Saint of the Day
October 1
Romanos the Melodist
Feast Day: October 1
Patron of: poets, musicians, hymnographers
Byzantine hymnographer whose thousand kontakia revolutionized Christian liturgical music.
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Thérèse of Lisieux
Feast Day: October 1
Patron of: Missionaries, spiritual childhood, France, florists, tuberculosis sufferers
French nun whose 'little way' made holiness accessible to all.
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