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St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Born: 22 July 1559 at Brindisi, Italy as Julius Caesar Rossi Died: 22 July 1619 at Lisbon, Portugal of natural causes, buried in the cemetery of the Poor Clares on Villafranca, Spain Canonized: 8 December 1881 by Pope Leo XIII Patronage: Brindisi, Italy. Also known as Brother Lorenzo, Julius Caesar Rossi, Laurence of Brindisi, Lorenzo […]
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St. Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Born: 12 May 1866 at Herceg Novi, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Croatia as Adeodato Died: 30 July 1942 at the Friary in Padua, Italy of oesophageal cancer Canonized: 16 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also known as Adeodato Bogdan Mandic, Apostle of the Confession, Apostle of Unity, Bogdan Ivan Mandic, Brother Leopold, Leopoldo of Castelnuovo Saint […]
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St. Louis IX
Born: 25 April 1214 at Poissy, France Died: 25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia) of natural causes, relics in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Canonized 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII Patronage: against the death of children, barbers. Bridegrooms, builders, button makers, construction workers, […]
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St. Lawrence of Rome
Born: at Huesca, Spain Died: cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy, tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day, buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to […]
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St. Libentius of Hamburg
Born: in southern Swabia (modern Germany) Died: 4 January 1013 in Bremen, Germany of natural causes, buried in the cathedral of Bremen Also known as Libentius of Bremen, Liawizo, Libenzio Benedictine monk. Exiled to Hamburg, Germany with Pope Benedict V. Developed a ministery to the poor and sick of Bremen, Germany. Chamberlain to Archbishop Adaldago […]
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Bl. Laurent Batard
Born: 4 February 1744 in Saint-Maurille de Chalonnes-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France Died: martyred on 2 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy Priest of the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the persecutions of the French Revolution.
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Bl. Lojze Grozde
Born: 27 May 1923 in Trzisce, Zgornje Vodale, Slovenia Died: tortured to death on 1 January 1943 in Mirna, Trebnje, Slovenia, his body was abandoned and found by accident by children on 23 February 1943, and buried in a small nearby cemetery Beatified: 13 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, recognition celebrated at Celje, Slovenia […]
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Bl. Luis Magaña Servín
Born: 24 August 1902 in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico Died: shot by firing squad at 3pm on 9 February 1928 in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Guadalajara. Active member of the Catholic Association of Mexican Youth. Member of the Archconfraternity of the Night Adoration […]
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Pope St. Leo III
Born: at Rome, Italy Papal Ascension, 26 December 795 Died: 12 June 816, relics at Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy Canonized: 1673 by Pope Clement X The son of Atyuppius and Elizabeth. Priest. Cardinal. Papal treasurer. Elected pope the day after his predecessor’s burial, probably so there would not be any outside interference with the decision […]
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Bl. Luigi Maria Monti
Born: 24 July 1825 at Bovisio Masciago, diocese of Milian, Italy Died: 1 October 1900 in Saronno, Varese, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II, his beatification miracle involved the healing of Giovanni Luigi Iecle, a farmer from Bosa, Sardegna in 1961 Feast day: October 1 Eighth of eleven […]
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