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St. Peter Chanel
Born: 12 July 1803 at Cuet, Ain, France as Peter Louis Mary Chanel Died: beaten to death with clubs on 28 April 1841 at Poi, Uvea, Fortuna Island, New Hebrides, body hacked to pieces with hatchets and buried, remains recovered and taken back to France in 1842, relics returned to Fortuna Island in 1977 Venerated: […]
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St. Paschasius Radbertus
Born: c.790 at Soissons, France Died: c.860 of natural causes, buried in the church of Saint John at Corbie Abbey, relics re-interred at Saint Peter’s church at Corbie on 12 July 1073 Feast: 26 April Benedictine theologian and abbot. Paschasius was left as an infant upon the door of Notre Dame convent in Soissons, France, […]
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St. Pedro de San José Betancur
Born: March 21, 1626 Vilaflor, Tenerife, Spanish Empire Died: April 25, 1667 Antigua Guatemala, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Spanish Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canary Islands & Guatemala) Beatified: June 22, 1980, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: July 30, 2002, Guatemala City, Guatemala by Pope John Paul II […]
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St. Paternus
Born: 482 AD Died: 565 AD Feast: April 15 Saint Paternus was born at Poitiers, of illustrious Christian parents, about the year 482. His father, Patranus, with the consent of his wife went to Ireland to end his days as a hermit in holy solitude. Paternus, fired by his father’s example, embraced monastic life in […]
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St. Peter Gonzalez
Born: 1190 Frómista, Kingdom of Castile and Leon Died: April 15, 1246 Tui, Galicia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Dominican Order) Beatified: 1254, Rome, Papal States by Pope Innocent IV Canonized: December 13, 1741, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed) Feast: April 14 Patronage: boatmen, mariners, sailors, […]
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Bl. Pere Tarrés i Claret
Born: 30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain Died: 31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma, buried in the Montjuic cemetery, re-interred in the parish church of San Vicente of Sarrià on 6 November 1975 Beatified: 5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy The son of […]
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Bl. Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers
Born: 12 October 1744 in Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard-le-Peyrat, Charente, France Died: martyred on 2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France Beatified: 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI Born to the French nobility, the son of the lord of Maumont Jean de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite des Escots; his brother Francois-Joseph became bishop of […]
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St. Paulinus of Nola
Born: AD 354 Bordeaux, Gallia Lugdunensis, Western Roman Empire Died: AD 22 June 431 Nola in Campania, the Praetorian prefecture of Italy, Western Roman Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Feast: June 22 Paulinus of Nola c. 354 – June 22, AD 431), born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, was a Roman poet, writer, […]
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St. Paul of Constantinople
Feast day: June 7 Death: 350 Bishop of Constantinople, during the period of bitter controversy in the Church over the Arian heresy. Elected in 336 to succeed Alexander of Constantinople, the following year he was exiled to Pontus by Emperor Constantius II. Because of his staunch position against Arianism, Paul was replaced by the heretical […]
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St. Petroc
Born: Wales Died: c. 564 Treravel, Padstow, Cornwall, England Venerated: in Catholic Church Anglican Communion Western Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin, Cornwall, England Feast: 4 June Patronage: Devon Cornwall Saint Petroc or Petrock (Medieval Latin: Petrocus; Welsh: Pedrog; French: Perreux; died c. 564) was a British prince and Christian saint. Probably born […]
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