Calendar of Saints - 26 October

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Saint Alfred the Great

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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.

Born

849 at Wantage, Berkshire, England

Died

26 October 899 of natural causes

Writings

• "The Consolation of Philosophy" of Boethius (translation)
• "The History of the World" of Orosius (translation)
• "Ecclesiastical History" of Bede (translation)
• "Pastoral Rule" of Saint Gregory the Great (translation)
• "Dialogues" of Saint Gregory the Great (translation)

Readings

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

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-alfred-the-great/

Blessed Damian dei Fulcheri

Also known as

• Damian of Finario
• Damian of Fulcheri
• Damian of Finale
• Damian of Finarium
• Damiano, Damianus

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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.

Born

at Fulcheri, Liguria, Italy

Died

1484 at Modena, Reggio d'Emilia, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

4 August 1848 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

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Readings

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

http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-damian-dei-fulcheri/

Pope Saint Evaristus

Also known as

Aristo, Aristus, Ewaryst

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Son of an Hellenic Jew from Bethlehem. Fifth pope, reigning for eight years, and about whom almost nothing is known. Traditionally considered a martyr, but there is no documentation of the event.

Papal Ascension

c.99

Died

• c.107
• buried in the Vatican near Saint Peter the Apostle

http://catholicsaints.info/pope-saint-evaristus/

Saint Lucian

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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.

Died

c.250

Patronage

• converts
• possessed people

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-lucian/

Saint Bernard of Calvo

Also known as

• Bernard of Calbo
• Bernard of Vich
• Bernard of Vic
• Bernat

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Educated in Manso Calvo, Spain and Lleida, Spain. Benedictine Cistercian monk. Worked with Saint Raymond of Penyafort. Canon of the Tarragona cathedral and vicar-general in Tarragona, Spain. Appointed by Pope Gregory IX to combat the Waldenses in 1232 on the border of France. Bishop of Vich, Spain in 1233. Abbot of Santa Creus Monastery near Tarragona, Spain. Part of the of Council of Tarragona in 1239 and 1243.

Born

1180 at Manso Calvo, Catalan, Spain

Died

• 26 October 1243 in north Tarragona, Spain of natural causes
• interred in Vich, Spain
• some relics in the priory of San Pedro de Reus

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-bernard-of-calvo/

Blessed Celina Chludzinska

Also known as

• Celina Chludzinska Borzecka
• Celina Rosalie Leonard

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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.

Born

29 October 1833 in Antavilis, Vilniaus rajonas, Poland (now in Lithuania)

Died

26 October 1913 in Kraków, Maloploskie, Poland of natural causes

Beatified

27 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-celina-chludzinska/

Saint Adalgott of Einsiedeln

Also known as

Adalgott of Dissentis

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Monk at Einsiedeln Abbey. Abbot of Dissentis Abbey in 1012.

Died

1031

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-adalgott-of-einsiedeln/

Saint Alanus of Quimper

Also known as

Alain, Alan

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Fifth century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-alanus-of-quimper/

Saint Albinus of Büraburg

Also known as

Albino, Vitta, Vito, Witta, Wittanus, Wizo, Wintanus

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Benedictine monk. Missionary to Germany with Saint Boniface. Only bishop of Büraburg, (part of the modern Archdiocese of Mainz, Germany) in 741.

Born

8th century Anglo-Saxon England as Witta

Died

c.748 of natural causes

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-albinus-of-buraburg/

Saint Alorus of Quimper

Also known as

Alar, Alor, Alour

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Fifth century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-alorus-of-quimper/

Saint Amandus of Strasbourg

Also known as

Amand, Amando, Amatius, Amantius

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First bishop of Strasbourg, France.

Died

346 of natural causes

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-amandus-of-strasbourg/

Saint Amandus of Worms

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Fourth century bishop of Worms, Germany.

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-amandus-of-worms/

Saint Aneurin

Also known as

Gildas

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Father of Saint Gwinoc. Sixth century Welsh monk in Wales.

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-aneurin/

Saint Bean of Mortlach

Also known as

• Bean of Aberdeen
• Beano, Beanus, Beóán

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Bishop of Mortlach, Scotland. Evangelized in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Died

c.1012

http://catholicsaints.info/saint-bean-of-mortlach/

Blessed Bonaventura of Potenza

Also known as

• Bonaventure of Potenza
• Carlo Antonio
• Carlo Antonio Gerardo Lavanga
• Karl Antonius

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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.

Born

4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga

Died

26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy of gangrene while singing a psalm during a religious ecstasy

Beatified

26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)

http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-bonaventura-of-potenza/

Saint Cuthbert of Canterbury

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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.