October is a month rich in saintly commemorations, with feast days for the likes of Saint Therese of Lisieux, Saint Francis of Assisi and Pope Saint John Paul II, among others.Check out our list of some of the saints whose lives and examples of holiness are remembered with devotion over the coming four weeks:
1st: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
2nd: Guardian Angels
3rd: St Thomas Cantelupe
4th: St Francis of Assisi (pictured)
5th: St Maria Faustina Kowalska
6th: St Bruno
7th: St Osith
8th: St Keyne
9th: St Louis Bertrand
10th: St Francis Borgia
11th: St Maria Soledad Torres Acosta
12th: Our Lady of the Pillar
13th: St Edward the Confessor
14th: St Callistus I
15th: St Teresa of Avila (pictured)
16th: St Gerard Majella
17th: St Ignatius of Antioch
18th: St Luke, evangelist
19th: The Martyrs of North America
20th: St Bertilla Boscardin
21st: St Hilarion
22nd: St John Paul II (pictured)
23rd: St John of Capistrano
24th: St Anthony Claret
25th: St Gaudentius
26th: St Cedd
27th: St Frumentius
28th: SS Simon and Jude, apostles
29th: St Theuderius
30th: St Wolfgang
Visit www.catholic.org/saints/