SAINTS SEPTEMBER 18

SAINTS SEPTEMBER 18 "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy

St. Dominic Trach, Roman Catholic Vietnamese martyr and a priest member of the Dominican Third Order. Caught up in the persecution against Christians, Dominic was beheaded. Feastday Sept.18

St. Methodius of Olympus, Roman Catholic Bishop and martyr, famous for his writings. St. Jerome wrote of his martyrdom at Chalcis, in modern Greece. Feastday Sept 18

St. Ludmilla of Bohemia, Roman Catholic Czech saint and martyr venerated by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. She was born in Mělník as daughter of a Slavic prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus. Feastday Sept 18

St. Hygbald, 690 A.D. Benedictine abbot of Lincolnshire England, also called Higbald, Hugbald, or Hybald. Several churches in the region bear his name.

Bl. Carlo Erana Guruceta, Roman Catholic Marianists. Martyred with Blessed Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez and Blessed Jesus Hita Miranda during the Spanish Civil War. Feastday Sept 18

St. John Macías, O.P. Roman Catholic, Spanish-born Dominican laybrother who evangelized in Peru in 1620.Feastday Sept 18

St. Joseph of Cupertino, Roman Catholic Franciscan mystic and the patron saint of pilots and air passengers. Feastday Sept 18

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