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10 October - Born in Greece at the beginning of the 7th century, Ghislain comes from a Gallic or Belgian family. After studying literature in Athens, he joins the order which applies the rules of Saint Basil and is ordained a priest. He would have been the archbishop of Athens.
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09 October - Denis was a bishop who lived in the third century. He was born in Italy and ordained priest and bishop and was sent by the Pope to preach the Gospel in Gaul, together with five other bishops.
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08 October - Born into a family from Antioch around 430, Pélagée nicknamed Marguerite; either because of her great beauty or because she was always covered in pearls; joined a troupe of actresses in Antioch.
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07 October - Our Lady of the Rosary is one of the many denominations of the Virgin Mary, given since she presented herself under this name to Saint Dominic in the 13th century at Prouilhe. The Dominican Order was an ardent propagator of the Rosary.
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06 October - Bruno is believed to have been born in Cologne, Germany, to a high-ranking family of unknown name, probably 1030 and 1035. He would have been first canon perhaps in the collegiate church of Saint-Cunibert in his home town, which he left young enough to continue his studies in Reims.
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05 October - Helena Kowalska was born in 1905 in the village of Głogowiec near Łódź, she is the third of ten children from a poor farming family. Helena first felt a call to religious life at the age of 7 (1912).
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04 October - Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone in Assisi in 1181, was the son of a rich merchant family in Umbria. At his birth, while his father was in France, his mother had him baptized under the name Giovanni (John). On returning from his trip, his father gave him the name Francesco (Francis).
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03 October - Saint Gerard was born around 890 in Stave, a small village in the canton of Florennes. Through his father Sancius, Gerard was related to the family of the Duke of Austrasia, and through his mother, he was the nephew of Etienne, Bishop of Liège. Among other estates, Gerard's parents owned the land of Brogne.
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02 October - A guardian angel is a form of guardian spirit in the tradition of Catholicism but its existence is not part of the articles of faith. It is an angel assigned to protect the salvation of one or more individuals.
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11 October - Marie-Françoise Thérèse Martin, also known as Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus or little Thérèse was born in Alençon on 2 January 1873. Thérèse's father, Louis Martin, was a watchmaker. Her mother, Zélie-Marie Guérin is a lace-maker.
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30th September - Jerome is born in Stridon, on the border between Pannonia and Dalmatia (in present-day Slovenia or Croatia), in the middle of the 4th century. His parents are Christians and from a well-to-do background, they own an estate. In accordance with the customs of the time, he was not baptised but was registered as a catechumen. He left for Rome at the age of twelve to continue his studies.
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September 29 - Archangels are a category of angels. They are one of the nine choirs of angels. In the hierarchy of angels, archangels form the second level, just above the angels themselves. There are several archangels, but the three most familiar to us are Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
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