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St. Boniface
Born: c. 675 Crediton, Devon Died: 5 June 754 (aged c. 79) near Dokkum, Frisia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Fulda Cathedral, St Boniface Catholic Church, Crediton, UK Feast: 5 June Patronage: Fulda; Germania; England (Orthodox Church; jointly with Ss. Augustine of Canterbury, and Cuthbert of […]
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Bl. Benedetta Bianchi Porro
Born: 8 August 1936 Dovadola, Forlì, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 January 1964 (aged 27) Sirmione, Brescia, Italy Resting place Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Benedetta Bianchi Porro (8 August 1936 – 23 January 1964) was an Italian Roman Catholic. Born in the Romagna, she became ill with polio as a […]
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St. Berard of Carbio
Born: unknown Carbio, Umbria, Papal States Died: 16 January 1220 Morocco Venerated: in Catholic Church (Franciscan Order) Canonized: 7 August 1481, Rome by Pope Sixtus IV Major shrine: Monastery of the Holy Cross, Coimbra, Portugal Feast: 16 January Berard of Carbio, O.F.M., was a thirteenth-century Franciscan friar who was executed in Morocco for attempting to […]
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St. Bernard of Corleone
Born: 6 February 1605 Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Died: 12 January 1667 (aged 61) Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 15 May 1768, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 10 June 2001, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 12 January […]
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St. Julian and St. Basilissa
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to […]
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St. Basil the Great
Born: 329 or 330 Caesarea, Cappadocia Died: January 1 or 2, 379, Caesarea, Cappadocia Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion Lutheranism Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: January 1 and January 30 (Byzantine Christianity) January 2 (General Roman Calendar; Anglicanism) Thout 6 (Coptic Christianity)(Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod; Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) June 14 […]
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St. Barbara
Born: mid third century Died: late third century to early fourth century (executed by her father) Variously given Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Aglipayan Church Anglicanism Feast: 4 December (Catholic Church) and (Eastern Orthodox Church) 8 Koiak (Coptic Orthodox Church) Saint Barbara known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great […]
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St. Bibiana
Born: 4th century Rome Died: 4th century Rome Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Santa Bibiana, Rome Feast: December 2 Patronage: parish, epilepsy, epileptics, hangovers, headaches, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people, single laywomen, torture victims. Saint Bibiana (Viviana, Vivian, or Vibiana) is a Roman Virgin and Martyr. The earliest mention […]
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Bl. Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos Seña
Born: 21 August 1711 Torrelobatón, Valladolid, Kingdom of Spain Died: 29 November 1735 (aged 24) Valladolid, Kingdom of Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 April 2010, Plaza de Colón, Valladolid, Spain by Archbishop Angelo Amato Feast: 29 November Blessed Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos de Seña (21 August 1711 – 29 November 1735) was […]
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Bl.Burchard I of Halberstadt
Burchard I of Halberstadt, also Burchard of Nabburg, (* 1000 in Nabburg, † October 18, 1059 in Halberstadt ) was a German cleric and politician and Bishop of Halberstadt. Life Burchard was a son of Heinrich von Schweinfurt , margrave in the Bavarian Nordgau, and the Gerberga von Henneberg , a daughter of Count Otto […]
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