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St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria
Died: 470 of natural causes, some relics at Boulogne, France, some relics at the monastery of Saint John de Beaulieu in Picardy, France Also known as Euphrosyna, Smaragdus Additional Memorials 16 January (some Roman calendars), 25 September (Greek calendar; Armenia calendar), 15 February (Greek calendar), 24 September (Greek calendar), 11 February (Carmelites; Nordic calendars), 8 […]
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St. Eugendus of Condat
Born: c.449 at Izernore, Ain, France Died: 1 January 510 at Condat, Switzerland of natural causes Patronage: Saint-Oyen, Tarentaise, France, Saint-Oyen, Valley of Aoste, Italy, Saint-Oyens, Vaud, Switzerland Also known as Agendus, Augendus, Eugend, Eugendo, Oyan, Oyand, Oyend, Yan Additional Memorial 4 January in the diocese of Besançon and diocese of Saint Claude Profile Taught […]
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St. Eustachius
Born: as Placidas Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in Rome, Italy Patronage: difficult situations, fire prevention; against fire, firefighters, hunters, huntsmen, hunting, torture victims; against torture, trappers, diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy, Madrid, Spain, Poli, Italy Feast day: September 20 Pagan Roman general in the army of the emperor Trajan. […]
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Bl. Enrique Morant Pellicer
Born: 13 October 1908 in Bellreguard, Valencia, Spain Died: shot in the evening of 3 October 1936 in Xeraco, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 4 Born to a deeply religious family, Enrique attended a Catholic high school in Gandia, Spain, began studying architecture in Madrid, Spain, […]
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St. Denis, St. Rusticus and St. Eleutherius
The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth century in the writings of Saint Gregory of Tours. Denis (or Dionysius as he is also called) is the most famous of the three. Born and raised in Italy, he was sent as a missionary to Gaul […]
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Pope St. Evaristus
Born: 17 April 44 Bethlehem, Judea Died: c. 107 Rome, Roman Empire Sainthood Papacy began: c. 99 Papacy ended: c. 107Feast day: 26 October Saint Evaristus succeeded Saint Anacletus on the throne of Saint Peter, elected during the second general persecution, under the reign of Domitian. That emperor no doubt did not know that the […]
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St. Emilina of Boulancourt
Born: 1115 at France Died: 1178 at Longeville, France of natural causes, a perpetual flame is maintained at her tomb Feast day: October 27 Joined the Cistercian Abbey of Boulancourt at Longeville, France when still very young. Noted for her deep prayer life, fasts, and austere, sometimes severe self-imposed penances such as wearing a pointed chain […]
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St. Elzear
Born: 1285 at Ansouis, Provence, France Died: 27 September 1323 in Paris, France of natural causes, buried next to Blessed Delphine at Apt, France Canonized: 1369 by Pope Urban V Patronage: tertiaries, Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy Born to the nobility. Nephew of William of Sabron, abbot of Saint Victor’s abbey, Marseilles, France, where Elzear was educated. […]
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Bl. Encarnación Gil Valls
Born: 27 January 1888 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on the night of 24 September 1936 at the port of L’Ollería, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized on the day of her birth, she was confirmed at age 5 and […]
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Bl. Eva of Liege
Feast: 26 May When Blessed Juliana was prioress of Mount Cornillon, one of her closest friends was a holy recluse, Eva, or Heva, of Liege, whom she inspired with her own enthusiastic purpose to obtain the institution of a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. It was in Eva’s cell near the church of […]
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