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St. Marcellinus and St. Peter
Died: 304 AD Rome Venerated: in Catholic Church Major: shrine Church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro, Rome; Seligenstadt, Germany; relics also claimed by cathedral of Cremona Feast: 2 June Marcellinus and Peter were prominent enough in the memory of the Church to be included among the saints of the Roman Canon. Mention of their names […]
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St. Maximinus of Trier
Born: at Silly near Poitiers, France Died: 12 September 349 or 29 May 352 (records vary), in autumn 353, he was buried in the church of Saint John near Trier, in the 7th century the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maximinus was founded there, which flourished till 1802 Patronage: Trier, Germany Born to the Gallic nobility. […]
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St. Mary Ann de Paredes
Born: 31 October 1618 at Quito, Ecuador Died: 26 May 1645 at Quito, Ecuador Canonized: 9 July 1950 by Pope Pius XII Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness; sick people, against the loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, Americas Daughter of Don Girolamo Flores Zenel de Paredes, a nobleman of Toledo, and Doña […]
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St. Maria Magdalen Dei Pazzi
Born: Caterina de’ Pazzi April 2, 1566 Florence, Duchy of Florence Died: May 25, 1607 (aged 41) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 1626, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: April 28, 1669, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement X Major shrine: Monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi, […]
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St. Michael Garicoïts
Born: 15 April 1797 Ibarre, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, French First Republic Died: 14 May 1863 (aged 66) Bétharram, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Second French Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 10 May 1923, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 6 July 1947, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Feast: 14 May […]
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St. Maria Mazzarello
Born: May 9, 1837 Mornese, Alessandria, Italy Died: May 14, 1881 in Nizza Monferrato, Asti Italy of natural causes Beatified: November 20, 1938, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Canonized: June 24, 1951, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin, […]
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St. Matthias
Died: c. AD 80 Jerusalem, Judaea or in Colchis (modern-day Georgia) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: 14 May (Roman Catholic Church, some places in Anglican Communion) 9 August (Eastern Orthodox Church) 24 February (in leap years 25 February) (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, […]
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St. Matthêô Lê Van Gam
Born: c.1813 in Gò Công, Biên Hòa, Vietnam Died: beheaded on 11 May 1847 in Cho Ðui, Dong Nai, Vietnam; it took three blows to kill him Venerated: 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II […]
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Bl. Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martinez
Born: 11 August 1903 in Caracas, Venezuela Died: 9 May 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela of influenza Venerated: 5 July 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues) Beatified: 16 June 2018 by Pope Francis the beatification miracle involved the healing of Trinette Durán de Branger on 18 July 2003 beatification recognition celebrated in Caracas, Venezuela, […]
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St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa
Born: 1 March 1774 Verona, Republic of Venice Died: 10 April 1835 (aged 61) Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 7 December 1941, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 2 October 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 10 April […]
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