St. Anicet Adolfo
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1912
Death: 1934
Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Anicet Adolfo joined the Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and was one of the martyrs of Turon, who were slain during a violent uprising that preceded the Spanish Civil War.
The Martyrs of Turon was canonized in 1999. Their feast day is October 9th.
St. Augusto Andres
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1910
Death: 1934
Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Augusto was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 3 February 1926. He was one of the Martyrs of Turón killed during the Spanish Civil War.
St. Benito de Jesus
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1910
Death: 1934
Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Benito was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 7 August 1926. Martyr of Turón killed in during the Spanish Civil War.
St. Cirilo Bertran
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1888
Death: 1934
Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Cirilo Bertran was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 23 October 1906. Director of his house in Turón, Asturias, Spain. One of the Martyrs of Turón killed during the Spanish Civil War
St. Demetrius
Feastday: October 9
Death: 231
Bishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Named to this post in 188, he ruled as patriarch there for forty-three years. Demetrius promoted the famous Catechetical School of Alexandria, appointing Origen director of the school in 203. Later he expelled Origen for being ordained without his permission.
St. Deusdedit
Feastday: October 9
Death: 836
Benedictine abbot of Monte Cassino, Italy, elected around 830. A local noble, Sicard of Benevento, imprisoned him to gain monastery funds. Deusdedit died of hunger and abuse and is venerated as a martyr.
St. Dionysius the Areopagite
Feastday: October 9
Patron: of Lawyers
Death: 1st century
Called "the Areopagite," also called Denis. He was converted in Athens, Greece, with a woman named Damaris, by St. Paul. There he delivered his sermon to the Unknown God on the Hill of Mars, hence his name. Some records indicate that he became the first bishop of Athens. Other records state that he was martyred.
For the 5th–6th century figure, see Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Dionysiou Ta Sozomena Panta (1756)
Fresco of Dionysius in Hosios Loukas monastery
Dionysius the Areopagite (/ˌdaɪəˈnɪsiəs/; Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης Dionysios ho Areopagitês) was a judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations.
Life
As related in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 17:34), he was converted to Christianity by the preaching of Paul the Apostle during the Areopagus sermon, according to Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, as quoted by Eusebius. He was one of the first Athenians to believe in Christ.
Tradition holds that earlier, at a young age, he found himself in Heliopolis of Egypt (near Cairo) just at the time of Christ's crucifixion in Jerusalem. On that Great Friday, at the time of the crucifixion of Christ, according to the gospel, "From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land." (Matthew 27:45). The young boy, Dionysius was shocked by this paradoxical phenomenon and exclaimed: "God suffers or is always despondent" ("God suffers or is lost all"). He took care to note the day and hour of this supernatural event of the darkness of the Sun.
When Dionysius returned to Athens, he heard the preaching of the Apostle Paul in the Areopagus Hill in Athens, talking about that supernatural darkness during the Crucifixion of the Lord, dissolving any doubt about the validity of his new faith. He was baptized, with his family in 52 AD. The acceptance of Dionysius of Christ refers to the Acts of the Apostles in chapter 17 and verse 34 "The men who have been sealed have believed in them, and Dionysius the Areopagite, and the name of Damaris, and the others in it." Thus, when Dionysius heard Paul preach on Christ on the Areopagus Hill in Athens, he recalled this experience which reinforced his conviction that Paul was speaking the truth on Christ as the long-promised Messiah and Savior of the World. Historical accounts wrote that when he learned that the Mother of Christ, Mary, lived in Jerusalem, he travelled to Jerusalem to meet her. From this meeting he said: "Her appearance, her features, her whole appearance testify that she is indeed Mother of God." In Jerusalem, he also discovered where Mary slept and departed this world to join her Son and her God. Then he wept sorely like the Apostles and other Church leaders torrents of tears and also attended Mary's funeral in Jerusalem. Dionysius suffered a Christian martyr's end by burning. His story was preserved by the early Christian historian, Eusebius of Caesarea in his Ecclesiastical history
After his conversion, Dionysius became the first Bishop of Athens.[1] He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. He is the patron saint of Athens and is venerated as the protector of the Judges and the Judiciary. His memory is celebrated on October 3. His name day in the Eastern Orthodox Church is October 3[2] and in the Catholic Church is October 9.[3]
In Athens there are two large churches bearing its name, one in Kolonaki on Skoufa Street, while the other is the Catholic Metropolis of Athens, on Panepistimiou Street. Its name also bears the pedestrian walkway around the Acropolis, which passes through the rock of the Areios Pagos.
Dionysius is the patron saint of the Gargaliani of Messenia, as well as in the village of Dionysi in the south of the prefecture of Heraklion. The village was named after him and is the only village of Crete with a church in honor of Saint Dionysios Areopagitis.
Historic confusions
In the early sixth century, a series of writings of a mystical nature, employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas, was ascribed to the Areopagite.[4] They have long been recognized as pseudepigrapha, and their author is now called "Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite".
Dionysius has been misidentified with the martyr of Gaul, Dionysius, the first Bishop of Paris, Denis. However, this mistake by a ninth century writer is ignored and each saint is commemorated on his respective day.[5]
St. Domninus of Fidenza
Feastday: October 9
Patron: of Fidenza; invoked against rabies
Death: 304
Martyr beheaded on the Via Claudia or Amelia, also called Domnino. He was a native of Parma, Italy, fleeing persecution. He was martyred at a site called Borgo San Domnino.
Saint Domninus of Fidenza (Italian: San Donnino di Fidenza) is an Italian Catholic saint. According to tradition, he died in 304 AD and was a native of Parma. The cathedral at Fidenza (a town once called Borgo San Donnino) is dedicated to him. The Hieronymian Martyrology commemorates Domninus, but does not include any further information about him, and his feast day is cited as occurring on October 9. He is not commemorated in the martyrologies of Bede, Ado, Notker, or the Parvum Romanum.
Church of San Donnino in Carpineti
His legend states that Domninus was Chamberlain to Emperor Maximian and keeper of the royal crown, and converted to Christianity, thereby incurring the emperor's wrath. Pursued by imperial forces, he rode through Piacenza holding a cross. He was caught and beheaded on the banks of the Stirone, outside of Fidenza, or the Via Aemilia. It is recounted that Domninus picked up his severed head and placed it on the future site of the cathedral of San Donnino.
Veneration
His relics are enshrined in Fidenza Cathedral, adding some plausibility to the tradition that he suffered martyrdom in this region. The ancient basilica at Fidenza, rebuilt in the 12th century, includes a sculpted frieze sub-divided into five scenes representing the life of the saint. The sculptures are attributed to the school of Benedetto Antelami.
In art, Domninus is depicted in military attire, and holds the palm of martyrdom. Domninus' cult was popular in Northern Italy. He has been from earliest times invoked against rabies; his Passio records that after water and wine was blessed and the saint invoked, anyone who drank this would be cured from rabies.
St. Geminus
Feastday: October 9
Death: 815
Patron saint of San Gemini, Umbria, Itlay. He is claimed by both the Baslians and Benedictines as a patron.
St. Ghislain
Feastday: October 9
He was a Frank who became a hermit in Hainault and was founding abbot of a monastery there called The Cell (now St. Ghislain) near Mons. He encouraged St. Waldetrudis to found a convent at Castrilocus (Mons) and St. Aldegundus to found a convent at Mauberge. An apophrycal legend has him a native of Attica who became bishop of Athens, resign his See, went to Rome and was sent to Hainault, where he became a hermit. His feast day is October 9.
St. Goswin
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1086
Death: 1165
Benedictine abbot. He became a Benedictine at Anchin, where he was made abbot.
Bl. Gunther
Feastday: October 9
Gunther was a nobleman related to Emperor St. Henry. He led a worldly life until he was fifty when he was convinced by St. Gothard, then reforming Hersfeld monastery, to make up for his sinful life by becoming a monk there. He gave most of his wealth to endow Hersfeld, went on a pilgrimage to Rome, and then became a monk at Niederaltaich, Bavaria, of which Gothard was abbot. Meanwhile, at the time he had endowed Hersfeld, he also endowed and owned the abbey of Gollingen in Thuringia, and he now insisted on being its abbot. He was an unsuccessful abbot and incurred the enmity of the monks there. He was persuaded to resign and return to Niederaltaich by Gothard. In 1008, he became a hermit in Lalling Forrest, attracted disciples, and then built a hermitage near Rinchnac, Bavaria, which developed into a monastery. He died at Hartmanice, Bohemia, on October 9th. He is revered for his holiness and austerity, his eloquent preaching, and his gift of infused knowledge. His feast day is October 9th.
St. Julian Alfredo
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1903
Death: 1934
Beatified: 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Julian Alfredo was a member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entered the novitate in 1926. Martyrs of Turón.
St. Lambert & Valerius
Feastday: October 9
Death: 680
Benedictine disciples of St. Gislenus and workers in his mission.
St. Marciano Jose
Feastday: October 9
Birth: 1900
Death: 1934
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Martyr of Turon
