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St. Blidulf of Bobbio
Died: 630 of natural causes Also known as Bladulph, Bladulf, Blidulfo, Bladulfo Monk at Bobbio, Italy. Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus. Denounced the heresy of King Arioald of the Lombards. Worked to reform the royal court and the region.
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St. Baudimius of Auvergne
Also known as Baudenius, Baudime Priest. Late 3rd and early 4th century missionary to the Auvergne region of Gaul (in modern France) where he worked with Saint Nectarius.
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St. Buonfiglio Monaldi
Born: c.1040 at Osimo, Italy Beatified: 1 December 1717 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed) Canonized: 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Died: 1 January 1261 of natural causes Also known as Bonfilio Monaldo Additional Memorial 17 February as one of the Founders of the Servites The eldest of the Seven Founders of the […]
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St. Basilius of Ancyra
Died: torn to pieces by lions in the arena in Caesarea in 362 Also knhown as Basil Layman in Ancyra, Galatia (modern Ankara, Turkey). During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Basilius publicly announced his Christianity in front of governor Saturninus; he was arrested, tortured, sent to Constantinople, tortured further, sent to Caesarea, and finally […]
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St. Barnabas
Catholics celebrate the memory of St. Barnabas on June 11. The apostle and missionary was among Christ’s earliest followers and was responsible for welcoming St. Paul into the Church. Though not one of the 12 apostles chosen by the Lord, Jesus, he is traditionally regarded as one of the 72 disciples of Christ and most […]
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St. Brigid of Ireland
Born: 453 at Faughart, County Louth, Ireland Died: 1 February 523 at Kildare, Ireland of natural causes, interred in the Kildare cathedral, relics transferred to Downpatrick, Ireland in 878 where they were interred with those of Saint Patrick and Saint Columba of Iona, relics re-discovered on 9 June 1185, head removed to Jesuit church in […]
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St. Baudolino
Born: 700 Died: 740 Patron: of Alessandria Feast day: November 10 Saint Baudolino (c. 700 – c. 740) was a hermit who lived at the time of the Lombard king Liutprand in Forum Fulvii (now Villa del Foro), a locality on the lower reaches of the river Tanaro in north-west Italy. He is said to […]
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Bl. Bartholomew Longo
Born: February 10, 1841 Latiano near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: October 5, 1926 (aged 85) Pompei, Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 26 October 1980, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of […]
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St. Bruno
Born: c. 1030 Cologne, Archdiocese of Cologne Died: 6 October 1101 Serra San Bruno Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1514 by Pope Leo XCanonized: 17 February 1623 by Pope Gregory XV Feast: 6 October Patronage: Germany, Calabria, monastic fraternities, Carthusians, trade marks, Ruthenia, possessed people Educated in Paris and Rheims, France. Ordained c.1055. Taught […]
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St. Sergius and St. Bacehus
Born: 1010 in Lambach an der Traun, Austria Died: 6 October 1090 at the abbey at Lambach, Austria of natural causes, buried in the abbey church Beatified: 1883 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed) Feast day: October 7 Son of Count Arnold II of Lambach, Austria and Countess Reginlint. Studied in the cathedral school at Würzburg, Germany, […]
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