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St. Jacob of Nisibis
Born: Syrian Died: c.338 at Nisibis, Mesopotamia (modern Nusaybin, Turkey) of natural causes, relics at Edessa, Mesopotamia (modern Sanliurfa, Turkey). Also known as James of Nisibis, Jacob of Nusaybin Monk. First bishop of Nisibis, Mesopotamia (modern Nusaybin, Turkey) from 309 until his death. Spiritual director of Saint Ephrem of Syria. Participated in the Council of […]
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St. John Plessington
Born: c.1637 at Dimples Hall, Lancashire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 19 July 1679 at Barrows Hill, Boughton, England, buried in the local cemetery of Burton, England Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick, William Pleasington Additional Memorial 25 October as one of the Forty […]
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St. John Cassian
Born: c.360 Died: 433 of natural causes. Also known as John the Roman, John the Ascetic Pilgrim with his friend Germanus to the Holy Lands. Monk in Egypt and Marseilles, France. Studied under Saint John Chrysostom, who ordained him a deacon. Defended Chrysostom in Rome, Italy. Founded the abbey of Saint Victor and a convent […]
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St. James the Greater
Died: stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa I in 44 at Jerusalem, legend says his body was taken by angels, and sailed in a rudderless, unattended boat to Spain where a massive rock closed around it, relics at Compostela, Spain Patronage: against arthritis or rheumatism, apothecaries, druggists or pharmacists, arthritis and rheumatism sufferers, […]
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St. Joachim
Born: Galilean Died: the traditional tomb of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim was rediscovered in Jerusalem in 1889 Patronage: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, fathers, grandfathers, grandparents. Also known as Heli Husband of Saint Anne, elderly father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Grandfather of Jesus Christ. Probably well off. Tradition says that while he was away from […]
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St. Jaime Hilario Barbal
Born: 2 January 1898 at Enviny, Lerida, diocese of La Seu d’Urgell, northern Spain as Manuel Barbal Cosan Died: shot to death on 18 January 1937 at the Mount of Olives cemetery near Tarragona, Spain Canonized: 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II. Also known as Manuel Barbal Cosan, Jakob Hilarius Raised in a […]
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St. Joseph Calasanz
Born: 11 September 1556 at Peralta, Barbastro, Aragon, Spain in his father’s castle Died: 25 August 1648 at Rome, Italy of natural causes, buried at Saint Panteleone, Rome Canonized 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Patronage: Catholic schools (proclaimed on 13 August 1948 by Pope Pius XII), schools, colleges, universities, students, schoolchildren, Congregation of […]
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St. John Wall
Born: 1620 Chingle Hall near Preston, Lancashire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 near Redhill, Corcester, England, buried at Saint Oswald’s church Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also known as Francis Dormore, Francis Johnson, Francis Webb, Joachim of Saint Anne, John Marsh Additional Memorials 25 October as one […]
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St. John Kemble
Born: 1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard’s Parish, Herefordshire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 at Widemarsh Common, Hereford, England, so well respected in the area that he was permitted to die on the gallows and avoid the agony of the drawing and quartering elements, buried in the Welsh Newton Churchyard, […]
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St. John Mary Vianney
Born: 8 May 1786 at Dardilly, Lyons, France Died: 4 August 1859 at Ars, France of natural causes, interred in the basilica of Ars Canonized 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI Patronage: confessors, priests (proclaimed on 23 April 1929 by Pope Pius XI), Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Dubuque, Iowa, archdiocese […]
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