OCTOBER 19 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, October, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

North American Martyrs [Missionaries to the Huron Indians in the 17th century]
----- St. René Goupil (French, layman, tortured for two months, martyred [tomahawked by Iroquois] at Auriesville in 1642 at age 35 [first North American martyr])
----- St. Isaac Jogues (French, Jesuit priest, tortured by Mohawks [some fingers bitten off], martyred at present-day Auriesville, New York [tomahawked and scalped by Iroquois Indians] in 1646 at age 39)
----- St. John de Lalande (French, layman, martyred [tomahawked by Iroquois] on this day in 1646, at age 19, one day after witnessing the death of St. Isaac)
----- St. John de Brébeuf (French, Jesuit priest, martyred [tortured to death by Iroquois] in Canada in 1649 at age 56)
----- St. Gabriel Lalemant (French, Jesuit priest, tortured for seventeen hours and martyred with St. John in Canada in 1649 at age 39)
----- St. Noël Chabanel (French, Jesuit priest, martyred in Canada in 1649 at age 36)
----- St. Anthony Daniel (French, priest, martyred in Canada in 1648 at age 47)
----- St. Charles Garnier (French, Jesuit priest, martyred in Canada in 1649 at age 43)
St. Frideswide (English, daughter of a prince, Benedictine abbess, c. 735)
St. Peter of Alcantara (Spanish, nobleman, Franciscan priest and provincial, reformer, mystic, confessor of St. Teresa of Avila, d. 1562)
St. Philip Howard (English, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, London Tower prisoner for ten years, d. 1595 [canonized in 1970])

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 19, 2001

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-- (_@_._), October 19, 2001.

John,

Is today the Feastday of St. Paul of the Cross?

David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 19, 2001.


John,

I just read tomm. is St. Paul of Cross Feastday in another book. Could it be that his Feastday was changed from 10/19 to 10/20 like St. Bridgets feastday was changed?

God Bless you.

David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 19, 2001.


Hi, David.
I had a feeling you were going to ask about St. Paul of the Cross. I think that I once read that today is his feast on the universal church calendar, but the American bishops got Vatican permission to move the feast to the 20th, so that he would not be ignored on the 19th while we are commemorating the North American martyrs.
JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 19, 2001.

John,

Thanks, I appreciate you ALWAYS on top of things.

God Bless You.

David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 19, 2001.



[Here are some October 19 saints/blesseds to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Altinus of Orleans (French, bishop, martyred in 4th century)
St. Aquilinus of Evreux (French, blind hermit, bishop, d. 695)
Sts. Beronigus, Pelagia, and 49 companions (Syrian, early martyrs)
St. Cleopatra (Palestinian, martyred in Syria in 319)
St. Desiderius of Lonrey (French, Benedictine hermit, c. 705)
St. Eadnot of Dorchester (English, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 1016)
St. Ethbin of Kildare (British, monk in France, hermit in Ireland, c. 600)
St. Eusterius of Salerno (Italian, bishop, 5th century)
St. Laura of Cordova (Spanish, widow, abbess, martyred [in boiling pitch or molten lead] by Moslems in 864)
St. Lupus of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 540)
Sts. Ptolomaeus and Lucius (Roman, martyred c. 165)
St. Theofrid of Carmery (French, Benedictine abbot, martyred by Moslems in 728)
Bl. Thomas Helye (French, catechist to the poor, priest, itinerant preacher, d. 1257)
St. Varus (Roman, soldier in Egypt, guard of Christian prisoners, martyred by hanging in 307)
St. Veranus of Cavaillon (French, bishop, c. 590)

JFG (excuse great tardiness, please)

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 29, 2002.


Jmj

On October 19, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

North American Martyrs [also known as "Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, and companions"] (French … five Jesuit priests, one diocesan priest, and two laymen … missionaries to the Huron Indians of North America, martyred between 1642 and 1649)
----- St. Isaac Jogues of Orléans (French, Jesuit priest, tortured by Mohawks [some fingers bitten off], martyred at present-day Auriesville, New York [tomahawked and scalped by Iroquois Indians] in 1646 at age 39)
----- St. John de Brébeuf of Condé-sur-Vire [Jean] (French, Jesuit priest, martyred [tortured to death by Iroquois] in Canada in 1649 at age 56)
----- St. Gabriel Lalemant of Paris (French, Jesuit priest, tortured for seventeen hours and martyred with St. John in Canada in 1649 at age 39)
----- St. Noël Chabanel of Mende (French, Jesuit priest, martyred in Canada in 1649 at age 36)
----- St. Anthony Daniel of Dieppe [Antoine] (French, priest, martyred in Canada in 1648 at age 47)
----- St. Charles Garnier of Paris (French, Jesuit priest, martyred in Canada in 1649 at age 43)
----- St. John de Lalande of Dieppe [Jean] (French, layman, martyred [tomahawked by Iroquois] on this day in 1646, at age 19, one day after witnessing the death of St. Isaac)
----- St. René Goupil of Anjou (French, layman, tortured for two months, martyred [tomahawked by Iroquois] at Auriesville in 1642 at age 35 [first North American martyr])

Bl. Agnes of Jesus Galand of Langeac (French, virgin, Dominican nun, died at age 32 in 1634 [beatified 1994])
St. Altinus of Orléans (French, bishop, martyred in 4th century)
St. Aquilinus of Evreux (French, blind hermit, bishop, d. 695)
Sts. Beronigus, Pelagia, and 49 companions, of Antioch (Syrian, early martyrs)
St. Cleopatra of Derâa (Palestinian, martyred in Syria in 319)
St. Desiderius of Lonrey (French, Benedictine hermit, c. 705)
St. Eadnot of Dorchester (English, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 1016)
St. Ethbin of Kildare (British, monk in France, hermit in Ireland, c. 600)
St. Eusterius of Salerno (Italian, bishop, 5th century)
St. Frideswide of Oxford (English, daughter of a prince, Benedictine abbess, c. 735)
St. Laura of Cordova (Spanish, widow, abbess, martyred [in boiling pitch or molten lead] by Moslems in 864)
St. Lupus of Soissons (French, bishop, c. 540)
St. Peter of Alcantara [Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Franciscan priest and provincial, reformer, mystic, confessor of St. Teresa of Avila, d. 1562)
St. Philip Howard of Norfolk (English, earl, London Tower prisoner for six years under Elizabeth I, martyred [possibly by poison] in 1595 [canonized in 1970])
Sts. Ptolomaeus and Lucius of Rome (Italian, martyred c. 165)
St. Theofrid of Carmery (French, Benedictine abbot, martyred by Moslems in 728)
Bl. Thomas Helye of Biville (French, catechist to the poor, priest, itinerant preacher, d. 1257)
St. Varus of Rome (Italian, soldier in Egypt, guard of Christian prisoners, martyred by hanging in 307)
St. Veranus of Cavaillon (French, bishop, c. 590)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 18, 2003.


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