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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Born: 1491 at Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Spain as Inigo Lopez de Loyola Died: 31 July 1556 at Rome, Italy of fever Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Patronage: soldiers, Jesuit Order, Jesuits, Society of Jesus, retreats (proclaimed on 25 July 1922 by Pope Pius XI), Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI), Basque country, diocese […]
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St. Imbenia
Died: c.300 on Sarda (modern Shurdhah Island, Albania), interred in the church of San Lussorio, relics re-discovered in 1628, and moved to the Basilica Insigne Collegiate Church of Santa Maria della Neve in Cuglieri, Italy. Patronage Cuglieri, Italy Additional Memorials 29 April (procession of her statue in Cuglieri, Italy), 30 April (translation of relics) Pious […]
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St. Ignatius of Constantinople
Born: c.799 in Constantinople as Nicetas Died: 23 October 877 of natural causes, relics in the church of Saint Michael, Constantinople Feast day: October 23 Son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I. Imprisoned for political reasons in a monastery in 813 by Leo the Armenian; there he learned about and entered the religious life, taking the […]
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St. Ignatius of Santhia
Born: 5 June 1686 Santhià, Vercelli, Duchy of Milan Died: 22 September 1770 (aged 84) Turin, Duchy of Milan Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 17 April 1966, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 19 May 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 22 September Patronage: […]
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St. Ivo of Kermartin
Born: 17 October 1253 Kermartin, Duchy of Brittany Died: 19 May 1303 (aged 49) Louannec, Duchy of Brittany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: June 1347 by Pope Clement VI Major shrine: Tréguier, Cotes d’Armor, France Feast: 19 May Patronage: abandoned people, advocates, attorneys, barristers, lawyers, bailiffs, Brittany, canon lawyers, canonists, judges, jurists, notaries, orphans […]
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Bl. Ivan Ziatyk
Born: 26 December 1899 at Odrekhiv, in present day Poland Died: Easter Sunday, 17 May 1952 from injuries received in a beating three days earlier at Ozerlah, Irkhutsk, Russia, buried at Ozerlah Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine Greek Catholic. Graduated high school in 1919, and obtained a degree in […]
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St. Isidore, the Farmer
Born: c.1070 at Madrid, Castille (part of modern Spain) Died: 15 May 1130 at Madrid, Spain of natural causes, buried at the Church of San Isidro in Madrid Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Patronage: against the death of children, agricultural workers, farm workers, farmers, field hands, husbandmen, ranchers, day laborers, for rain, livestock, […]
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St. Ignatius of Laconi
Born: 17 December 1701 at Laconi, Nuoro, Italy as Vincenzo Peis Died: 11 May 1781 in Cagliari, Italy of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 June 1940, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 21 October 1951, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Feast: 11 May Patronage: […]
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St. Illidius of Clermont
Died: 385 Clermont-Ferrand Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Major shrine: Abbaye Saint Allyre, near Clermont Feast: July 7; June 5 (locally at Clermont-Ferrand) Patronage: Clermont-Ferrand Saint Illidius (French: Saint Allyre, Alyre; died 385) was a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, France. To Illidius is attributed the rise of Clermont-Ferrand as a center of religious teaching and […]
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St. Ildephonsus
Born: 607 Died: 23 January 667 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 23 January Saint Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus (rarely Ildephoses or Ildefonse; Spanish San Ildefonso; born circa 607, died 23 January 667) was a scholar and theologian who served as the metropolitan Bishop of Toledo for the last decade of his life. […]
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