Feast Day: October 10
Born: October 28, 1510, Valencia, Spain
Died: September 30, 1572, Rome, Italy
Canonized: 1671 by Clement X
Major Shrine: relics translated to the Jesuit church in Madrid, Spain in 1901
Patron of: against earthquakes; Portugal; Rota, Marianas
Wednesday, October 10
Liturgical Color: Green
Today the Church remembers St. Daniel,
priest, and companions, martyrs. While on
a mission to Morocco these Franciscan
Friars were beheaded in 1221 for their
refusal to convert to Islam. (Franciscan
Calendar)