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Information:
St. Wolfgang
Feast Day: October 31
Born: 924 in Swabia
Died: 31 October 994 at Pupping, Linz (modern Austria)
Canonized: 1052 by Pope Leo IX
Patron of: apoplexy; carpenters and wood carvers; paralysis; stomach diseases; strokes



26 posted on 10/31/2012 12:41:47 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Wednesday, October 31

Liturgical Color: Green


Today is the vigil of All Saints' Day. We use this day to prayerfully prepare for tomorrow, a day in which all the saints in heaven, known and unknown, are honored. The vigil of All Saints' Day was first observed in the 9th century.


27 posted on 10/31/2012 1:27:19 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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