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St. Monulphus of Tongeren-Maastricht
Died: early 7th century at Maastricht, Netherlands of natural causes, buried in the nave of the church of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, Netherlands, the bodies of Saint Monulph and Saint Gondulph were solemnly exhumed in 1039 by Bishop Nithard of Liège and Gerard of Florennes, Bishop of Cambrai; records of this incident were later mis-read […]
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St. Margaret of Antioch
Born: Antioch Died: beheaded, date unknown, relics claimed by several locations Patronage: against kidney disease, against loss of milk by nursing mothers, against sterility, dying people, for escape from devils, expectant mothers, pregnant women, falsely accused people, for safe childbirth, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, martyrs, Montefiascone, Italy, nurses, peasants, people in exile, Queens College Cambridge, Rixtel, […]
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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. María Natividad Venegas de La Torre
Born: 8 September 1868 in La Tapona, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico Died: 30 July 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico of natural causes Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II, first canonized Mexican, canonization celebrated in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy, her canonization miracle involved the healing of Anastasio Ledezma Mora whose heart stopped […]
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St. Margaret the Barefooted
Born: 1325 at Cesolo, San Severino, Italy Died: 5 August 1395 of natural causes Patronage: brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse, widows. Also known as Margaret of Cesolo, Margaret la Picena, Margherita Born poor. Married at 15 to an Italian gentleman, and abused for years by her husband for her attachment to the Church and […]
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St. Maria Francesca Rubatto
Born: 14 February 1844 at Carmagnola, Turin, Italy as Anna Maria Rubatto Died: 6 August 1904 of natural causes in Uruguay, buried at Montevideo, Uruguay Beatified: 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II, the beatification miracle involved the 8 April 1939 healing of a boy suffering from septic shock resulting from a tonsillectomy Canonized: […]
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St. Miguel de la Mora
Born: 19 June 1874 at Tecalitlán, Jalisco, Mexico Died: shot by firing squad around noon on 7 August 1927 at Cardonna, Colima, Mexico, relics in the cathedral of Colima Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also known as Michele de la Mora. Ordained in 1906. Chaplain of […]
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St. Mary MacKillop
Born: 15 January 1842 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia as Maria Ellen MacKillop Died: 8 August 1909 at Sydney, Australia following a stroke, relics transferred to a vault at the Mother of God in the Memorial Chapel, Mount Street, Sydney Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, first native-born Australian saint Patronage: Australia, Wagga Wagga, […]
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St. Maurilio of Rouen
Born: c.1000 in the diocese of Rheims, France Died: 9 August 1067 of natural causes, legend says that when they were preparing to take the body to the local church for his funeral Mass, Maurilio suddenly sat up and described what he had seen in the afterlife including places near Jerusalem with crowds of saints, […]
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St. Maximus the Confessor
Born: c.580 at Constantinople Died: 13 August 662 at Batum near the Black Sea of natural causes, strange lights reported hovering near his tomb. Also known as Maximus of Constantinople, Maximus Confessor, Maximus the Theologian, Maximus Homogoletes Born to the Byzantine nobility. Chief secretary to Emperor Heraclius, a post he resigned to become a monk […]
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