OCTOBER 23 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, October 23, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Arnold Reche (French, coachman, member of Brothers of the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers], wartime nurse, catechist, d. 1890 [beatified 1987])
St. Henry of Cologne (French, among first Dominican priests, d. 1225)
St. Ignatius of Constantinople (Turkish, emperor's son, abbot, patriarch, d. 877)
Bl. John Buoni (Italian, court jester, co-founder of Augustinian Hermit Friars, d. 1249)
Bl. Josephine Leroux and ten companions [Ann-Joseph Leroux] (French, Ursuline nuns, martyred by the guillotine of the French Revolution in 1794)
St. Oda (French, princess, widow, caretaker of the poor and suffering, c. 723)
Bl. Severinus Boethius (Roman, statesman, philosopher, writer, martyred c. 525)

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 25, 2001

Answers



-- (_@_._), October 25, 2001.

Hi, John.

Is today the feastday of St. John of Capistrano, Italy d 1456 ?

David S

-- David S (asdzxc8176@aol.com), October 25, 2001.


Jmj

Hello, David S. Thanks for your help. You are right to propose this addition:

St. John of Capistrano [Giovanni da Capistrano] (Italian, lawyer, governor, Franciscan priest, d. 1456 in Austria)

St. James, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 25, 2001.


On October 23, 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:

St. John of Capestrano [Giovanni] (Italian, lawyer, governor, Franciscan priest, d. 1456 in Austria) [The name of his birthplace is widely misspelled as “Capistrano.”]

St. Allucio of Pescia (Italian, herdsman, d. 1134)
St. Amon of Toul (French, bishop, 4th century)
Bl. Arnold Rčche of Landroff [Arnaud] [baptized Jules-Nicolas (Julius Nicholas)] (French, coachman, member of Brothers of the Christian Schools [LaSalle Brothers], wartime nurse, catechist, d. 1890 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Bartholomew of Breganza (Italian, nobleman, Dominican friar, pope's theologian, bishop in Cyprus and Italy, d. 1271)
St. Benedict of Sebaste (bishop in Samaria, abbot in France, c. 654)
St. Bertrand of Grandselve (French, Cistercian abbot, visionary, d. 1149)
St. Clether (Welsh, died (possibly martyred) in England c. 520)
St. Domitius of Amiens (French, deacon, hermit, 8th century)
St. Elfreda of Glastonbury (English, princess, hermitess, c. 936)
St. Henry of Cologne [Henri] (French, among first Dominican priests, d. 1225)
St. Ignatius of Constantinople (Turkish, emperor's son, abbot, patriarch, d. 877)
Bl. John Buoni of Mantua [Giovanni] (Italian, court jester, co-founder of Augustinian Hermit Friars, d. 1249)
St. John of Siracusa (Sicilian, Benedictine monk, bishop, c. 609)
St. Leothadius of Moissac (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 718)
St. Oda of Amay (French, princess, widow, caretaker of the poor and suffering, c. 723)
St. Romanus of Rouen (French, bishop, d. 639)
Sts. Servandus and Germanus of León (Spanish, martyred c. 305)
Bl. Severinus Boethius of Rome [full name: Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Boëthius] (Italian, statesman, philosopher, writer, martyred c. 525)
St. Severinus of Cologne (French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, martyred in 403)
St. Severinus of Bordeaux (French, bishop, c. 420)
St. Syra of Faremoutiers (French, virgin, abbess, c. 660)
St. Theodore of Antioch (from Asia Minor [Turkish], priest, opposed Arian heresy, tortured and martyred by beheading in 362)
Bl. Thomas Thwing of Heworth (English, priest, martyred under Charles II in 1680 [beatified 1929])
St. Verus of Salerno (Italian, bishop, 4th century)

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 23, 2003.


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