October
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The Celebration of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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St. Francis of Assisi
Friar; 1226.
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St. Simeon
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The Holy Fathers assembled in the seven Ecumenical Councils
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St. Gall
Hermit Missionary Abbot; St. Gall's, Switzerland; c 645. Irish.
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St. Ignatius of Antioch
Martyr Bishop; c 115. "For my part, I am writing to all the churches and assuring them that I am truly in ernest about dying for God--if only you yourselves put no obstacles in the way. I must implore you to do me no such untimely kindness; pray leave me to be a meal for the beasts, for it is they who can provide my way to God. I am his wheat, ground fine by the lions' teeth to be made purest bread for Christ. So intercede with him for me, that by their instrumentality I may be made a sacrifice for God." (From Ignatius' letter to the Church in Rome, as he was being led there to be fed to the lions.)
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St. Luke the Evangelist
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St. James of Jerusalem ("the Lesser")
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St. Raphael the Archangel
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Saints Simon and Jude the Apostles
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