Saint of the Day for October 10
Saint of the Day
Paulinus of York
Bishop of Rochester; Archbishop of York; Saint
Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus's activities in the following two decades.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Yaropolk IzyaslavichPrince of Turov and Volhynia (r. 1078-1086/1087)
- Viktor of XantenGermanic saint
- Paul AurelianWelsh bishop of Léon, Brittany
- GereonSoldier and martyr
- Zenas the Lawyerone of the Seventy Disciples
- Saint Ghislain7th-century Belgian anchorite
- John TwengeEnglish saint
Bible Verse of the Day
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
On October 10 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.