SAINTS OCTOBER 22

 SAINTS OCTOBER 22 "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy

St. Alodia, Roman Catholic Martyr and Confessor. Martyr and confessor, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother in Huesca, Spain. Alodia and her sister, Nunilo, were caught up in the persecutions conducted by Abdal-Rabman II, the ruler of Cordoba. Alodia and Nunilo dedicated themselves to Christ, despite their father's disapproval, and were arrested. When they refused to deny Christ, they were placed in a brothel and later beheaded.Oct 22

St. Bertharius, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. In 883, the monastery was again attacked by Muslims, and Bertharius was killed along with some other monks at the altar of St. Martin on October 22 of that year in the church of Saint Salvator at the foot of the hill. Feastday Oct 22

St. Mary Salome. One of the “Three Marys” who served Christ. She was the mother of St. James the Great and St. John, and was the wife of Zebedee. Mary Salome witnessed the Crucifixion and was among the women who were at the burial place on the day of the Resurrection. Feastday October 22

St. Donatus of Fiesole, 874 A.D. An Irishman who became bishop of Fiesole, Italy traveling through that city while returning from a pilgrimage to Rome in 829, Donatus entered the cathedral. Candles caught light and bells rang, prompting the people to elect him bishop. He was a noted scholar and became advisor to Lothair I and his son, Louis II.

ST. MARK, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM

ST. JOHN PAUL II, POPE  This great Pope tirelessly proclaimed the love of Christ, the “Redeemer of man,” and shepherded the Church into the third Christian millennium. His feast day is celebrated on October 22, the anniversary of the inaugural Mass in 1978 at which he cried out to the world, “Be not afraid!” 

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