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Bl. Angelo Carletti
Born: 1411 Chivasso in Piedmont Died: 1495 Coni in Piedmont Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: April 14, 1753 by Benedict XIV Major shrine: Chivasso and Coni (mod. Cuneo) Feast: April 12 Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso was a noted moral theologian of the Order of Friars Minor; born at Chivasso in Piedmont, in 1411; […]
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St. Felix and St. Adauctus
Died: beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy, buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome,relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria St. Felix and St. Adauctus (d. 303) were legendary Christian martyrs who were said to have suffered during the Great Persecution during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The Acts, first published in Ado’s Martyrology, relate […]
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Bl. Antonio Franco
Born: 26 Sep 1585 in Naples, Italy Died: 2 Sep 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy Beatified: 2 September 2013 by Pope Francis, beatification recognition celebrated in the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato Born to the nobility; his family were French expatriates. […]
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St. Aidan of Lindesfarne
Born: Around 590 Ireland Died: 31 August 651 Parish Churchyard, Bamburgh, Northumberland Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism Major shrine: originally Lindisfarne Abbey, Northumberland; later disputed between Iona Abbey & Glastonbury Abbey (all destroyed). Feast: 31 August (Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion), 9 June (Lutheran Church) Patronage: Northumbria; Firefighters Aidan […]
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Born: 9 March 1568 Castiglione delle Stiviere, Duchy of Mantua, Holy Roman Empire Died: 21 June 1591 (aged 23) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 19 October 1605, Rome, Papal States by Pope Paul V Canonized: 31 December 1726, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII Major shrine: Church of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, Italy […]
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St. Anthony Mary Gianelli
Born: 12 April 1789 Cereta, Mantua, Duchy of Milan Died: 7 June 1846 (aged 57) Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Duchy of Parma Feast day: 7th June Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 April 1925 Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 21 October 1951 Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius […]
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St. Angela Merici
Born: 21 March 1474 Desenzano del Garda, Province of Brescia, Republic of Venice Died: 27 January 1540 (aged 65) Brescia, Republic of Venice Beatified: 30 April 1768, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 24 May 1807, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius VII Major shrine: Sanctuary of St. Angela Merici, Brescia, Italy Feast: […]
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St. Alberic of Citeaux
Died: 26 January 1109 Abbey of Cîteaux, Duchy of Burgundy Venerated: in Roman Catholicism Cistercian Order Feast: 26 January Alberic of Cîteaux, O.Cist. (died January 26, 1109), sometimes known as Aubrey of Cîteaux, was a French monk and abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order. He is now honored as a saint. Life […]
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Bl. Antonio Migliorati
Born: 17 January 1355 in Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes Died: 25 January 1450 in the Saint Augustine monastery Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes, buried in the monastery graveyard with his brother Augustinians, enshrined in a wooden ark in the monastery church in 1453, re-enshrined in a wooden sarcophagus in 1641, […]
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St. Agnes of Rome
Born: c. 291 Rome,Italy Died: c. 304 Rome, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism Canonized: Pre-congregation Major shrine: Church of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura and the Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, both in Rome Feast: 21 January; before Pope John XXIII revised the calendar, there […]
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