Saints of October 17

The Exhortation to the Apostles — James Tissot, The Exhortation to the Apostles (1886–1894) · Brooklyn Museum, New York · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

Memorial
Red
Year II
Psalter week 4

Gospel · Lk 12:8-12

Whoever confesses Jesus before men will be confessed before the angels of God

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For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.

Lk 12:12 · Gospel of the day

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

The chained bishop who first called the Church "Catholic"

Saint Paul of Tamma
Saint Hosea the Prophet
Saint Heron of Antioch
Saint Nothhelm of Canterbury
Saint Anstrude of Laon
Saint Richard Gwyn
Saints Æthelred and Æthelberht

All the saints of October