SAINTS OCTOBER 18

 SAINTS OCTOBER 18  

St. Gwen, 5th century. Widowed martyr sometimes called Blanche, Wenn, or Candida. She was the daughter of a Chieftain, Brychan or Brecknock. Saxon pagans martyred Gwen at Talgrarth.   

St. Keyna, 5th century. Welsh virgin, also called Keyne or Ceinwen. She is possibly one of the twentyfour children of the chieftain Brychan of Brecknock, Wales. Keyna supposedly became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somerset, England St. Cadoc, her nephew, convinced her to return to Wales. She founded churches in southern Wales and in Cornwall, England, and possibly in Somerset.

  

St. Monon, 645 A.D. Scottish pilgrim who moved to Ardennes, France, to become a hermit in that area. Monon was murdered at Nassogne, in Luxembourg, by a group of unrepentant sinners.

St. Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician. Feast day is October 18th.

St. Peter of Alcantara, Roman Catholic Fransican Priest. Feast day is October 18th.

St. Justus of Beauvais, Roman Catholic Martyr. Justus was reported to the authorities to be a Christian magician, and soldiers were sent to arrest him. When confronted at Beauvais, Justus, who was nine years old, confessed that he was a Christian, and he was immediately beheaded Feast day is October 18th.