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Monday, October 07, 2024

Memorial of Saints (October 6)

Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints

  • Bruno, priest
  • Faith, virgin and martyr;
  • Nicetas of Constantinople;
  • Mary Frances of Naples, virgin

Bruno (died 1101 A.D.): at la Grande Chartreuse (or Charter House) near Grenoble; sought "to seek God assiduously, to find God promptly, and to possess God fully"; founded (1084 A.D.) the Carthusians, whose motto is "while the world changes, the cross stands firm."

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