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November 6: Saint Illtud, considered one of the greatest Welsh saints, was a distinguished warrior and knight who entered the monastic life.

November 7: Saint Willibrord, missionary to Frisia and Denmark, was nearly slain by pagans, risking his life for the conversion of souls.

November 8: Saint Godfrey, Bishop of Amiens, enforced his strict discipline and rigid austerity upon lax and wayward clergy under his authority.

November 1: The Solemnity of All Saints was instituted to honor all the saints, those known and the vast number of those unknown.

November 2: Ever since Old Testament times, God's people believed that those faithful who have not been cleansed from the temporal punishment due to sin enter purgatory.

November 9: John Lateran, also called the "Church of Holy Savior" or the "Church of St. John the Baptist", is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, or the Pope’s church.

November 10: Pope Saint Leo the Great defended the Church from barbarians and campaigned against heresy. His great deeds manifested the primacy of the Roman Church.

November 11: Saint Martin of Tours was a soldier in the Roman army who, after being released from military duties, became a monk, priest, and bishop.

November 14: Saint Laurence, Monk and Archbishop of Dublin, had over thirty poor people dine with him every night as an act of charity.