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Pope St. Callistus I
Papal Ascension: c.218 Died: martyred c.223, legend says he was killed by being thrown down a well with a millstone around his neck, but there is no solid evidence Patronage: cemetery workers Feast day: October 14 Born a slave, owned by Carpophorus, a Christian in the household of Caesar. His master entrusted a large sum to […]
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St. Chrysanthus and St. Daria
Patronage: Eissel, Germany, Salzburg, Austria Feast day: October 25 Chrysanthus was the son of a Roman senator, born in Egypt. While still young he went with his father to Rome, where his superior intelligence was quickly appreciated. Convinced of the vanity of idol-worship, he undertook every means at his disposition to learn the truth and […]
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St. Cedd
Born: Northumbria, England Died: 26 October 664 at Lastingham, Yorkshire, England of plague, buried at Lastingham, relics later relocated next to the altar in the new church at Lastingham Venerated: in Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; AnglicanismPatronage: Essex; Lastingham; interpreters Shrines Lastingham. Shrine destroyed in Danish period but corresponding to the crypt of the present parish […]
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Sts. Cyprian and Justina
Born: 3rd century AD Died: September 26, 304; Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor, Roman Empire Venerated: in Oriental Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church Feast: September 26, October 2 (Eastern Orthodox Church) The detestable superstitions of Saint Cyprian’s idolatrous parents delivered him, from his infancy, to the devil, and he was brought up in all […]
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Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Born: c. 3rd century; Arabia Died: Roman province of Syria Feast day: 26 September Saints Cosmas and Damian were brothers, born in Arabia in the third century, of noble and virtuous parents. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote that they were twins. They studied the sciences in Syria, and became eminent for their skill in medicine. […]
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St. Crescentinus
Died: beheaded on 1 June 303 at Saldo, Italy, relics translated to Urbino, Italy in 1068 by Blessed Mainard of Urbino Patronage: against headache (a ceremony in Urbino cures headaches by tapping the sufferer’s head with the relics of Crescentinus), Città di Castello, Italy, Urbino, Italy Major shrine: Urbino Feast: June 1 Imperial Roman soldier. […]
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St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara
Born: 30 July 1869 in La Sementera, Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico Died: shot on 25 May 1927 at Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico Beatified: November 22, 1992 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico Feast: 25 May Born to a farm family, and worked as a […]
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Bl. Columba of Rieti
Born: 2 February 1467 at Rieti, Umbria, Italy as Angelella Guardagnoli Died: 20 May 1501 at Perguia, Italy of natural causes, at the moment of her death, her friend, Blessed Osanna Andreasi, saw Columba’s soul as a radiance rising to heaven, the whole city turned out for her funeral, which was paid for by the […]
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St. Crispin of Viterbo
Born: November 13, 1668, Viterbo, Italy Died: 19 May 1750 of pneumonia at the friary of the Immaculate Conception on the Via Veneto in Rome, Italy, entombed under a side altar in the Capuchin church at Rome, body found still incorrupt in 1959 Beatified: September 7, 1806 Canonized: 20 June 1982, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican […]
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Pope St. Celestine V
Born: 1215, Sant’Angelo Limosano, Italy Died: May 19, 1296, Fumone, Italy Buried: Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L’Aquila, Italy Papacy began: 5 July 1294 Papacy ended: 13 December 1294 Canonized: 1313 by Pope Clement V Patronage: Aquila, Italy bookbinders Feast: 19 May Eleventh of twelve children. His father died when Peter was quite young. […]
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