SAINTS JANUARY 18

SAINTS JANUARY 18

St. Day. A saint patron of a Comish church near Redruth, England. Nothing else is known.

St. Ulfrid, 1028 A.D. Missionary and martyr. Originally from England, he journeyed to the Continent to participate in the missionary efforts of the era in Germany and Sweden. He was martyred by pagans after chopping down an idol of the god Thor, an act also performed by St. Boniface.

St. Deicola, 625 A.D. Monk and companion of St. Columbanus, also called Deicolus, Desle, Dichul, Deel, Delle, or Deille. He was an elder brother of St. Gall, born in Leinster, Ireland. As one of St. Columbanus’ twelve disciples, Deicola accompanied him to France in 567 and worked with him in Austrasia and in Burgundy, France. In 610, St. Columbanus was exiled by Thierry II. Deicola, too old to accompany him, founded the monastery of Lure in the Vosges, France, and lived there as a hermit.

Bl. Victoire Gusteau, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr during the French Revolution.

Bl. Marie de la Dive du Verdier, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr during the French Revolution.

Bl. Monique Pichery, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr during the French Revolution.

St. Margaret of Hungary, Roman Catholic Nun. She went out of her way to perform the most menial tasks and the most exacting labors on behalf of the squalid poor and most advanced hospital cases. Feastday January 18

St. Jaime Hilario Barbel, Roman Catholic Religious Brother and Martyr Convicted on 15 January 1937 of being a Christian brother. Two rounds of volley fire from a firing squad did not kill him, possibly because some of soldiers intentionally shot wide; their commander then murdered Jaime with five shots at close range. First of the 97 LaSalle Brothers killed in Catalunia, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Jan.18

ST. PRISCA, FOUNDRESS OF THE HOMONYM CHURCH ON THE AVENTINO. At age thirteen, she was accused of Christianity before Emperor Claudius. He ordered her to make a sacrifice to the god Apollo. When she refused because of her Christian faith, she was beaten and sent to prison, tortured and beheaded Jan. 18