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Saints of 18 October

29 saints, blessed, and feasts kept on 18 October, with short facts.

Saints (17)

  • St. Peter of Alcantara Born: 1499 at Alcantara, Estremadura, Spain. Died: 18 October 1562 at Estremadura, Spain. Canonized: 28 April 1669 by Pope Clement IX. Patronage: Brazil (named by Pope Blessed Pius IX in 1862), Estremadura Spain (named in 1962), night watchmen, and watchmen.
  • St. Acutius of Pozzuoli Died: beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy. Also called Acuzio.
  • St. Amabilis of Auvergne Died: 475. Patronage: against demonic possession, against fire, against mental illness, against poison, against snake bite, against wild beasts, Auvergne, France, and Riom, France. Also called Amabilis of Riom and Amabilis the Cantor.
  • St. Asclepiades of Antioch Died: 217.
  • St. Brothen Patronage: Llanbrothen, Wales.
  • St. Cadwaladr of Brittany
  • St. Eutychius of Pozzuoli Died: beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy. Also called Eutyches, Eutichio, Eutiche.
  • St. Gwen
  • St. Gwen of Tagarth Born: 463. Died: c.492 by pagan Saxons at Talgarth, Wales. Also called Blanche, Candida, Genuissa, Wenn, Wenna.
  • St. Gwendoline Also called Gwedolen, Gwynnin.
  • St. Isaac Jogues Born: 10 January 1607 at Orleans, France. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Patronage: Americas and Canada.
  • St. Julian the Hermit
  • St. Justus of Beauvais Born: 278 at Auxerre, France. Died: beheaded in 285 at Beauvais, France. Also called Justus of Louvre, Justus of Parisis, and Justin of....
  • St. Luke the Evangelist Born: at Antioch. Died: c.74 in Greece.
  • St. Monon of Nassogne Born: Scotland. Died: stoned to death c.645 in Nassogne, Belgium. Also called Mono, Muno, Monone.
  • St. Proculus of Pozzuoli Died: beheaded on 19 September 305 near the Solfatara volcano, Pozzuoli, Italy. Patronage: Pozzuoli, Italy. Also called Procolo.
  • St. Tryphonia of Rome Died: Rome, Italy. Also called Tryfonia.

Blessed (5)

  • Blessed Alfredo Almunia López-Teruel Born: 21 May 1859 in Mojácar, Almeria Spain. Died: 18 October 1936 in La Ballabona, Antas, Almeria Spain.
  • Blessed Burchard I of Halberstadt Born: 18 October 1000 in Nabburg, Germany. Died: 18 October 1059 in Halberstadt, Germany. Beatified: 1253 by Pope Innocent IV. Also called Burchard of Nabburg.
  • Blessed Domenico of Perpignano
  • Blessed Margherita Tornielli Born: Novara, Italy. Died: 1491 in Novara, Italy.
  • Blessed Theobald of Narbonne Born: French. Died: thrown into a fire.

Martyr groups (1)

  • Martyrs of Africa Died: c.300 in Africa.

Other (6)

  • Amabile of Rium
  • Francis of Boullonay
  • Illogan of Cornwall
  • Lupus of Soissons
  • Raso Goetghebue
  • Servatius of Lairvelz

This list combines the Vatican News “Saint of the day” pages with a long-form calendar of saints, blessed, and feasts (credited on our Resources page). Calendars differ, so a note marks each place the sources disagree. This is not the General Roman Calendar. Resources · Sources & method

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