Archive for November 10, 2020
St. Thomas of Hereford
Death: 1282 Feast day: October 2 Bishop of Hereford, also called Thomas Cantilupe. Born at Buckinghamshire, England, circa 1218, he studied at Oxford, Paris, and Orleans. Returning to England, he became chancellor of Oxford University in 1261, using his influence to aid the barons in their struggle against King Henry III (r. 1216-1272). In 1265, […]
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St. Mother Theodore Guerin
Born: 2 October 1798 at Etables-sur-Mer, Brittany, France as Anne-Thérèse Guérin Died: 14 May 1856 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA, of natural causes, buried at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Canonized: 15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI Patronage: Lafayette, Indiana Feast day: October 3 Daughter of Laurent and Isabelle Guérin. Joined the […]
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Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy
Born: 21 February 1911 in Crna Bara, Coka, Hungary (in modern Serbia) Died: 3 October 1953 in Nagyenyed (Aiud), Alba, Romania of pneumonia Beatified: 30 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, beatification recognition presided over by Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary Feast day: October 3 Son of teachers. Studied philosophy and theology at Peter […]
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St. Gerard of Brogne
Born: 895 at Staves, Namur, Belgium Died: 3 October 959 at Brogne, Belgium of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Major shrine: Saint-Gérard, Namur Feast day: October 3 Patronage: Saint-Gérard, Namur Born to the Belgian nobility; son of Stance and Plectrude. Raised in a military atmosphere. Courtier to the Count of Namur. Disappointed by court life, […]
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St. Baudolino
Born: 700 Died: 740 Patron: of Alessandria Feast day: November 10 Saint Baudolino (c. 700 – c. 740) was a hermit who lived at the time of the Lombard king Liutprand in Forum Fulvii (now Villa del Foro), a locality on the lower reaches of the river Tanaro in north-west Italy. He is said to […]
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