Saints celebrated on October 12
October 12 Celebration of Saints
Our Lady of Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar)
Our Lady of the Pillar is an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary who appeared in 40 AD before the Apostle Saint James the Greater in an area that is now Spain.
Our Lady of Zapopan
Our Lady of Zapopan is the patron saint of the Mexican city of Guadalajara and the state of Jalisco.
Saint Wilfrid
Saint Wilfrid was an English bishop born into nobility (circa 633) in Northumbria, England. He began his religious life while in his teens and in his late 20’s became the Abbot of Ripon.
During his life he was also the Bishop of Northumbria and a bishop for the King of Mercia.
Wilfrid lived his final years at the Northumbrian monasteries at Ripon and Hexham. Saint Wilfrid died in Oundle, England in 709 or 710.
Other Saints
Other saints for this day include:
Saint Amicus, Blessed Camillus Constanzi, Saint Cosmas of Maiuma, Saint Domnina of Anazarbus, Saint Edistius, Saint Edwin of Northumbria, Saint Eustace, Saint Evagrius, Saints Felix and Cyprian, Saint Fiace, Saint Heribert of Cologne, Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce, Saint Maximilian of Lorch, Saint Monas, Saint Pantalus, Saint Salvinus and Saint Seraphinus.
