SAINTS OCTOBER 14

 SAINTS OCTOBER 14

Pope Callixtus I Roman Catholic Priest and Pope, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome from c. 218 to his death in 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. He was martyred for his Christian faith. Feastday Oct 14

St. Burchard, 754 A.D. Disciple of St. Boniface and a missionary to Germany. Burchard was a priest of Wessex, England, and Benedictine. In 732, he went to Germany, serving under St. Boniface who consecrated him the first bishop of Würzburg. In 749, Burchard was sent by the Frankish King Pep in the Short to Rome, where he received Pope St. Zachary's approval of Pepsin’s accession to the Frankish throne. After founding the abbey of St. Andrew's, Burchard resigned from his see around 753. He retired to Hamburg, Germany, and the monastic life, dying there on February 2.  

St. Manakus. Welsh abbot of Holyhead, Wales, also called Manaccus. He was a co worker of St. Cybi. Manakus died in Cornwall, England.

Bl. Marie Poussepin, Roman Catholic Nun. She began her institute of the Dominican Sisters of Charity in Angerville, France. She started with high hopes and one companion, and postulants soon came to fill the ranks. The sisters wore the colors of the Order. Feast day is October 14th.