SAINTS NOVEMBER 25

 SAINTS NOVEMBER 25

St. Alnoth, 700 A.D. Herder and hermit, mentioned in the life of St. Werburga. Alnoth tended cows on the lands of St. Werburga's monastery at Weedon, in Northhampton, England. He was badly used by a local official, earning a reputation for holiness and patience. Alnoth retired from active life and became a hermit. Two robbers accosted him in his hermitage, slaying him. He is honored locally as a martyr, and his tomb at Stowe, near Bubrook in Northhampton, became a popular shrine for pilgrims.


St. Catherine of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr whose feast day is November 25th. She is the patroness of philosophers and preachers. Condemned to death. She was put on a spiked wheel, and when the wheel broke, she was beheaded


St. Peter of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He is called the “seal and complement of martyrs” as he was the last Christian beheaded by Roman authorities. Feastday: November 25


B. LUIGI AND MARIA BELTRAME QUATTROCCHI, SPOUSES


The riches of faith and love of the husband and wife Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, are a living proof of what the Second Vatican Council said about the call of all the faithful to holiness, indicating that spouses should pursue this goal, " propriam viam sequentes", "following their own way" (Lumen gentium, n. 41). Nov. 25


ST. MOSES, MARTYR IN ROME

Saint Moses of Rome. After the execution of Pope saint Fabian under Emperor Decius, he administered the Church with the help of the priests and bishops who were in Rome. Helped reconcile repentant apostates who were sick and about to die. Imprisoned for nearly a year for his faith. Martyr .Nov 25


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