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Bl. Ines de Beniganim
Born: 9 February 1625 Benigánim, Valencia, Habsburg Spain Died: 21 January 1696 (aged 70) Benigánim, Valencia, Habsburg Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 26 February 1888, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII Feast: 21 January, 23 January (Augustinians) Blessed Inés de Benigánim (9 February 1625 – 21 January 1696) – born […]
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St. Ita
St. Ita was born of Christian parents towards the end of the fifth century. She belonged to the noble tribe of the Decii in County Waterford. All her early biographers favor the pleasant metaphor describing her as the ‘Brigid of Munster’. Actually the differences were more striking than the resemblances between those two foremost women […]
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Bl. Irene Stefani
Born: Aurelia Mercede Stefani 22 August 1891 Anfo, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy Died: 31 October 1930 (aged 39) Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, British Kenya Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 23 May 2015, Nyeri, Kenya by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Feast: 31 October Attributes: Nun’s habit Patronage Nyeri Consolata Missionaries Blessed Irene Stefani (22 August 1891 – […]
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St.Isaac Jogues
Born: 10 January 1607 Orléans, Orléanais, Kingdom of France Died: 18 October 1646 (aged 39) Ossernenon, Canada, New France Venerated in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States) Beatified: 21 June 1925, Rome, Italy, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 29 June 1930, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: National Shrine of the North […]
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St.Ignatius of Antioch
Born: 15 May 35 A.D. Province of Syria, Roman Empire Died: 6 July 108 (aged 73) Rome, Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Assyrian Church of the East Ancient Church of the East Anglican Communion Lutheranism Canonized: pre-congregation by John The Apostle (said in later writings.) Major shrine: Basilica […]
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