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St. Gondulf of Tongeren-Maastricht
Born: c.524 in Maastricht, Netherlands Died: early 7th century at Maastricht, Netherlands of natural causes, buried in the nave of the church of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, Netherlands, the bodies of Saint Monulph and Saint Gondulph were solemnly exhumed in 1039 by Bishop Nithard of Liège and Gerard of Florennes, Bishop of Cambrai; records of […]
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St. Gualtero of Lodi
Born: c.1184 in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy Died: c.1224 in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy of natural causes, buried in the Church of Saints James and Philip in Lodi, which became a pilgrimage site for those who sought aid at the Hospital of Mercy, on 26 January 1384, some fanatical devotees, aided by some friars of San Biagio, […]
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St. George Preca
Born: 12 February 1880 at Valletta, Malta Died: evening of 26 July 1962 of natural causes at Santa Venera, Malta, relics near the Society’s motherhouse at Blata l-Bajda Beatified: 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II, his beatification miracle involved the healing of an irreversibly detached retina of a member of the Society Canonized: […]
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St. Genesius of Brescello
Born: latter 4th century Died: early 5th century in Brescello, Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, relics re-discovered in the walls of an old church during construction of a castle on the land in 968, a church and monastery in his honour was built on the land, and the relics enshrined in the main altar […]
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St. Genesius of Rome
Born: latter 4th century Died: beheaded c.303 at Rome, Italy Patronage: actors, against epilepsy, epileptics, attorneys, barristers, lawyers, clowns, comedians, comediennes, comics, converts, dancers, musicians, printers, stenographers, torture victims. Also known as Gelasinus, Gelasius Genesius was an actor who worked in a series of plays that mocked Christianity. One day while performing in a work […]
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St. George Limniotes
Born: c.635 Died: mutilated and burned to death c.730 Hermit at Mount Olympus, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Martyred at age 95 under Leo the Isaurian for opposing the iconoclasts.
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St. Germanus of Auxerre
Born: c.378 at Auxerre, France Died: 31 July 448 at Ravenna, Italy of natural causes, interred in the Oratory of Saint Maurice, Auxerre, France, re-interred in the church of Saint Germain that was built by Queen Clotilda on the site of the Oratory, body found intact when re-located in the church several centuries later, in […]
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St. Giustino Maria Russolillo
Born: 18 January 1891 in Pianura, Naples, Italy Died: 2 August 1955 in Pianura, Naples, Italy of natural causes, re-buried at the Vocationist mother-house at Pianura on 14 April 1956 Beatified: 7 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, the beatification miracle involved the 1998 healing of the carcinoma of a 59-year-old woman Canonized: 15 May […]
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St. Gamaliel
First century Jewish Talmudic scholar. Teacher of Saint Paul the Apostle. In Acts 5:34-39 we read that his counsel saved Saint Peter and Saint John. An ancient tradition says he converted to Christianity, but there is no proof of this.
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St. Glisente of Brescia
Died: 796 on Mount Berzo, Brescia, Italy, a parish church is built on his tomb on the side of the mountain. Soldier in the army of Blessed Charlemagne. Following the battle of Mortirolo, Glisente retired from military life to live as a hermit on Mount Berzo near Brescia, Italy, and evangelize the valley region around […]
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