SAINTS FEBRUARY 10-2022
St. Trumwin, 704 A.D. Early Scottish bishop. An Englishman by birth, he was named bishop of the Picts in southern Caledonia (Scotland), in 681. He based his mission in the monastery of Abercorn on the Firth of Forth. When his political patron King Egfrith of Northumbria was slain by the Picts at the Battle of Nechtansmere, Trumwin was forced to flee with all of his monks to the safety of the south Taking up residence at Whitby, England, he spent his remaining days there as a monk.
St. Erluph, 830 A.D. Martyred bishop of Werden, Germany. From Scotland originally, he served as a missionary in Germany. Pagans martyred Erluph to protest his success as a missionary.
St. Paul and Ninety Companions, Roman Catholic Dominican Priest and Martyrs. wild pagan Cumans tribesman refused to hear his words and slaughtered Paul and his fellow missionaries. Feastday February 10
Bl. Pierre Fremond, Bl. Louise Bessay de la Voute, Bl. Louise Poirier Barre, Roman Catholic Martyrs during the French Revolution. Feastday February 10
STS. ZOTICUS, HYACINTH AND AMANTIUS, MARTYRS ON THE VIA LABICANA
ST. SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN, SISTER OF ST. BENEDETTO St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a monastery of nuns. Feb 10
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