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There are thousands and thousands of saints in heaven whose names are known only to God. They do not have feast days as do the known saints. All Saints Day recognizes all thes other saints.
The Calendar of Saints is the official Church list of the names of all saints that are memorialized on each day throughout the year.
To remember the people that have died and the people that we miss and love..
Nearly all the recognized saints have a designated feast day each year. However, there are thousands and thousands of saints in Heaven whose names are known only to God who do not have a feast day. All Saints Day recognizes all the unnamed saints.
Sites which are all about Saints.
Saints Aidan of Lindisfarne, Cuthbert, Eadfrith of Lindisfarne and Eadberht of Lindisfarne are all associated with Holy Island.
St. Laurence. All names are after saints. Lauren, is Laurence.
There are, perhaps, 20,000 named saints in the Catholic Church and it would be impossible to list them all here. Check the link below for an alphabetical listing of many of these saints.
There are thousands and thousands of women saints, too many to list here and some of their names are known only to God.
The Feast of "All Saints," celebrated November 1st, includes all of the faithful who lived a "saintly" life, but because they are unknown have not been canonized. They would be included in the count of Saints. ie: Martyrs for the faith are all Saints, who knows the names or numbers of those who died for the faith in the Roman Arena?
no they don,t