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• Mother Theodore
• Anne-Thérèse Guérin
Daughter of Laurent and Isabelle Guérin. Joined the Sisters of Providence at Ruillé-sur-Loir, France on 18 August 1823, taking the name Sister Saint Theodore, and making her final vows on 5 September 1831. Taught in Rennes and Soulaines, France. Sent with five other sisters (Sister Olympiade Boyer, Sister Saint Vincent Ferrer Gagé, Sister Basilide Sénéschal, Sister Mary Xavier Lerée and Sister Mary Liguori Tiercin) to the diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, USA on 22 October 1840. They established the Academy of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on 4 July 1841 at Terre Haute, Indiana, the first Catholic women's liberal-arts college in the United States. She established schools at Jasper, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, Vincennes, Montgomery, Madison, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Evansville, North Madison, Lanesville and Columbus, all in Indiana, and Saint Francisville in Illinois. Founded an orphanage for girls and one for boys in Vincennes, Indiana. Opened pharmacies where medicines were dispensed free to the poor at Vincennes and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Oversaw construction of a motherhouse for the Sisters of Providence and several additions to the Academy.
2 October 1798 at Etables-sur-Mer, Brittany, France as Anne-Thérèse Guérin
• 14 May 1856 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA, of natural causes
• buried at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
Lafayette, Indiana, diocese of
"Go, sell everything you own, and give the money to the poor... then come, follow me". These words have inspired countless Christians throughout the history of the Church to follow Christ in a life of radical poverty, trusting in Divine Providence. Among these generous disciples of Christ was a young Frenchwoman, who responded unreservedly to the call of the divine Teacher. Mother Théodore Guérin entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence in 1823, and she devoted herself to the work of teaching in schools. Then, in 1839, she was asked by her Superiors to travel to the United States to become the head of a new community in Indiana. After their long journey over land and sea, the group of six Sisters arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. There they found a simple log-cabin chapel in the heart of the forest. They knelt down before the Blessed Sacrament and gave thanks, asking God's guidance upon the new foundation. With great trust in Divine Providence, Mother Théodore overcame many challenges and persevered in the work that the Lord had called her to do. By the time of her death in 1856, the Sisters were running schools and orphanages throughout the State of Indiana. In her own words, "How much good has been accomplished by the Sisters of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! How much more good they will be able to do if they remain faithful to their holy vocation!". Mother Théodore Guérin is a beautiful spiritual figure and a model of the Christian life. She was always open for the missions the Church entrusted to her, and she found the strength and the boldness to put them [the missions] into practice in the Eucharist, in prayer and in an infinite trust in Divine Providence. Her inner strength moved her to address particular attention to the poor, and above all to children. - Pope Benedict XVI, from the canonization homily of Saint Mother Theodore
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodore-guerin/
The son of Alberto Jaramillo, a craftsman, and Cecilia Monsalve, a housewife, Jesús was baptized at the age of one day. In the minor seminary, he joined the Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal (Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal). Ordained a priest on 1 September 1940. He served as parish priest in Sabanalarga, Colombia, and as chaplain and spiritual advisor at a women's prison. Spiritual director of seminarians and novice master of the Misioneros in 1945. He taught dogmatic theology, Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek in the seminary. Rector of seminarians from 1951 to 1959. Superior-general of the Misioneros from 1959 to 1966. Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Arauca, Colombia and Titular Bishop of Strumnitza by Pope Paul VI on 11 November 1970. Chosen Bishop of Arauca, Colombia by Pope John Paul II on 19 July 1984. Father Jesús spoke out against the teachings and atrocities of the Communist rebel group E.L.N., which led to his being kidnapped on 2 October 1989 while making pastoral visits, tortured and abused for a day or so, and then murdered. Martyr.
16 February 1916 in Santo Domingo, Antioquia, Colombia
shot twice in the head on 3 October 1989 near Fortul, Arauca, Colombia
• 8 September 2017 by Pope Francis
• the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Parque Temático Las Malocas, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia with Pope Francis as chief celebrant
El Señor Viene ("The Lord comes") – Blessed Jesús's personal and pastoral motto
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-jesus-emilio-jaramillo-monsalve/
Son of teachers. Studied philosophy and theology at Peter Pazmany University of Budapest, Hungary. Ordained on 29 June 1934, and assigned to the Saint Therese of Lisieux parish in Oradea (in modern Romania). Taught in Satu Mare and the seminary in Oradea. Bishop of Satu Mare, Romania on 14 February 1949; due to the Communist persecution of the Church, he was consecrated clandestinely. Arrested on 5 April 1949 for treason and other charges, all a result of his being a leader of the Church. Following a show trial, he was sentenced to 12 years foced labour in a lead mine. After transfer to several prison camps, where he was noted to ministering to other prisoners, abused, tortured and neglected, he finally died in the prison in Nagyenyed, Romania. Martyr.
21 February 1911 in Crna Bara, Coka, Hungary (in modern Serbia)
3 October 1953 in Nagyenyed (Aiud), Alba, Romania of pneumonia
• 30 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition presided over by Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
Witnesses affirm that, despite the inhuman situation of prison, Bishop Bogdanffy was never lacking in his very generous acts of charity to the other prisoners. - Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Let us thank God for this heroic pastor of the Church who followed the Lamb to the very end! May his witness bring comfort to those who even today are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel. - Pope Benedict XVI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-szilard-istvan-bogdanffy/
Born to the Belgian nobility; son of Stance and Plectrude. Raised in a military atmosphere. Courtier to the Count of Namur. Disappointed by court life, and ashamed of the many privileges he received from his family and military post, Gerard realized that he was called to the monastic life.
He found Belgian monasteries too lax in their discipline. While visiting France in 917 on a mission from the Count, Gerard decided the life of the monks of Saint Denis was right for him. He settled his worldly affairs, and took vows at the monastery. There Gerard became an example to other monks in following the Rule, and in his devotion to prayer. His life, and his encouragement of the brothers, helped Saint Denis becoming an example for monasteries throughout Europe.
He was ordained, but wrestled with feelings of inadequacy as a priest. After 11 years, the abbot asked Gerard to return home to form a monastery there. Abbot of the new monastery, he soon gained renown for his strict observance of the Benedictine Rule. This led many religious and political leaders to request that he reform monasteries throughout Flanders, Lorraine, and Champagne. Near the end of his life Gerard returned to the monastery he built, and spent the rest of his life there in solitude and prayer.
c.895 at Staves, Namur, Belgium
3 October 959 at Brogne, Belgium of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gerard-of-brogne/
Hewald the Fair
Priest. Studied in Ireland. Knew Saint Willibrord of Echternach. Missionary to Saxony with Saint Ewald the Black c.690. Tortured and murdered by pagan Saxons who feared to give up the old religion. Martyr.
Northumbria, England
• torn limb from limb c.695 at Aplerbeck, Westphalia
• body thrown into the River Rhine, but they were miraculously moved 40 miles upstream to a place where friends were camping, and then were recovered
• relics translated to the church of Saint Cunibert, Cologne, Germany by Duke Pepin of Austrasia
• some relics translated to the Premonstratensian monastery of Florennes in the province of Namur in 1121 by Saint Norbert
• most relics destroyed by Anabaptists in 1534
Westphalia
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ewald-the-fair/
Hewald
Priest. Studied in Ireland. Knew Saint Willibrord of Echternach. Missionary to Saxony with Saint Ewald the Fair c.690. Tortured and murdered by pagan Saxons who feared to give up the old religion. Martyr.
Northumbria, England
• torn limb from limb c.695 at Aplerbeck, Westphalia
• body thrown into the River Rhine, but they were miraculously moved 40 miles upstream to a place where friends were camping, and then were recovered
• relics translated to the church of Saint Cunibert, Cologne, Germany by Duke Pepin of Austrasia
• some relics translated to the Premonstratensian monastery of Florennes in the province of Namur in 1121 by Saint Norbert
• most relics destroyed by Anabaptists in 1534
Westphalia
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ewald-the-black/
• Our Lord of Mercy
• Señor de la Misericordia
On Saturday 2 October 1847, a massive earthquake hit the region of the town of Ocotlán, Mexico; much of the city was destroyed, and 40 people died. The next day, Sunday 3 October, during Mass outside the destroyed parish church, an apparition of Jesus Christ crucified appeared in the sky for approximately 30 minutes, witnessed by over 2,000 people. Following multiple investigations, interviews and written statements, the incident received approval as a miracle from Archbishop José de Jesús Ortiz y Rodríguez, archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico on 29 September 1911.
https://catholicsaints.info/miracle-of-ocotlan/
• Denis the Aeropagite
• Dionysius of Athens
Assessor of the Areopagus in Athens, Greece. Converted from paganism to Christianity by Saint Paul the Apostle (Acts 17:34). Married to Saint Athens. Early writers say he became the first bishop of Athens, and was martyred. Later writers confused his story with that of Denis of France and others of the name in that period, and attributed any number of writings to him.
burned to death c.95 in Athens, Greece
• against headaches
• against the devil
• Zakynthos Island, Greece
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-dionysius-the-aeropagite/
Benedictine monk in the abbey of Saint Savior, Leyre, Navarre, Spain. Abbot of Peñamayor Abbey, Becerra, Spain in 919. Restored the monastery of San Julian de Samos, and helped spread Benedictine monasticiasm in Galicia. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Visited the monasteries in the Pyrenees mountains. Abbot of San Salvador de Leyre abbey in 927.
in a small village near Tiermas, Spain
10th century in Leyre, Navarre, Spain of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-virila/
• Candidus of Rome
• Candida, Candido
Martyr.
• martyred in the cemetery of Pontian, on the Via Portuense in Rome, Italy
• buried on Esquiline Hill in Rome
• relics moved to the church of Santa Praxedes in Rome by order of Pope Saint Paschal I
Fucecchio, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-candidus-the-martyr/
Born a prince, the son of Saint Margaret of Scotland and King Malcoem Ceanmore. Soldier, fighting beside his maternal uncle, Donal Bane. In 1097 he moved to England and entered religious life, becoming a monk in the Cluniac monastery of Montague in Somerset, England.
• 1100 at the monastery of Montague in Somerset, England of natural causes
• buried with his body wrapped in chains as a symbol of penitence
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-edmund-of-scotland/
Udo, Utho, Otto, Ottone, Odon
Nephew of Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch. Helped found the monastery of Metten in Bavaria, Germany, and served as its first abbot.
c.750
c.820
25 August 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
• ax
• monk with an ax (refers to him having cleared the land for Metten Abbey)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-utto-of-metten/
Monk at Clairvaux under the spiritual direction of Saint Bernard. Abbot at Dissentis in Switzerland. Bishop of Chur, Switzerland where he founded a hospital in 1150. Known throughout his life for his concern for and ministry to the sick, and his use of position and title to help them.
1165 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adalgott/
Brother of Blessed Christian Franco. Augustinian monk in Piedmont and then Naples in Italy. Chosen Vicar-General of the Augustinian monasteries in the regions of Naples, Rome, Umbria and Tuscany.
Villafranca Piemonte, Italy
• c.1450 of natural causes
• buried at the Augustinian convent of Carbonara in Naples, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-desiderio-franco/
Spiritual student of Saint Hilarion of Palestine. Hermit in a monastery at Majuma, Palestine. Followed Hilarion from one hermitage to another for years, even tracking him down when Hilarion left without warning in order to seek out solitude; and when the teacher died, Hesychius brought his relics back to Majuma.
c.380 at Majuma, Palestine of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hesychius-3-october/
Mercedarian friar at the convent of Saint Eulalia, Lerida, Spain. Ransomed 136 Christians who were enslaved by Saracens in northern Africa, and openly preached Christianity while doing it.
1399 in Lerida, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-damian-de-portu/
Mercedarian nun in monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain. Noted for a deep prayer life devoted to the conversion of sinners, which were accompanied by apparitions.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-agostina-of-the-assumption/
Spiritual student of Saint Caesarius of Arles. Bishop of Toulon, France in 516, consecrated by Saint Caesarius. Fought Semi-Pelagianism. Wrote a biography of Saint Caesarius of Arles.
476 at Marseilles, France
546 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cyprian-of-toulon/
Converted from Donatism to orthodox Christianity. Bishop of Bagaia, Numidia. Prohibited the Donatists from using the basilica of Calvianum. In retaliation, they threw him off a tower. Martyr.
martyred in 404
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maximian-of-bagaia/
Mercedarian nun at the monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-maddalena-the-greater/
Waré
Benedictine monk, Restored the monastery of Flavigny near Dijon, France when he served as its abbot. Founded the monastery of Saulieu, France.
747 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-widradus/
Bishop of Como, Italy in the late seventh or early eighth century.
buried in the church of the Holy Apostles, now the basilica of Saint Abbondio
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-benedetto-of-como/
Mercedarian friar. Missionary to Guatemala. Leader of his convent.
1562
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-juan-tapia/
Manna
Relative of Saint Eucherius and Saint Elaptius. Nun.
4th century Lorraine (part of modern France)
c.395
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-menna/
A number of Christian martyrs remembered together. We know the names Caius, Cheremone, Dionysius, Eusebio, Fausto, Lucio, Maximus, Paul, Peter and that there were at least two more whose names have not come down to us, and that's about all we know.
Alexandria, Egypt
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-alexandria-3-october/
On 25 December 1597 an expedition of colonists, with two Jesuit and two Franciscan evangelists, arrived at Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The region was colonized by Portuguese Catholics, but was invaded by Dutch Calvinists who soon took over the whole territory. They immediately made a policy of the persecution of Catholics. On Sunday 16 July 1645 at Cunhau, Brazil, 69 people were gathered in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Candles for Mass celebrated by Father Andre de Soveral. At the moment of the elevation a group of Dutch soldiers attack the Chapel, murdering many of the faithful including Father Andre; the parishioners died professing their faith, and asking pardon for their sins. On 3 October 1645 200 armed Indians and a band of Flemish troops, led by a fanatical Calvinist convert, hacked to death an unknown number of people of Rio Grande including
• Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro
• Blessed André de Soveral
• Blessed Antônio Baracho
• Blessed Antônio Vilela
• Blessed Antônio Vilela Cid
• Blessed Diogo Pereira
• Blessed Domingos Carvalho
• Blessed Estêvão Machado de Miranda
• Blessed Francisco de Bastos
• Blessed Francisco Mendes Pereira
• Blessed João da Silveira
• Blessed João Lostau Navarro
• Blessed João Martins
• Blessed José do Porto
• Blessed Manuel Rodrigues de Moura
• Blessed Mateus Moreira
• Blessed Simão Correia
• Blessed Vicente de Souza Pereira
and other lay people whose names have not come down to us.
1645
5 March 2000 at Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-brazil/
Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:
• Blessed Crescencio García Pobo
• Blessed José María González Solís
• Blessed José María Poyatos-Ruiz
• Blessed Manuel Lucas Ibañez
• Blessed Raimundo Joaquín Castaño González
• Abd al Misah
• Edmund of Scotland
• Julian of Palermo
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