Feast of St. Denis of Paris, Bishop, martyr & cephalophore. Patron of France, Paris, possessed people, against frenzy, strife & headaches.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Feast of St. Ywi of Lindisfarne
Feast of St. Ywi, Benedictine monk and hermit at Lindisfarne Abbey, England. He was ordained a deacon by St. Cuthbert. Died in 690.
Feast of St. Justina of Padua,
Feast of St. Justina of Padua, Virgin princess martyred in Padua during the persecution of Diocletian. Patron of Padua & Palmanova, Italy.
Feast of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds
Feast of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus, Franciscan tertiary, mystic and stigmatic. Patron of Naples, Italy. Died in 1791.
Feast of St. Flora
Feast of St. Flora, virgin, Hospitaller nun of St. John of Jerusalem. Patron of the abandoned, converts, single women, victims of betrayal.
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Franciscan Order. Patron saint of animals, ecologists and merchants.
Feast of St. Mother Theodore Guerin
Feast of St. Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Patron, Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana.
Feast of St. Leodegarius
Feast of St. Leodegarius, Benedictine bishop and martyr. Abbott of St. Maxentius, Patron of millers, invoked against blindness, eye disease.
Feast of St. Romanus
Feast of St. Romanus the Melodist, hymnographer of 1000 compositions, some master works of religious literature. Patron of church singers.