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St. Adelard of Corbie
Born: c.752 Died: 2 January 827 at Corbie Abbey, Picardy, France following a brief illness. ,elics translated in 1026 Canonized: 1026 by Pope John XIX Patronage: against fever, against typhoid, gardeners Also known as Adalard, Adalhard, Adelhard, Adalardus, Adelardus, Alard, Alardus, Adalardo Profile Grandson of Charles Martel; nephew of King Pepin the Short; first cousin […]
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Bl. Airaldus of Maurienne
Died: 1160 at Maurienne, France of natural causes Beatified: 8 January 1863 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed) Also known as Airaldo di Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Ayraldus of Maurienne Son of William II, Count of Burgundy. Carthusian monk at Portes, diocese of Belley, France. Prior of his house. Bishop of Maurienne in the Savoy from 1132 to […]
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Bl. Andrés Gómez Sáez
Born: 7 May 1894 in Bicorp, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on 1 January 1937 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI Member of the Salesians, taking his vows at Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, Spain on 28 July 1914. Ordained in Orense, Spain on 9 September 1925. Parish priest in Baracaldo, in […]
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Bl. Alan de Solminihac
Born: 25 November 1593 in the family castle at Belet, Dordogne, France Died: 31 December 1659 at Mercues, Lot, France of natural causes Beatified: 4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II Also known as Alain, Alamus, Alanus Additional Memorial 3 January (Augustinians) Born to a noble, pious and patriotic family, Alan wanted to join […]
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St. Apollonia of Alexandria
Died: burned to death c.249 at Alexandria, Egypt Patronage: against tooth disease, against toothache, dental technicians, dentists, 3 cities Also known as Apolline of Alexandria Consecrated virgin. Deaconess. During an anti-Christian uprising in Alexandria, Egypt caused by a pagan prophecy, the mob seized Apollonia as a leader among the local Christians. After her teeth were […]
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Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich
Born: 8 September 1774 at Flamsche, diocese of Münster, Westphalia, Germany Died: 9 February 1824 at Dülmen, Germany, due to rumours that her body had been stolen, her grave was opened six weeks after her death, the body was found incorrupt, relics translated to Holy Cross Church, Dülmen, Germany on 15 February 1975 Beatified: 3 […]
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Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Born: 1st October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia Died: 7th June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 6th May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virginity to […]
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Bl. Anne Marie Taigi
Born: 29 May 1769, Siena, Italy Died: 9 June 1837, Rome, Italy Patronage: Housewives; Mothers; Victims of verbal abuse; Victims of spousal abuse; Families; Trinitarian tertiaries Beatified: 30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV Daughter Luigi Giannetti and Maria Masi. Her father was a pharmacist in Siena, Italy, but his business went bankrupt when Anna […]
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St. Aleydis of Schaerbeek
Born: 12th century at Schaerbeck, Belgium Died: sunrise Saturday 11 June 1250 of natural causes Canonized: on 1 July 1702 Pope Clement XI granted the monks of the Fuliensi Congregation of Saint Bernard permission to celebrate her feast, cultus extended to the entire Cistercian Order in 1870, cultus extended to all of Belgium in 1907 […]
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Bl. Anna Michelotti
Born: 29 August 1843 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, kingdom of Sardinia (part of modern France) Died: 1 February 1888 in Turin, Italy of natural causes, relics enshrined at the Little Servants mother house in Valsalice, Turin Beatified: 1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI Feast day: 1 February Anna was born in High Savoy (then territory […]
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