Saints of the day october 22
Saint Pope John Paul II (s. XX)
Charles Joseph Wojtyla was born in Wadowic, Poland, in the year 1920. He was ordained priest and obtained his studies in theology in Rome. He then returned to his homeland where he held various University and pastoral tasks. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków, he became the Archbishop in 1964. He participated in the Second Vatican Council. Elected Pope on October 16, 1978, he took the name of John Paul II, and he was distinguished by his extraordinary apostolic activity, especially to families, the young and the sick, and made numerous pastoral visits around the world. The most significant fruits which he left in inheritance to the Church are, among others, his rich teachings, the promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Codes of Canon Law for the Latin American Church and the Eastern Churches. He died piously in Rome on April 2, 2005, the eve of Easter Sunday II, or Divine Mercy.
View moreSaint Alodia of Huesca (s. IX)
In Huesca, city of Aragon, in Hispania, Saints Nunilo and Alodia, virgins and martyrs, that daughters of father not Christian, but educated in the Christian faith by his mother, not wanting to to reject Christ, after a long imprisonment were degolladas by order of the King of Cordoba, Abd ar-Rahman II.
Saint Córdula mártir
Saint Nunilona of Huesca (s. IX)
In Huesca, city of Aragon, in Hispania, Saints Nunilo (or Nunilona) and Alodia, virgins and martyrs, that daughters of father not Christian, but educated in the Christian faith by his mother, not wanting to to reject Christ, after a long imprisonment were degolladas by order of the King of Cordoba, Abd ar-Rahman II.
Saint Verecundo obispo
Saint Leotadio of Auch (s. VII)
In the city of Auch, in Aquitaine, saint Leotadio, Bishop (s. VII).
Saint Lupencio of Chalons (s. VII)
In the region of Châlons, in Neustria, saint Lupencio or Luvencio, Abbot of the basilica of Saint-Privat-de-Javols, who, after having wrongfully received many insults on the part of innocent, count of the city, was beheaded (c. 684).
Saint Benedict of Massérac (s. IX)
Saint Malón of Rouen (s. IV)
In Rouen, Lugdunensis Gaul, Saint Malon, Bishop, who is considered as the first Apostle of the faith Christian in this city and initiator of the episcopal see (s. IV).
Saint Marcos of Jerusalén (s. II)
Commemoration of St. mark, Bishop of Jerusalem, who was the first bishop of the gentiles who occupied the headquarters of the Church of the Holy City, working with faith and zeal to bring together the faithful dispersed by the war (s. II).
Saint Moderano of Berceto (s. VIII)
In the monastery of Berceto, in Lombardy, saint Moderano or Moderon, Abbot, formerly Bishop of Rennes, in Gaul, distinguished by their love of the solitude and the devotion to the Holy places (c. 720).
Saint Valerio of Langres (s. IV)
In the territory of Besaintçon, in Germania, saint Valerio, Deacon of the Church of Langres, a few Pagans given death (s. IV).