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SAINTS DECEMBER 01 St. Edmund Campion . Edmund was born in London, the son of a bookseller. He was raised a Catholic, given a scholarship to St. John's College, Oxford, when fifteen, and became a fellow when only seventeen. His brilliance attracted the attention of such leading personages as the Earl of Leicester, Robert Cecil, and even Queen Elizabeth. He took the Oath of Supremacy acknowledging Elizabeth head of the church in England and became an Anglican deacon in 1564. Doubts about Protestantism increasingly beset him, and in 1569 he went to Ireland where further study convinced him he had been in error, and he returned to Catholicism. Forced to flee the persecution unleashed on Catholics by the excommunication of Elizabeth by Pope Pius V, he went to Douai, France, where he studied theology, joined the Jesuits, and then went to Brno, Bohemia, the following year for his novitiate. He taught at the college of Prague and in 1578 was ordained there. He and Father Robert Persons we...

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 30 St. Andrew Roman Catholic- Patron of fishermen-The first one to be called by Jesus. He immediately left his nets and followed Him . Nov. 30 Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/30/st--andrew--apostle.html  St. Joseph Marchand, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of Vietnam . He was arrested in Saigon and condemned by authorities; he was martyred with red-hot tongs. Nov. 30 St. Tudwal , 564 A.D . Welsh monk and bishop , called Pabu (Father) among the Bretons and sometimes listed as Tugdual. Originally a monk in Wales, he journeyed to Brittany, France, with his mother, sisters, and other relatives. The Celtic language of Brittany was easily understood by Welsh speakers. Tudwal’s cousin, Deroc, was a king of Dumnonia and he worked to promote the faith in his cousin’s domain, founding Lan Paku at Leon, Spain. He eventually became bishop of Treher (Treguier) with King Childebert I (r. 511 -558) as his patron. He is remembered in Wales in several si...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 29 St. Paramon and Companions, Three hundred and seventy five Roman Catholic Martyrs , who are reported to have been put to death on the same day during the persecutions of the Church under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Feastday Nov 29 Sts. Saturninus & Sisinius Roman Catholic Martyrs of Rome . Saturninus was a priest from Carthage who went to Rome and was arrested with a deacon, Sisinius, during the persecutions of Emperor Maximian. They were sentenced to hard labor and either died during their ordeal or were tortured and then beheaded. It is known with certainty that Saturninus lived, was martyred, and was buried on the Via Saleria, Rome, Feastday Nov 29 St. Cuthbert Mayne, 1577 A.D. An English martyr, born near Barnstable, in Devonshire, as a Protestant. He converted to Catholicism at St. John’s, Oxford. Cuthbert was ordained at Douai, France, and sent home to England about 1575. Working in Cornwall, he was captured after a year. Condemned for celebrating a Mass, he ...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 27 Bl. Thomas Kotenda and Companions, Roman Catholics and Martyrs of Japan. He lived at Nagasaki until his condemnation and beheading, He was martyred along with ten companions.Feastday Nov27 St. James Intercisus, Roman Catholic Martyr of Persia. He declared himself to be a Christian to the new king, Bahram. When James refused to apostasize, he was executed by having his body cut apart piece by piece, beginning with his fingers (hence his surname Intercisus - cut to pieces), and then beheaded. Feastday Nov 27 St. Gallgo, 6th century. Welsh abbot, the founder of Llanalgo Abbey in Anglesey, Wales. St. Fergus, 721 A.D. An Irish bishop called "the Pict." He evangelized Scotland, where he was called Fergustian or Fergus of Scotland. He preached in Perthshire, Caithness, Buchan, and Forfarshire. Fergus was part of the Roman Council in 721.    St. Secundinus . Secundinus is also known as Sechnall and Seachnall. He was sent from Gaul in 439 to assist St. Patrick in Ir...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 26 St. Dominic Doan Xuyen, Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam, beheaded with St. Thomas Du. He was a Vietnamese Dominican. Feastday Nov.26 Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . He is the patron saint of altar servers. Feastday: November 26 St. Leonard of Port Maurice, Roman Catholic Franciscan Monk . Proponent of the Blessed Sacrament, the devotion of the Sacred Heart, and the Stations of the Cross, as well as the Immaculate Conception. Nov 26 Bl. Gaetana Sterni, Roman Catholic Nun and foundress of "Daughters of the Divine Will" ST. SYLVESTER, ABBOTT, FOUNDER OF SILVESTRINE-BENDECTINE ST. SIRICIUS, POPE- When Siricius became Pope in 384, he immediately established a good relationship with St Ambrose of Milan. He was moderate and balanced in his administration of the Church; and historically is one of the first Popes we see exercising the papal primacy.  ...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 25 St. Catherine of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr whose feast day is November 25th. Fifty pagan philosophers are said to have debated with St Catherine, hoping to convince her to abjure her faith. Instead, Catherine converted them to Christianity. Furious, the Emperor ordered her to be put to death on a spiked wheel; but the wheel broke. Eventually, she was martyred by beheading.   She is the patroness of philosophers and preachers.  St. Peter of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He is called the “seal and complement of martyrs” as he was the last Christian beheaded by Roman authorities. Feastday: November 25 ST. MOSES, MARTYR IN ROME,  Saint Moses of Rome. After the execution of Pope saint Fabian under Emperor Decius, he administered the Church with the help of the priests and bishops who were in Rome. Helped reconcile repentant apostates who were sick and about to die. Imprisoned for nearly a year for his faith. Martyr .N...

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SAINTS NOVEMBER 24 Martyrs of Vietnam, Several Roman Catholic groups of martyrs also called the Martyrs of Annam who were slain for the faith in Vietnam from 1798 until 1861.NOV. 24 ST. CHRYSOGONUS, MARTYR OF AQUILEIA , This holy martyr, who was apprehended at Rome, but beheaded at Aquileia in the persecution of Dioclesian, occurs in the canon of the mass, and is mentioned in the ancient Calendar of Carthage of the fifth century, and in all Western Martyrologies since that time. Nov.24 STS. ANDREW DŨNG LẠC, AND HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS -Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs. St. Andrew was one of 117 people who were martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. Nov. 24 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/24/sts--andrew-d_ng-lc--and-his-companions--martyrs.html  St. Flora & Mary, Roman Catholic women and Martyrs at Cordoba, Spain . They surrendered to Muslim authorities and were placed in a brothel. Still cli...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 23 Pope St. Clement I, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr . As Clement succeeded in converting many pagans, he was sent to Aufidianus, the prefect, who ordered him to be drowned in the sea with an old anchor attached to his neck. His body was recovered by his disciple Phoebus. The relics of S. Clement were deposited in the church of San Clemente, where they are still reverently preserved. Feastday: November 23 BL. José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr also known as Blessed Miguel Pro (born January 13, 1891 – executed November 23, 1927), was a Mexican Jesuit Catholic priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on trumped up charges of bombing and attempted assassination against former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón. Feastday: November 23 ST. FELICITAS, MARTYR ON THE VIA SALARIA NUOVA Nov 23- Felicitas, a noble Roman lady. According to these Acts Felicitas and her seven sons were imprisoned because of their Christ...

 SAINTS NOVEMBER 22 St. Devniolin, 621 A.D. Abbot and Martyr, also called Deiniol or Daniel the Younger. He ruled Bangor Monastery in Wales, when King Aethelfrith of Northumbria slaughtered the two thousand monk residents. Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. A group of eight Franciscan martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert to Islam, and murdered them when they did not convert. Feastday Nov 22 St. Cecilia, Roman Catholic Martyr. History and legend intertwine around the figure of Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr, who lived in Rome between the 2nd and 3rd centuries. She is celebrated around the world as a patron of music, musicians and singers. The Church remembers her on November 22.  St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr in the Cemitery of  Callistus - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/22/st--cecilia--virgin-and-martyr-in-th...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 21 St. Albert of Louvain, Roman Catholic Priest Martyr. He was chosen Bishop of Liège in 1191 by the people and the Church. Emperor Henry VI proposed his own choice, causing Albert to journey to Rome to appeal to Celestine III. The pope ordained him a deacon and sent him to the Archbishop of Rheims. The archbishop ordained Albert a priest and consecrated him as a bishop. Outside of Rheims, Albert was accosted by eight followers of Henry VI, who stabbed him to death. Feastday Nov 21 Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Nov 21 St. Digain, 5th century. Prince of Cornwall, England, and confessor. He was the son of Constantine, chieftain of Cornwall. Llangerew, in Clwyd, Wales, honors Digain. Bl. Frances Siedliska, Roman Catholic Nun, also known as Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was the founder of a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Nov 21 B. MARY OF JESUS GOOD SHEPERD, FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMI...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 20 St. Edmund the Martyr, 869 A.D. Martyred king of the East Angles . He was elected king in 855 at the age of fourteen and began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year. In 869 or 870, the Danes invaded Edmund’s realm, and he was captured at Hone, in Suffolk. After extreme torture, Edmund was beheaded and died calling upon Jesus. His shrine brought about the town of Bury St. Edmund's. He is depicted as crowned and robed as a monarch, holding a scepter, orb, arrows, or a quiver.  St. Francis Xavier Can, Roman Catholic and Vietnamese Martyr .  A native, born in Sou-Ming, he worked as a catechist with the priests of the Foreign Missions of Paris. Arrested and refusing to deny the faith, Francis Xavier was strangled in prison. Nov 20 St. Maxentia of Beauvais. Irish or Scottish virgin and martyr . She fled to France to escape marriage to a pagan chieftain and lived as a hermitess on the banks of the Qise River near Senlis. The chieftain she had spurned hunted h...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 19 St. Nerses the Great,Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Bishop and martyred by the Armenian ruler, Pap, whose dissolute lifestyle caused Nerses to refuse him admission into church. Nerses was invited to a royal banquet at Khakh, on the Euphrates River, and was assassinated by poison. Feastday Nov 19 Bl. Salvatore Lilli, Roman Catholic Fransican Monk and Martyr. Missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and fellow Franciscans Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, David Oghlou David, Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar, Geremia Oghlou Boghos, Khodianin Oghlou Kadir, Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum, and Toros Oghlou David. They were tortured and ordered to convert; they refused. One of the Martyrs of Armenia. Nov 19 ST. MATILDA (MECHTILDE), VIRGIN .A Saxon by birth, Mechtilde became a nun at the Benedictine Monastery of Rodersdorf. She later moved to the monastery at Helfta, where she was known for her humility and kindness. In ad...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 18 St. Leonard Kimura, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan .  A temporal coadjutor of the Jesuits. He was arrested for his faith and association with the Jesuits, he was burned alive at Nagasaki and was beatified in 1867.  Feastday Nov. 18 Bl. John Shoun, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan . Died: 1619. He was a Japanese from Meako and was baptized at Nagasaki. Seized for being a Christian, he was burned alive at Nagasaki and was beatified in 1867. Feastday Nov 18 St. Rose Phillipine Duchesne, Virgin (Fea Born in Grenoble, France, in 1769, Rose joined the Society of the Sacred Heart. In 1818, when she was forty-nine years old, Rose was sent to the United States. She founded a boarding school for daughters of pioneers near St. Louis and opened the first free school west of the Missouri. At the age of seventy-one, she began a school for Indians, who soon came to call her "the woman who is always praying". Her biographers have also stressed her courage in frontier conditi...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 17 Martyrs of Paraguay, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs. Three Spanish Jesuits - Roch Gonzalez, Aiphonsus Rodriguez, Juan de Castilo - who were slain in missions called “reductions,” including the main site on the Jiuhi River in Paraguay. They were at All Saints Mission there when they were murdered Feastday: November 17 Bl. Josaphat Kocylovskyj, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He was sent to the Capaivca labor camps (Kiev region), where he underwent continuous pressure to move to the Russian Orthodox Church. He died in the same camp as a result of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 71 years,  Feastday: Nov. 17 St. Hugh of Lincoln . Hugh of Lincoln was the son of William, Lord of Avalon. He was born at Avalon Castle in Burgundy and was raised and educated at a convent at Villard-Benoit after his mother died when he was eight. He was professed at fifteen, ordained a deacon at nineteen, and was made prior of a monastery at Saint-Maxim. While visiting the ...

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 16 St. Alfrick, 1105 A.D. Archbishop of Canterbury who faced the Norse invasion of England. Alfrick was a monk in the Benedictine Abbey of Abingdon, England, noted for his holiness. He was appointed the bishop of Wilton, England, in 990 A.D., worked in the area, and was known for his charity. In 995 A.D. he became the archbishop of Canterbury and faced the devastating results of one of the invasions of England. St. Margaret of Scotland, 1093 A.D.  Margaret was an English princess. She and her mother sailed to Scotland to escape from the king who had conquered their land. King Malcolm of Scotland welcomed them and fell in love with the beautiful princess. Margaret and Malcolm were married before too long.   As Queen, Margaret changed her husband and the country for the better. Malcolm was good, but he and his court were very rough. When he saw how wise his beloved wife was, he listened to her good advice. She softened his temper and led him to pract...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 15    Bl. Hugh Faringdon, 1539 A.D. Benedictine abbot of Reading , once a friend of King Henry VIII. When he refused to allow the king to dissolve Reading Abbey, he wa s martyred with two companions.    St. Hugh Green, Blessed, 1642 A.D. Martyr of England. He was educated at Cambridge, converted to Catholicism, and went to Douai, France. There he was ordained in 1612. Returning to England, Hugh labored in Dorset until his arrest. He was hanged at Dorchester.   Bl. John Eynon, 1539 A.D. Martyred Benedictine of St. Giles, Reading. John served as the pastor of the local parish in St. Giles. He refused to surrender the parish to the authorities and was taken to Reading Abbey. He was executed at the abbey gateway with Blessed Hugh Farington and Blessed John Rugg. They were beatified in 1895.    Bl. John Rugg, 1539 A.D. Martyred monk of Chichester, England . In residence at Reading Abbey, he was martyred by King Henry VIII at Reading,...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 14 ST. SERAPION OF ALGIERS- Born in London in 1179, Serapion is said to have taken part in the third Crusade, under the leadership of Richard the Lion-hearted. He eventually joined the Mercedarian order, and dedicated himself to the redemption and conversion of slaves, whom he freed by the hundreds. He was martyred in 1240.  Nov 14 St. Dubricus, 545 A.D. One of the founders of monastic life in Wales also called Dubric, Dyfrig, or Devereux. He was born in Madley, Wales, and he founded monasteries at Henllan and Moccas. These served as motherhouses for other abbeys in Herefordshire, Gwent, and the Wye Valley. Dubricus also ruled Caldrey Island. He appointed St. Samson abbot and ordained him as a bishop. Dubricus spent the last years of his life at Ynys Enlli. He is believed to have been the arch-bishop of Caerleon. He died and was buried on the island of Bardsey.    St. Lawrence O'Toole, 1180 A.D. Augustinian archbishop of Dublin, Ireland. He was born at L...

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SAINTS NOVEMBER 13 St. Columba. The patroness of two parishes in Cornwall, England. The heather king there put her to death.  Bl. Vincent Bossilkov, Roman Catholic Passionist Priest, bishop of Nicopolis and martyr in the Communist campaign in Bulgaria against religion. Feastday:    St. Devinicus, 6th century. Scottish missionary and bishop also called Denick or Teavneck. He was a companion of Sts. Columba and Machar in evangelizing Caithness. Other details of his life no longer exist.  St. Gredifael , 7th century. Welsh or Breton abbot of Whitland, in Dyfed, Wales. He accompanied St. Paternus from Brittany to Wales. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 1917 A.D. Patron of immigrants. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin.  Frances was born in Lombardi, Italy in 1850, one of thirteen children. At eighteen, she desired to become a Nun, but poor health stood in her way. She helped her parents until their death, and then worked on a farm with her brothers and sisters. ...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 12 St. Ymar, 830 A.D. Benedictine martyr of England. A monk in Reculver Abbey, Kent, England, he was put to death by marauding Danes. Feast day: November 12.   St. Cadwallader, 689 A.D.  A king of the Saxon peoples. He is also called Cadwalla and Ceadwalla. Born circa 659, Cadwallader became king of the West Saxons in 685 or 686. He expanded his kingdom to Sussex, Surrey, as well as Kent, In 668, he resigned and went to Rome, where he was baptized on Easter eve, by Pope Sergius I. He died a few days later and was entombed in St. Peter's. St. Livinus, 650 A.D. Martyred Irish bishop, ordained by St. Augustine of Canterbury, England. He was the son of a Scottish noble and an Irish princess. Livinus and three companions went to Flanders, Belgium, where they evangelized the area. He was martyred near Clost, in Brabant. Also called Lebwin, he is identified by some scholars with St. Lebuinus.     ST. JOSAPHAT KUNCEWICZ, BISHOP AND MARTYR - This ...

  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....

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 10 St. John of Ratzeburg, 1066 A.D.  Martyred Scottish bishop. Born in Scotland, John became a missionary in Germany. Named the bishop of Ratzeburg, he labored on the coast of the Baltic Sea where he was martyred for the faith by local pagans. St. Justus of Canterbury, 627 A.D. Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury. Justus was a Roman sent by Pope St. Gregory I the Great in 601 to England, to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons. Justus and others were sent as aides to St. Augustine. In 604, Justus was consecrated the first bishop of Rochester. The death of King Ethelbert in 616 caused a rise in paganism, and Justus returned to Rome. In the following year he went back to England and became archbishop of Canterbury in 624. He consecrated St. Paulinus.    St. Elaeth, 1084 A.D. British king driven by locals into Wales. He became a monk there under St. Seiriol. Elaeth’s poems have survived.   St. Aedh MacBricc , 589 A.D. Miracle worker and founder ...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 09 St. Theodore Tyro, Roman martyr, considered to be virtually identical with St. Theodore Stratelates. According to custom, he was a recruit (tiro) in the Roman army at Pontus, on the Black Sea. After refusing to participate in a pagan ceremony, he was brought before the tribune of the legion and the governor of the region. Freed temporarily, he immediately went out and set fire to the temple of Cybele near Amasea in Pontus. For this crime, he was burned to death in a furnace. Nov 9 STS. MARY AND NEONE, MARTYRS IN THE CEMETERY OF CALLISTUS ON THE VIA APPIA Together with their parents, Adria and Pauline; an uncle, Hippolytus; and several others; Martia (or Martana) and Neon were martyred in the persecution launched by Valerian in the year 257. In the 8th century, their relics were translated to the Roman church of Sant’Agata dei Goti. Nov 9 November 9 is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John on the Lateran Hill . Why is a feast for a church in Rome s...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 08 Four Crowned Roman Catholic Martyrs, Castorius, Claudius, Nicostratus, and Symphorian were tortured and slain in Pannonia, having been carvers from Sirmium. They refused to carve a pagan statue and were martyred by retired co-Emperor Diocletian. A martyr named Simplicius died with them. The second group of Four Holy Crowned Ones died at Albano, Italy. They were Carpophorus, Secundius, Severian, and Victorinus. Feastday Nov 8 St. Willehad, 789 A.D. Benedictine missionary and bishop. A native of Northumbria, England, he studied at York, was a friend of Blessed Alcuin, and became a monk in York or Ripon. About 766, he embarked upon a journey to preach among the Frisians of the Netherlands. He preached at Dokkum and Overyssel, but was forced to flee with his companions because of the violent pagan reaction. In 780, at the request of Charlemagne (r. 768-814), he became a missionary among the Saxons, but again he was forced to flee, owing to the Saxon uprising against t...

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 07 St. Hyacinth Castaneda, Roman Catholic Priest and Vietnamese Martyr. Martyr of Vietnam and a Dominican. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. Nov 7 Bl. Peter Ou, Roman Catholic Chinese Martyr . A Chinese native, Peter was originally an innkeeper who was converted to the Catholic faith and became a catechist. He is credited with giving Christian instruction to more than six hundred converts before he was strangled by enemies of the Church. Feastday: November 7 ST. WILLIBRORD, BISHOP OF NORTHERN EUROPE . Willibrord was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg . Nov 7 St. Cumgar, 6th or 8th century. Monastic founder possibly identified with St. Docuinus. A native of Devon, he founded monasteries at Budgworth, Somerset, England, and at West Glamorgan, Wales. He was buried ...

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 06 Roman Catholic Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, the people who were killed by Republicans during the war because of their faith. As of July 2008, almost one thousand Spanish martyrs have been beatified or canonized. For some two thousand additional martyrs, the beatification process is underway.Nov. 6 St. Edwen, 7th century. Patroness of Llanedwen, Anglesey, Wales. She is reported to have been the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria, the first Christian ruler there.   St. Leonard of Reresby , 13th century. Crusader prisoner of the Saracens set free in a miraculous fashion. He was a native of Yorkshire, England.     St. Pinnock . Welsh saint, honored by a church in Cornwall, England. As there is no historical evidence for St. Pinnock’s existence, it is assumed by some scholars that Pinnock is a derivation of St. Winnow. Bl. Anthony Baldinucci, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Missionary. He would always walk barefoot as a penance wi...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 05 STS. DOMNINUS, TEOTHIMUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS  Originally from Cesaria, these saints sacrificed their lives for their faith. Domninus was a young doctor who died at the stake during the persecution of Diocletian. Theotimus and his companions were martyred in the circus when they were fed to wild beasts. Nov 5 Feast of the Jesuit Saints and Blesseds- We remember these Ignatian holy people in a special way on All Saints Day, All Souls Day, and the feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus (November 5). https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-voices/all-saints-day/ St. Kea, 6th century. British saint honored in Devon, France, as St. Quary. He is sometimes listed as Kay or Kenan. Kea was a bishop. St Zachariah and Elizabeth, Parents of Saint John the Baptist . Both were old when the Angel Gabriel came to tell them they were going to have a son. Zachariah was so shocked he lost the power of speech. When Elizabeth went to meet Mary, who was expe...

  SAINTS NOVEMBER 04 STS. VITALIS AND AGRICOLA  -Agricola, who was beloved for his gentleness, converted his slave, Vitalis, to Christianity; they became deeply attached to each other. Vitalis was first to suffer martyrdom, being executed in the ampitheatre. By his tortues and by flattery the persecutors sought in vain to win over Agricola, whom they finally crucified.Nov 4 St. Clarus . A priest, probably born at Rochester, England, Clarus went to Normandy, became a Benedictine monk, lived as a hermit, and settled at Naqueville, near Rouen. When he repulsed the advances of a noblewoman, she had him killed and beheaded near Saint-Calir-sur-Eph.  St. Birrstan, 934 A.D. Benedictine bishop, also called Birnstan and Brynstan. He was a disciple of St. Grimbold and the successor of St. Frithestan in Winchester, England. St. Charles Borromeo,   1538–1584) was the cardinal archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. Among the great reformers of the troubled sixteenth century, Bo...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 03 St. Peter Francis Neron, Roman Catholic Priest and Vietnamese Martyr. He served as the director of the main seminary until he was arrested and beheaded by authorities. St. Winifred . According to legend, she was the daughter of a wealthy resident of Tegeingl, Flintshire, Wales, and the sister of St. Beuno. She was most impressed by Beuno, was supposedly beheaded on June 22 by one Caradog when she refused to submit to him, had her head restored by Beuno, and sometime later, became a nun of the convent of a double monastery at Gwytherin in Denbigshire. She succeeded an Abbess Tenoy, as Abbess and died there fifteen years after her miraculous restoration to life. A spring supposedly springing up where Winifred's head fell is called Holy Well or St. Winifred's Well and became a great pilgrimage center where many cures have been reported over the centuries. She is also known as Gwenfrewi.  St. Vulganius, 704 A.D. Irish or Welsh missionary and hermit. After worki...

SAINTS NOVEMBER 02 Bl. John Bodey, 1583 A.D. English martyr and schoolmaster. He was born at Wells, Somerset, and educated at Oxford. Converting to the faith, John studied law at Douai in 1557 and returned to England to become a schoolmaster and to marry. When he repudiated King Henry VIII’s claim of supremacy in spiritual matters, he was arrested in 1550. John was imprisoned at Winchester until 1583, when he was taken on November 2 to Andover where he was hanged. He was beatified in 1929. St. Maura. Maura, the Irish sister of St. Brigid. There legend is that they were Scottish princesses who were murdered by pagan outlaws while on a pilgrimage to Rome. Their bodies are enshrined there. They are believed to be the same St. Maura and St. Britt who were 5th century soldiers per St. Euphronius and St. Martin of Tours. Also there is another legend of them by St. Baya.