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Bl.Augustine Thevarparambil
Born: 1.04.1891 Baptized: 08.04.1891 Received Cassock: 16.07.1915 Ordained Priest: 17.12.1921 Beginning of Ministry among Dalits: Sept. 1926 Died: 16.10.1973 Declared Servant of God: 11.08.1987 Tomb Opened: 10.03.1990 Venerable: 22.06.2004 Miracle Approved by H. H Pope Benedict XVI: 30.04.2006 Blessed: 30.04.2006 Birth and Family of Kunjachan Thevarparampil Fr. Augustine, the Servant of God, whose parents were […]
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St.Richard Gwyn
Born: 1537 Montgomeryshire, Wales Died: 15 October 1584 (aged 47) Wrexham, Wales Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI Feast: 17 October Saint Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh school teacher. He was martyred by being […]
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St.John the Dwarf
Born: 339 Thebes, Egypt Died: 405 Mount Colzim, Egypt Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches Feast: October 17 = Paopi 20, November 9 (Eastern Orthodox Church) Saint John, surnamed Kolobos, that is “the Little” or the “the Dwarf’’, was among the most eminent saints that inhabited the desert of Skete. […]
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St.Ignatius of Antioch
Born: 15 May 35 A.D. Province of Syria, Roman Empire Died: 6 July 108 (aged 73) Rome, Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Assyrian Church of the East Ancient Church of the East Anglican Communion Lutheranism Canonized: pre-congregation by John The Apostle (said in later writings.) Major shrine: Basilica […]
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St.Hedwig of Silesia
Born: 1174 Andechs, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire Died: 15 October 1243 (aged 68–69) Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Poland Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV Major shrine: Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin Feast: 16 October (17 October until 1969; moved to 20 October in Canada) Patronage: of […]
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Born: 22 July 1647 L’Hautecour, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France Died: 17 October 1690 (aged 43) Paray-le-Monial, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 September 1864, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Pius IX Canonized: 13 May 1920, Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XV Major shrine: Monastery of the […]
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St.Abraham of Rostov
Born: unknown (10th century) Galich, Russia Died: around 1045 to 1074 Rostov, Russia Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Canonized: 1547-1549 Feast: October 29 (November 11 in Gregorian calendar) Saint Abraham of Rostov, Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in Chuhloma which is in Kostroma region and near the railway node Galich in tenth […]
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St.Achilleus and St.Nereus
The old Roman lists of the 5th century, which passed over into the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, contain the names of the two martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, whose grave was in the Catacomb of Domitilla on the Via Ardeatina. The notice in the more- complete version given by the Berne Codex reads: IIII id. Maii, Romae in […]
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