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Bl. Marcolinus Amanni
Born: 1317 in Forli, Emilia, Italy Died: in February 1397 in Forli, Emilia, Italy of natural causes, buried in the cathedral in Forli Beatified: 9 May 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmation) Also known as Marcolinus of Forli, Marcolino Amannai da Forli, Mark the Mute, Marcolino Joined the Dominicans in Forli, Emilia, Italy when […]
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Bl. Marian Konopinski Poznan
Born: 10 September 1907 in Kluczewo, Wielkopolskie, Poland Died: 1 January 1943 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II Additional Memorial 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II Priest and vicar-general of the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. Chaplain of the […]
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St. Melania the Younger
Born: c.383 Died: late December 439 at Jerusalem of natural causes Patronage: against the death of children, exiles Wealthy Roman patrician noble; granddaughter of Saint Melania the Elder. Married against her will to Valerius Pinianus (Saint Pinian) at age 13. After the death of their two children, both of whom died young, and to escape […]
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St. Marius Aventicus
Born: c.530 in the diocese of Autun, Burgundy (in modern France) Died: 31 December 594 at Lausanne, Switzerland of natural causes, buried in the church of St-Thyrse in Lausanne Canonized: 1605 (cultus confirmation) Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and chronicler, born about 530 in the present Diocese of Autun; died at Lausanne, 31 December, 594. Of […]
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St. Maro
Born: 350 in Syria Died: 433 of natural causes • buried between Apamea and Emesa, where a monastery grew up around his tomb Patronage: Maronite Christians, Saint Maron of Brooklyn for the Maronites, eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Québec, diocese of Volperino, Italy Also known as Maro of Beit-Marun, Maron, Marone, Maroun Hermit who lived […]
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St. Miguel Febres Cordero Muñoz
Born: 7 November 1854 at Cuenca, Ecuador Died: 9 February 1910 of pneumonia at Premia del Mar, Spain, and buried there, grave disturbed during the Spanish Civil War, and his body found incorrupt, re-interred in Quito, Ecuador, his tomb has become a pilgrimage site Canonized: 21 October 1984 by Pope John Paul II Also known […]
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Bl. Maria Cristina di Savoia
Born: 14 November 1812 in Cagliari, Italy as Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa Died: 31 January 1836 in Naples, Italy of complications from childbirth Beatified: 25 January 2014 by Pope Francis, recognition celebrated at the Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo AmatoVenerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 25 January 2014, Naples, […]
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Bl. Maximin Giraud
Feast Day: September 20 The Prophetess and Mother of the Latter Times, sent from Heaven, chose for one of Her auditors a young boy eleven years old, Blessed Maximin Giraud, who was a child like all the rest until he saw and heard the Lady in the circle of light. Later he himself wrote a […]
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St. Matthew the Apostle
Patronage: accountants; bookkeepers, bankers, customs officers, financial officers; money managers, guards; security forces; security guards, stock brokers, tax collectors, diocese of Trier, Germany, archdiocese of Washington, DC, 5 cities Feast day: September 21 One day, as Our Lord was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw, seated in his customs bureau, Levi the publican, […]
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St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
Born: 25 March 1715 at Naples, Italy Died: 6 October 1791 at Naples, Italy of natural causes• buried in the church of the Alcantarines, Saint Lucia del Monte, Naples, Italy near the tomb of Saint John Joseph of the Cross Canonized: 29 June 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX Feast day: October 6 Saint John Joseph […]
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