Saints of 9 October

Ss. Denis, Rusticus and Eleutherius (Paris)

At Paris, the birthday of the holy martyrs Denis the Areopagite, bishop, Rusticus, priest, and Eleutherius, deacon. Denis was baptized by the apostle St. Paul, and consecrated first bishop of Athens. Then going to Rome, he was sent to Gaul by the blessed Roman Pontiff Clement, to preach the Gospel. He proceeded to Paris, and after having for some years faithfully filled the office entrusted to him, he was subjected to the severest kinds of torments by the prefect Fescenninus, and at length, being beheaded with his companions, completed his martyrdom.

The holy patriarch Abraham

The same day, the commemoration of the holy patriarch Abraham, father of all believers.

St Domninus, martyr (Julia)

At Julia (now Borgo-San-Donnino), near Parma, on the Claudian road, St. Domninus, martyr, under the emperor Maximian. As he was trying to escape the raging persecution, he was overtaken by his pursuers, and being transpierced with a sword, died gloriously.

St Deusdedit of Cassino

At Cassino, St. Deusdedit, abbot, who was cast into prison by the tyrant Sicardus, and being there consumed with hunger and misery, yielded up his soul.

St Gislenus of Hainaut

In Hainaut, St. Gislenus, bishop and confessor, who, resigning his See, led the monastical life in a monastery built by himself, and was distinguished by many virtues.

St Louis (Valencia)

At Valencia, in Spain, St. Louis Bertrand, of the Order of Preachers, who, being filled with the apostolic spirit, confirmed, by the innocence of his life and the working of many miracles, the Gospel which he had preached in America.

Ss. Andronicus, and Athanasia

At Jerusalem, the Saints Andronicus, and Athanasia, his wife.

St Publia of Antioch

At Antioch, St. Publia, abbess, who, whilst Julian the Apostate was passing by, sang with her religious these words of David: The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold; and: Let them that make them, become like unto them. By the command of the emperor, she was struck on the face and severely rebuked.

St John Henry Newman

At Birmingham, St John Henry Newman, cardinal, who followed the kindly light of truth into the Catholic Church; Doctor of the Church. Canonised 2019.