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St. Maximilian of Celeia
Born: in Celeia (modern Celje, Slovenia) Died: beheaded on 12 October 284, buried outside Celeia (modern Celje, Slovenia), by the 8th century his relics had been moved to Salzburg, Austria and a chapel built over the grave, on 9 September 878 his relics were known to be in Altötting, Germany. c.980 Bishop Pilgrim of Passau […]
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St. Magdalena of Nagasaki
Born: c.1610 in Nagasaki, Japan Died: 15 October 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan Venerated: in Catholic ChurchBeatified: February 18, 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II Patronage: Secular Augustinian Recollects Major shrine: Binondo Church in Binondo, Manila, PhilippinesFeast: October 20 Magdalene of Nagasaki was a Japanese Christian […]
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Bl. Maria del Carmen of the Child Jesus
Born: 30 June 1834 in Antequera, Málaga, Spain as María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto Died: 9 November 1899 in Antequera, Málaga, Spain of typhus, buried at Our Lady of Victory church at the mother house of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Antequera Beatified: 6 May 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI, beatification recognition […]
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Bl. Maria Crucified Satellico
Born: 31 December 1706 at Venice, Italy as Elisabetta Maria Satellico Died: 8 November 1745 of natural causes, buried at the Church of Saint Lucy in Ostra Vetere, Italy Beatified: 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: November 8 Daughter of Piero Satellico and Lucia Mander, she grew up in the home […]
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Bl. Margaret of Lorraine
Born: 1463 Castle of Vaudémont, Lorraine, France Died: 2 November 1521 (aged 58) Argentan, Normandy Venerated: in Roman Catholic churchBeatified: 10 March 1921, Rome by Pope Benedict XV Feast day: November 2 Youngest daughter of Duke Frederick of Lorraine (in modern France and Jolanta Anjou; niece of Margaret of Anjou. Married René, Duke of Alençon, […]
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St. Michael the Archangel
Feastday: September 29 Patron: of grocers, soldiers, doctors, mariners, paratroopers, police, and sickness MI-CA-EL, or Who is like unto God? was the cry of the great Archangel when he smote the rebel Lucifer in the conflict of the heavenly hosts. From that hour he has been known as Michael, Captain of the armies of God, […]
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St. Marie Victoire Therese Couderc
Born: 1 February 1805 at Mas de Sablières, Ardèche, France as Marie Victoire Couderc Died: 26 September 1885 at Lyon, Rhône, France of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 4 November 1951, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XIICanonized: 10 May 1970, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI […]
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St. Maurice and the Theban Legion
The Roman legion of Christians, called the Theban Legion, under the presidency of their General, Maurice, numbered more than six thousand men. They marched from the East into Gaul, which was in revolt. They were camped near the Lake of Geneva, when they received orders to join with the others in a solemn sacrifice to […]
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St. Methodius I
Born: 8th century at Syracuse, Sicily Died: 847 of natural causes Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Feast: June 14 Educated in Syracuse, Sicily. While in Constantinople to seek a position at court, he felt the call to enter the religious life. Built a monastery and started a monastic community on the island of Chinos. Soon […]
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Bl. Marianna Biernacka
Born: 1888 in Lipsk, Podlaskie, Poland as Marianna Czokala Died: shot by firing squad on 13 June 1943 in Naumovichi (a.k.a. Naumowicze), Hrodzyenskaya voblasts’, Belarus Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II Feast Day: 13 June Lifelong lay woman in the diocese of Lomza, Poland. She had little education; she may have been […]
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