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The Third Day of October

Note: this 1955 martyrology follows the liturgical calendar then in effect - billw

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, special patron of all missions, whose birthday is September 30. A duplex feast.

At Rome, at the place called Ursus Pileatus, St. Candidus, martyr.

Among the ancient Saxons, two brothers both named Ewald, priests and martyrs. When these priests began to preach Christ to the pagans, they were seized and killed. Nightly over their bodies shone a bright light, visible for a long time, which revealed where they were and how great was their merit.

On the same day, the holy martyrs Dionysius, Faustus, Caius, Peter, Paul, and four others. They first underwent great sufferings in the reign of Decius; later, under Valerian, they were subjected to prolonged torture at the hands of the governor Emilian, and thus merited the palm of martyrdom.

In Africa, St. Maximian, Bishop of Bagaia. Again and again, he suffered the most merciless tortures at the hands of the Donatists, and was finally hurled from a high tower and left for dead. But afterward he was found (to be still alive) by persons who were passing by and recovered through their pious care. He did not stop defending the Catholic Church until, renowned for the glory of his testimony for the faith, he died a peaceful death in the Lord.

At Leon in Spain, St. Froilan, Bishop of that city. He was famed for his zeal in propagating the monastic life, generosity to the poor, and other virtues, as well as for his miracles.

In the diocese of Namur among the Belgians, St. Gerard, abbot.

In Palestine, St. Hesychius, confessor, who was a disciple of St. Hilarion and the companion of his journeys.

V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.

R. Thanks be to God.

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