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Bl. Benigna Cardoso da Silva
Born: 15 October 1928 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil Died: slashed and beaten with a machete by Raimundo “Raul” Alves Ribeiro at about 4pm on 24 October 1941 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, buried in the São Miguel Cemetery in Ceará, re-interred at the parish church of Senhora Sant’Ana […]
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Bl. Bonaventura of Potenza
Born: 4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga Died: 26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy of gangrene while singing a psalm during a religious ecstasy Beatified: 26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed) Feast day: October 26 Joined the Friars Minor Conventual at Nocera, Italy at age 15. Home […]
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Bl. Benvenuta Bojani
Born: 4 May 1254 Cividale del Friuli, Republic of Venice Died: 30 October 1292 (aged 38) Cividale del Friuli, Republic of Venice Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 6 February 1763, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed) Feast: 30 October Youngest of seven daughters. She refused to play any childhood games […]
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Bl. Bernhard Lichtenberg
Born: 3 December 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire Died: 5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Germany) Beatified: 23 June 1996, Germany, by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, GermanyFeast day: 5 November Priest […]
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St. Pothinus, Sanctus, Attalus, Blandina
After a miraculous victory obtained by the prayers of a Christian legion under Marcus Aurelius in 174, the Church was enjoying a kind of peace, which was nonetheless often disturbed in various places by popular commotions, or by the superstitious fury of pagan governors. These factors become evident in the persecution which was raised at […]
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St. Bede the Venerable
Born: 672 at Wearmouth, England Died: 25 May 735 of natural causes Canonized: 1899 by Pope Leo XIII Patronage: lectors Feast: 25 May Born around the time England was finally completely Christianized. Raised from age seven in the abbey of Saints Peter and Paul at Wearmouth-Jarrow, and lived there the rest of his life. Benedictine […]
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St. Bernadine of Siena
Born: September 8, 1380, Massa Marittima, Italy Died: May 20, 1444, L’Aquila, Italy Place of burial: Basilica of San Bernardino, L’Aquila, Italy Patronage: against hoarseness, against chest problems, against respiratory problems, lung problems, lungs, advertisers, advertising, communications personnel, gambling addicts; against compulsive gambling, public relations personnel (proclaimed on 20 May 1960 by Pope John XXIII), […]
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Bl. Bernard of Sithiu
Died: 19 April 1182 in the monastery of Saint-Bertin, Thérouanne region, France of natural causes To atone for the sins of his early life, including a murder, Bernard lived in complete poverty, wearing rags, eating whatever came to hand, if anything, travelling barefoot from one holy place to another, and living as a hermit between […]
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St. Bernadette Soubirous
Born: Bernadette Soubirous 7 January 1844 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France Died: 16 April 1879 (aged 35) Nevers, Nièvre, France Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 14 June 1925, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 8 December 1933, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: Convent of Saint Gilard (Espace Bernadette Soubirous Nevers), Nevers Feast: 16 April 18 […]
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St. Bertrand of Aquileia
Born: c.1260 at Saint Geniès, Quercy, Aquitaine, France Died: 6 June 1350 at San Giogio Richionvelda, buried in Udine, Italy, relics enshrined in the Udine cathedral choir Beatified: 1760 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation) Studied civil and canon law at the University of Toulouse. Priest. Dean of the cathedral chapter of Angouleme, France in […]
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