PENTECOST XIX
Virgen del Camino / Our Lady of the Way, Valverde de la Virgen, León, Castile and León, Spain (1505) – 19 October:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/19/virgen-del-camino-our-lady-of-the-way-leon-spain-1505-and-memorials-of-the-saints-19-october/
St Peter of Alcantara OFM (1499-1562) Confessor, Franciscan Friar and Priest, Mystic, Ecstatic, Writer, Preacher, Reformer, Hermit, Apostle of Prayer, the Blessed Sacrament, the Passion and Charity, Miracle-worker. He was a friend and a Confessor of St Teresa of Jesus of Avila.
Wonderful St Peter:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-st-peter-of-alcantara-ofm-1499-1562/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-st-peter-of-alcantara-ofm-1499-1562-confessor/
St Altinus
St Aquilinus of Evreux
St Asterius of Ostia
St Beronicus of Antioch
St Columban — Priest in Tours, France. Listed in the Martyrology of St Jerome. No other details have survived.
St Desiderius of Longoret
St Ednoth
St Ethbin
St Eusterius of Salerno
St Frideswide (c665-735) Virgin, Abbess, Founder of the St Mary’s Convent, Miracle-worker The Convent is now Christ Church College, University of Oxford and the Convent Church became Oxford Cathedral. Patronage – of the City of Oxford, England and of the University of Oxford.
Her Holy and Zealous Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-saint-frideswide-c665-c735-virgin/
St Laura of Cordoba
St Lucius of Rome
St Lupus of Soissons
St Pelagia of Antioch
St Philip Howard (1557–1595) Martyr, Married, Layman
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-saint-philip-howard-1557-1595-martyr/
St Potenzianus of Sens
St Ptolemy of Rome
St Sabiniano of Sens
St Theofrid
Blessed Thomas Hélye (c1180-1257) Priest, Penitent, Teacher, Missionary and renowned Preacher.
An Unusual Tale:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-blessed-thomas-helye-c-1180-1257/
St Varus and 6 Companions (Died c307) Martyrs, Soldier. Died in c307 by being tortured and then hanged from a tree on 19 October 307 in Kemet, Upper Egypt.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “In Egypt, St Varus, Solder under the Emperor Maximinus. He used to visit and comfort seven saintly Monks, detained in prison, when one of them happening to die, he wished to take his place and having suffered cruel afflictions, with them, he obtained the Palm of Martyrdom.”
Their Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/19/saint-of-the-day-19-october-saint-varus-and-six-companions-died-c307-martyrs/
St Veranus (Died 589) Bishop of Cavaillon
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