Saints
St. Alphonsa of India
Born: 19 August 1910 at Kudamalloor, Kerala, India Died: 28 July 1946 at Bharananganam, India, of natural causes, buried in the chapel connected with the cemetery of Saint Mary’s church, Bharananganam, India, which has become an important place of pilgrimage Canonized Sunday 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI Name Meaning noble ready; battle ready […]
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St. Genesius of Brescello
Born: latter 4th century Died: early 5th century in Brescello, Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, relics re-discovered in the walls of an old church during construction of a castle on the land in 968, a church and monastery in his honour was built on the land, and the relics enshrined in the main altar […]
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St. Genesius of Rome
Born: latter 4th century Died: beheaded c.303 at Rome, Italy Patronage: actors, against epilepsy, epileptics, attorneys, barristers, lawyers, clowns, comedians, comediennes, comics, converts, dancers, musicians, printers, stenographers, torture victims. Also known as Gelasinus, Gelasius Genesius was an actor who worked in a series of plays that mocked Christianity. One day while performing in a work […]
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St. George Limniotes
Born: c.635 Died: mutilated and burned to death c.730 Hermit at Mount Olympus, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Martyred at age 95 under Leo the Isaurian for opposing the iconoclasts.
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St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Born: Galilee Died: flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia, relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, Italy, and in the cathedral in Canterbury, England Patronage: against nervous diseases, against neurological diseases, against twitching, bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Florentine cheese merchants, Florentine salt merchants, leather workers, plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers, whiteners, Armenia, 16 cities in various countries. Also known […]
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St. Emily de Vialar
Born: 12 September 1797 at Gaillace, Albi, southern France as Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar Died: 24 August 1856 at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes Canonized: 24 June 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Also known as Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar, Emilie de Vialar, Emilie de Vialard. Born to an aristocratic family, […]
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Pope Blessed Urban II
Born: c.1042 in Lagery, France as Odo (or Otho or Eudes) of Lagery Papal Ascension: March 1088 Died: 29 July 1099 in Rome, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also known as Odo, Otho, Eudes Studied at Rheims, France. Monk and prior at Cluny. Assistant to Pope Saint Gregory […]
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St. Olaf II
Born: 995 Died: killed in battle at Stiklestadt on 29 July 1030 while trying to recover his throne, buried at the Trondheim Cathedral, miracles reported at his tomb, and it became a noted place of pilgrimage for Scandanavians Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III Patronage: carvers, difficult marriages, kings, Norway. Also known as Heilag-Olav, Holy […]
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St. Martha of Bethany
Died: c.80 of natural causes Patronage: butlers, Congregation of Martha and Mary (founded in 1979), cooks (proclaimed on 1 July 1963 by Pope Paul VI), dieticians, domestic servants, homemakers, hotel-keepers, housemaids, housewives, innkeepers (proclaimed on 1 July 1963 by Pope Paul VI), laundry workers, maids, manservants, servants, servers, single laywomen, travellers, Villajoyosa, Spain (chosen after […]
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St. Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Born: 12 May 1866 at Herceg Novi, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Croatia as Adeodato Died: 30 July 1942 at the Friary in Padua, Italy of oesophageal cancer Canonized: 16 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also known as Adeodato Bogdan Mandic, Apostle of the Confession, Apostle of Unity, Bogdan Ivan Mandic, Brother Leopold, Leopoldo of Castelnuovo Saint […]
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