Santopedia - Saints of the day october 13

Saint Edward III the Confessor (s. XI)

Celebrate today: Ed, Edu, Eduard, Eduardo, Edwar, Edward.

Saint Rómulo of Génova (s. V)

Mater Matuta (today Saintremo), on the coast of Liguria, St. Romulus, Bishop of Genoa, who I filled with Apostolic ardor, died during a pastoral visit (s. V).

Blessed Magdalen Panattieri

Saint Chelidonia of Abruzzo (s. XII)

Close to Subiaco, Lazio, saint Quelidona, or Celidona, Virgin, who, as it says the tradition, for fifty-two years led austere and solitary life dedicated solely to God.

Blessed Alexandrina María da Costa (s. XX)

Saint Florencio of Tesalónica (s. III)

In Thessaloniki, in the city of Macedonia, saint Florencio, martyr, who, according to tradition, after various torments died burned alive, (c. s. III).

Saint Geraldo of Cierges (s. X)

At Cierges, in the region of Auvergne in Gaul, saint Geraldo, who, being count of Aurillac, was an example for the other princes by having lived as a monk with secular habit, seeking the good of regions which had mandated.

Saint Leobono of Salagnac

Salagnac, in the territory of Limoges, in Aquitaine, saint Leobono, hermit (s. inc.).

Saint Lubencio of Kobern (s. IV)

In Kobern, next to the Moselle, in the territory of Trier, St. Lubencio, presbyter (s. IV).

Saint Simberto of Augsburgo (s. IX)

In Augsburg, Bavaria, in Germania, St. Simberto, Bishop, who was Abbot of Murbach (c. 807).

Saint Teófilo of Antioquía (s. II)

Commemoration of St. Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, very erudite man, that occupied this site as the sixth successor of St. Peter and wrote a book for defending the Orthodox faith against the heretic Marcion (s. II).

Saint Venancio of Tours (s. V)

In Tours, Lugdunensis Gaul, saint Venancio, Abbot, who, having been married in his youth, visit the basilica of St. Martin was moved to the life of the monks and, with the permission of his wife, is along with them to live for Christ (s. V).