SAINTS OCTOBER 16

 SAINTS OCTOBER 16 

St. Eliphius, 362 A.D. Irish or Scottish martyr, also called Eloff. He was martyred in Toul, France. His relics were enshrined in Cologne, Germany, in the tenth century. 

St. Kiara, 680 A.D. Irish virgin, a disciple of St. Fintan Munnu Kiara, who is also listed as Chier, lived near Nenagh, in Tipperary, Ireland.

St. Gerard Majella, Roman Catholic lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer. This great saint is invoked as a patron of expectant mothers as a result of a miracle effected through his prayers for a woman in labor. Feast day is October 16th.

ST. MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, APOSTLE OF THE SACRED HEART, 

ST.HEDWIG, DUCHESSE OF POLONIA, RELIGIOUS, True nobility consists in serving those most in need. This was a notable aspect of the life of Saint Hedwig, Duchess of Silesia and of Poland, and later a religious in a Cistercian monastery. She lived in the 12th century. Her feast is celebrated by the Church each year on October 16.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/10/16/st-hedwig--duchesse-of-polonia--religious.html