Saint of the Day

October 9

Denis and Companions

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: Paris, France, headache sufferers, against demonic possession

First Bishop of Paris martyred under Roman persecution, patron of France and headache sufferers.

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: France, Paris, headache sufferers, epileptics, possessed persons, hat makers, rabies victims

Early bishop of Paris and martyr whose cult shaped French Christian identity.

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: General intercession

English cardinal whose conversion and theological work reconciled faith with intellectual inquiry.

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: Medical workers, public health officials, Ursuline nuns

Italian priest and reformer who founded a congregation dedicated to priestly formation and education.

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: Colombia, missionaries, missionary work, poor, imprisoned persons

Spanish Dominican missionary whose evangelical work converted thousands in the Americas.