Calendar of  Saints (cont'd)

October

01  St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin, religious, 1898
02  Guardian Angels
04  St. Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, religious founder, 1226
07  SS Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs, 303
09  St. Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs, c. 258
11  St. Philip, one of the Seven Deacons, 1st century
15  St. Teresa of Avila, nun, religious, virgin and doctor, patron of headache
       sufferers, 1582
17  St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr, patron of throat diseases, c. 115
18  St. Luke, apostle and evangelist; patron of artists, butchers, doctors,
        notaries, painters
19  SS Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brebeuf, Charles Garnier, Anthony Danile, Gabriel
        Lallemant, Noel, Chabanel, John de Lalande, Rene Goupil, martyrs, 1646
23  St. James of Jerusalem, brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, martyr, first
        bishop of Jerusalem, c. 62
24  St. Anthony Mary Claret, bishop, religious, 1870
28  SS Simon and Jude, apostles
31  Reformation Day

November

01  All Saints Day
02  Commemoration of All Faithful Departed
03  St. Martin de Porres, monk, patron of African Americans, barbers, biracial
       people, public education, television, 1639
04  St. Charles Borromeo, bishop, patron of seminarians and bishops, 1584
05  SS Elizabeth and Zachary, parents of St. John the Baptist
10  St. Leo the Great, bishop and doctor, 461
11  St. Martin of Tours, bishop, patron of soldiers, alcoholics, beggars, horses, 397
13  St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, virgin and nun, patron of immigrants and hospital
       administrators; religious founder, 1917
15  St. Albert the Great, bishop, religious and doctor, patron of scientists, c. 1280
16  St. Henriette Delille, virgin, religious founder, diocesan patron, 1863
17  St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious, married woman, patron of nurses, death of
       children, falsely accused, homeless, widows, bankers, and young brides, 1231
21  Presentation of Mary
22  St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr, patron of musicians, nkd
25  St. Catherine Laboure, virgin, 1876
30  St. Andrew, apostle        

St. Henriette Delille

December

03  St. Francis Xavier, priest, patron of foreign missions, 1506
06  St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, patron of bankers and pawnbrokers, c. 342
07  St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397
08  The Immaculate Conception  (a matter of personal piety)  
12  Our Lady of Guadalupe, patronness of the Americas
13  St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, patron of the blind, authors, sales persons,
        against hemorrhages, c. 304
14  St. John of the Cross, priest, doctor and monk, patron of contemplatives
        and mystics, 1591
25  The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day
26  St. Stephen, deacon and martyr, 35
27  St. John, apostle and evangelist
28  The Holy Innocents, martyrs
29  St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr, patron of clergy and secular clergy,
        1170