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St. Seiriol
Born: 6th century Wales Friend of Saint Cybri. Spiritual teacher of Saint Elaeth the King. His memory is perpetuated by the name of the island of Ynys-Seiriol.
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St. Sebastian of Agaunum
Died: c.288 in Piedmont, Italy, relics enshrined in a stone coffin in a church in Fossano, Italy on 2 January 1427, relics later transferred to the cathedral of Narni, Italy Soldier. Member of the Theban Legion. To escape the persecution of Emperor Maximian, he fled from his unit to the Piedmont region of Italy, but […]
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Bl. Stephana de Quinzanis
Born: 1457 at Soncino, Italy Died: 2 January 1530 of at Soncino, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 14 December 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed) Also known as Stephanie de Quinzanis Born to pious parents; her father became a Dominican tertiary while Stephana was very young. She was taught her catechism by the stigmatic […]
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St. Severino Gallo
Born: France Died: tortured then nailed to a pole and left to die from shock, trauma and blood loss in 1419 in Algiers, Algeria Received a doctorate from the University of Paris. Mercedarian friar. While ransoming Christians enslaved by Muslims in North Africa, he was captured by a Muslim prince, and ordered to convert to […]
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Pope St. Sylvester I
Born: Roman Papal Ascension: 314 Died: 31 December 335 at Rome, Italy, relics transferred to the Church of Saint Sylvester in Capite in Rome in 761 Patronage: animals, for good harvests, stone masons, Order of Saint Sylvester, Calvisano, Italy, Castroreale, Italy, Feroleto Antico, Italy, Poggio Catino, Italy St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome […]
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St. Sabino of Abellinum
Died: early 6th century of natural causes, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Ipolisto in Atripalda, Italy in the late 16th century, relics re-interred in the Specus martyrum, a monument in the cemetery of the church of Saint Ipolisto in Atripalda on 16 September 1612 Patronage: Atripalda, Italy Also known as Sabino of Atripalda, […]
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Bl. Salvador Chuliá Ferrandis
Born: 16 April 1866 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain Died: shot at dawn on 18 September 1936 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain Venerated: 18 December 2000 by Pope John Paul II (declaration of martyrdom) Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul IIFeast day: September 18 Studied at the Conciliar Seminary of Valencia, Spain. Joined the Capuchin […]
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Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy
Born: 21 February 1911 in Crna Bara, Coka, Hungary (in modern Serbia) Died: 3 October 1953 in Nagyenyed (Aiud), Alba, Romania of pneumonia Beatified: 30 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, beatification recognition presided over by Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary Feast day: October 3 Son of teachers. Studied philosophy and theology at Peter […]
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St. Sergius and St. Bacehus
Born: 1010 in Lambach an der Traun, Austria Died: 6 October 1090 at the abbey at Lambach, Austria of natural causes, buried in the abbey church Beatified: 1883 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed) Feast day: October 7 Son of Count Arnold II of Lambach, Austria and Countess Reginlint. Studied in the cathedral school at Würzburg, Germany, […]
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St. Serafino of Montegranaro
Born: at Montegranaro, Italy Died: 12 October 1604 at Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes• entombed in the Capuchin friary at Ascoli Piceno Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Feast day: October 12 Born to a poor, pious farming family. An uneducated shepherd in his youth, he spent his time in the fields in prayer. […]
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