Image: Giovanni Lanfranco, St Andrea Avellino, 1624. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. (source)
This site follows the traditional Roman calendar of 1962, as found in the 1962 Roman Missal used at the Traditional Latin Mass. Some feast days fall on different dates than in the General Roman Calendar of 1969, revised after the Second Vatican Council.
Introibo ad altare Dei.
Psalm 42:4
I will go in to the altar of God.
About Today
On November 10 the 1962 calendar keeps St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor, with a commemoration of the holy martyrs Tryphon, Respicius and Nympha.
His Life
Andrew was a priest of the Theatine order who labored for the reform of clergy and people in Naples, and he was known for his penance and devotion at the altar of God.
On November 10, 1608, as he began Holy Mass with the words “Introibo ad altare Dei,” he was struck down by a stroke at the foot of the altar. He died shortly after, and the faithful have since invoked him for a happy death and against sudden death.
A Lesson for Today
Andrew went to his death at the very place he most loved, the altar. His end reminds us to live each day prepared to meet the Lord.
Sancte Andrea, ora pro nobis.
St. Andrew, pray for us.