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St. Szymon of Lipnica
Born: 1st October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia Died: 7th June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 6th May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virgin- ity […]
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Pope St. Symmachus
Born: in Sardinia, Kingdom of Odoacer (part of modern Italy) Papal Ascension: 22 November 498 Died: 19 July 514 in Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom (in modern Italy) of natural causes. Also known as Simmaco The son of Fortunatus. Baptized in Rome, Italy. Archdeacon under Pope Anastasius II. Chosen 51st pope in 498. An anti-pope, Laurentius, was […]
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St. Simeon Stylites
Born: c.390 at Cilicia, near Syria Died: c.459 of natural causes Patronage: shepherds. Also known as Simeon Stylites the Elder Son of a poor shepherd, and worked as a shepherd as a child. A would-be monk at age 13, he was turned away from monasteries because his severe self-imposed penances. Tired of the gossip and […]
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St. Sidonius Apollinaris
Born: c.423 in Lugdunum, Gaul (modern Lyon, France) Died: c.480 at Clermont, France. Also known as Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius Born to the imperial Roman nobility, son of Apollinaris, Prefect of Gaul. Soldier. Married to Papianilla, the daughter of Emperor Avitus, c.452. Father of Apollinaris. Arrested for political reasons in 457, but was well treated, […]
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St. Sebaldus
Born: probably in England Died: c.770 Patronage: against cold weather, Bavaria, Germany, Nuremberg, Germany. Also known as Sebald, Sinibaldo, Siward Son of a Danish chieftain who had settled in England. Missionary in the Reichswald area of Germany, working with Saint Willibald of Eichstatt, Saint Winibald and Saint Boniface. Popular preacher who converted many, he later […]
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St. Stanislaus Kostka
Born: 28 October 1550 at Rostkovo, Poland Died: between 3 and 4 a.m. of 15 August, feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1568 at Rome, Italy from a high fever Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Patronage: against broken bones, aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments, Poland. […]
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St. Stephen of Hungary
Born: 969 at Esztergom, Hungary Died: 15 August 1038 at Szekesfehervar, Hungary Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII Patronage: against the death of children, bricklayers, Hungary, kings, masons, stone masons, stonecutters. Also known as Apostolic King, Stephen the Great, Istvan Additional Memorial 20 August (translation of relics) Born to a pagan family, but was […]
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St. Syncletica
Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness, against loss of parents, against temptations, sick people, single laywomen Also known as Sincletica Wealthy Alexandrian lady who abandoned her riches and lived till age 84 as a hermitess in a tomb. She suffered in her youth with temptations and spiritual desolation; she suffered in her maturity by cancer […]
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St. Stephen du Bourg
Born: c.1030 Died: 1118 at Meyriat, France of natural causes Also known as Stephen Bourg-en-Bresse, Etienne Canon of Saint Rufus at Valence, France. Companion of Saint Bruno at the foundation of the Grande Chartreuse. Founded the charterhouse at Meyria in 1116.
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St. Seraphim of Sarov
Born: 1759 at Kursk, Russia as Prokhor Moshnin Died: 2 January 1833 at the monsatery at Sarov, Russia of natural causes Canonized: 1903 by the Russian Orthodox Church Also known as Prokhor Moshnin Additional Memorial 19 July (translation of relics) Son of a builder, he had a middle-class upbringing. Monk at Sarov in 1777, taking […]
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