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St. Peter Crisci of Foligno
Born: 1243 Died: 19 July 1323 in the cathedral of Foligno, Umbria, Italy of natural causes, buried in the cathedral of San Feliciano in Foligno, a chapel was built in his honour in the cathedral in 1385, chapel restored and relics enshrined in a wooden reliquary in 1870 Beatified: local devotion developed soon after his […]
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St. Phocas the Gardener
Died: beheaded c.303 in Sinope, Pontus (in modern Turkey) Patronage: against insect bites, against poisoning, against snake bites, agricultural workers, farm workers, farmers, field hands, boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen, gardeners, husbandmen, market-gardeners. Also known as Phocas of Hovenier, Phocas of Sinope, Focas, Fokas Innkeeper. Gardener. Martyr. Used surplus crops to feed the poor. Even cared […]
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St. Panteleon
Died: nailed to a tree and beheaded c.305, a phial of his blood is preserved at Constantinople, and is reported to become liquid and bubble on his feast day, some relics enshrined at the church of Saint Denis in Paris, France, some relics enshrined at Lyons, France Patronage: against consumption or tuberculosis, bachelors, doctors, physicians, […]
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St. Pedro Poveda Castroverde
Born: 3 December 1874 at Linares, Jaen, Spain Died: shot by firing squad on 28 July 1936 at Madrid, Spain Canonized: 4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Also known as Peter Poveda Castroverde Raised in a pious family, Pedro felt an early call to the priesthood. He entered the seminary in Jaen, Spain […]
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St. Peter Chrysologus
Born: 406 at Imola, Italy Died: 2 December 450 at Imola, Italy Patronage: against fever, against mad dogs, Imola, Italy. Adult convert to Christianity. Deacon. Priest. Bishop of Ravenna, Italy in 433. Fought paganism and the Monophysite heresy, enforced reforms, and built several churches and ornate altars in his see. Preacher with such language skills, […]
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St. Philip Benizi
Born: 15 August (Feast of the Assumption) 1233 at district of Oltrarno, Florence, Italy Died: 22 August (Octave of the Assumption) 1285 at Todi, Italy, buried in Todi Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X, first Servite to be canonized Patronage: Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Also known as Felipe Benicio, Filip Benizi, […]
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Pope St. Pius X
Born: 2 June 1835 at Riese, diocese of Treviso, Venice, Austria (now Italy) as Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto Papal Ascension: elected 4 August 1903, installed 9 August 1903 Died: 21 August 1914 at Vatican City from natural causes aggravated by worries over the beginning of World War I, buried under the altar of the chapel of […]
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St. Peter Faber
Born: 13 April 1506 at Villaret, Savoy Died: 1 August 1546 at Rome, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 17 December 2013 by Pope Francis. Also known as Peter Favre, Peter Lefrevre Petrus, Pierre, Apostle of Germany Born to a farm family, he was a shepherd in his youth. Taught catechism to other children. Entered Saint-Barbe […]
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St. Peter Julian Eymund
Born: 4 February 1811 at La Mure, France Died: 1 August 1868 at La Mure, Isère, France following a stroke Canonized: 9 December 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Also known as Peter Julian Eymard, Pierre-Julien Eymard Additional Memorial 1 August (La Mure, Isère, France) Peter grew up in a poor family during the anti-clerical, anti-Catholic […]
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Bl. Pietro Bonilli
Born: 15 March 1841 in San Lorendo di Trevi, Perugia, Italy Died: 5 January 1935 in Spoleto, Perugia, Italy of natural causes, relics enshrined in the church of Michael the Archangel in Cannaiola di Trevi, Italy where he had served as parish priest for many years Beatified: 24 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II […]
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