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St. Cecilia of Remiremont
Patronage: eyes. Also known as Chiara, Gegoberga, Sigaberga Daughter of Saint Romaric of Remiremont. In the mid-7th century, she and her sister Azaltrude became nuns at the Remiremont Abbey which her father had built, and Cecilia long served as its abbess.
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St. Cassian of Imola
Died: tied to a post, tortured and stabbed to death with iron styles, the device used as a pencil on wax tablets, at Imola, Italy c.304, buried in the catacombs in Rome, Italy, a sepulchre was built over his place of burial later in the 4th century, in the 5th century, a basilica was built […]
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Bl. Convoyon of Redon
Born: in 788 Saint-Malo, Brittany (in modern France Died: 5 January 868 at Saint-Maixent-de-Plélan monastery, Plélan, France of natural causes, re-interred at Redon Abbey, relics destroyed during the French Revolution Beatified: 3 May 1866 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed) Also known as Convoyon of Brittany, Conwoion, Convoion, Convoio, Konvoion, Konvoyon, Konwoion Archdeacon of Vannes, […]
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St. Concordius of Tivoli
Born: Rome, Italy Died: beheaded in 175 at Tivoli, Italy, relics translated to the diocese of Girona, Italy Feastday: January 1 Also known as Concordio Additional Memorial 4 July (translation of relics) Son of a man who became a priest late in life. Priest. Fled Rome, Italy to Tivoli, Italy during the late 2nd-century persecutions […]
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St. Concordius of Spoleto
Died: beheaded c.175 in a prison cell in Spoleto, Italy, some relics in Bispal, Spain Also known as Concord, Concorde, Memorial Additional Memorials 2 January (Bispal, Spain), 4 July (translation of relics) Sub-deacon in Rome, Italy. Spent most of his time alone in prayer and meditation. Imprisoned for his faith during the persecutions of Marcus […]
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St. Clarus of Vienne
Born: c.590 in Vienne, Dauphine, France Died: c.660 Beatified: 9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed) Patronage: tailors Also known as Clair of Vienne, Clair du Dauphiné Profile Benedictine monk at the abbey of Saint Ferreol. Abbot of Saint Marcellus in Vienne, Dauphine (in modern France). Noted spiritual director, including work at […]
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St. Columba of Sens
Born: c.257 in Spain Died: beheaded in 273 at Sens, France near a fountain named d’Azon, relics were enshrined in Sens, relics destroyed by Huguenots in the 16th century Patronage: for rain Born to the Spanish nobility. At age 16 she and other Christians fled Spain for Gaul (modern France) to escape the persecutions of […]
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St. Clotilda
Born: c. 474 Lyon, Burgundy Died: 03 Jun 545 AD Tours, Francia Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Lutheranism Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: June 3 (June 4 in France)Patronage: brides, adopted children, parents, exiles, notaries, widows, the lame Saint Clotilda was the daughter of Chilperic, the Catholic King of Burgundy, domain of the Germanic tribe […]
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St. Carolus Hyon Song-Mun
Born: 1797 in Seoul, South Korea Died: beheaded on 19 September 1846 in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea Venerated: 9 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 5 July 1925 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul IIFeast day: September 19 Married layman and father in the apostolic […]
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Bl. Cecilia Eusepi
Born: 17 February 1910 in Monte Romano, Viterbo, Italy Died: 1 October 1928 in Nepi, Viterbo, Italy of tuberculosis, she predicted the date of her death following a dream about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, she died singing a hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary, re-interred at the church of San Tolomeo ai Servi, Nepi on […]
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