SAINTS NOVEMBER 11


 SAINTS NOVEMBER 11


Bl. Kamen Vitchev, Byzantine-Slavonic Rite Roman Catholic priest. Arrested by the Communists, falsely charged with heading a “Catholic conspiracy” against the government. On November 11, 1952, he was executed by gunfire. Feastday: November 11


St. Cynfran, 5th century. A Welsh saint, founder, and confessor. He was the son of a local Welsh king. Cynfran founded a church in Gwynedd, and a local well was named for him.  


St. Rhediw. Welsh saint. He is known principally because of the church dedicated to him in Gwynedd, Wales.


ST. BARTHOLOMEW, ABBOT OF GROTTAFERRATA was an Italo-Greek abbot at the monastery at Grottaferrata. Nov 11


St. Martin of Tours, Known as the “Apostle of Gaul,” Saint Martin of Tours began life as a soldier, and went on to become a Bishop. He is known especially for his devotion to the poor, as seen in an incident from his early life, when Saint Martin cut his cloak in half and gave part to a poor man suffering from the cold.  He was Roman Catholic Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Feastday: November 11 

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/11/st--martin--bishop-of-tours-.html

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