Fourth century bishop of Worms, Germany.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-amandus-of-worms/
Son of Saint Aneurin. Sixth century Welsh monk and poet.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gwinoc/
• Martyrs of Nicomedia
• Eliavo of Britain
• Orsa of Pieve Vergonte
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