All Souls’ Day The custom of remembering the faithful departed goes back to the early days of the church, when

All Saints’ Day All Saints Day is the day on which Catholics celebrate all the saints, known and unknown. All

Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg He was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a

St Marcellus (d. 300) A centurion from Tingis (Morocco), he not only refused to worship Roman gods but also threw

St Colman MacDuagh (632) He was the son of an Irish chieftain. He was educated at Saint Enda’s monastery in

St Jude, Apostle Jude, also called Thaddaeus, is the apostle who at the Last Supper asked the Lord why he

St Otteran He was abbot of Meath and later came to Iona. He died in 548 and his grave on

St Chad (672) He became abbot of Lastingham and was chosen to be bishop of Northumbria, but St Wilfrid contested

Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria They are Roman martyrs, buried on the Via Salaria Nova. The feast of these saints stands

Saint Antony Mary Claret (1807 – 1870) He was born in 1807 and ordained priest in 1835. His uncompromising preaching

St John of Capistrano (1386 – 1456) He was born in Capistrano in the Abruzzi in 1386. He joined the