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St. Vladimir I of Kiev
Born: 956 at Kiev as Vladimir Svyatoslavich Died: 15 July 1015 at Berestova, near Kiev Patronage: converts, parents of large families, reformed and penitent murderers, Russia, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut, archeparch of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Also known as Svyatoy Vladimir, Vladimir Svyatoslavich, Vladimir the Great, Vladimir Veliky Grandson of Saint Olga of Kiev. Son […]
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St. Victor of Marseilles
Died: 290 with three prisoners in Marseilles, France he had converted Patronage: against lightning, cabinetmakers, millers, torture victims, Marseilles, France, Davoli, Italy. Christian soldier in the imperial Roman army, he was imprisoned in Marseilles, France when he refused to worship pagan gods. While in awaiting execution, he converted other prisoners. Martyr.
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St. Viance of Anjou
Born: Anjou (in modern France) Died: c.673 of natural causes Also known as Viance of Aquitaine, Vincentian Born to a family of serfs, Viance was orphaned at the age of ten. He was befriend by the son of the duke of Aquitaine, and studied with him at the church school at Cahors, but the duke […]
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Bl. Valentin Paquay
Born: 17 November 1828 in Tongres, Limburg, Belgium as Louis Paquay Died: 1 January 1905 in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II Also known as Jan Louis Paquay, Joannes Ludovicus Paquay, Valentijn Paquay, Valentine Paquay, Valentinus Paquay The fifth of eleven children born to Hendrik Paquay […]
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Bl. Victoria Strata
Death: 1617 Feast day: October 15 Blessed Victoria Strata, Religious Victoria was born at Genoa, Italy in 1562. At the age of seventeen she married Angelo Strata, with whom she had six children. When Angelo died in 1587, Victoria wanted to marry again because of the children. However, a vision of Our Lady convinced her […]
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St. Victorinus of Pettau
Born: 3rd century Greece Died: 303 or 304 AD Modern Ptuj (Pettau or Poetovio) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox Church Feast day: 2 November Wrote a number of well-known and scholarly commentaries on the Old and New Testament; only scraps of the writings about Genesis and Revelations have survived. His works were greatly admired by […]
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St. Vincent de Paul
Born: 24 April 1576 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Guyenne and Gascony, Kingdom of France Died: 27 September 1660, Paris, Kingdom of France Venerated: in Catholic ChurchAnglican Communion Beatified: 13 August 1729, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII Canonized: 16 June 1737, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XII Major shrine: St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, 95, Rue […]
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Bl. Vladimir Ghika
Born: 25 December 1873 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Died: 16 May 1954 (aged 80) Jilava, Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Beatified: 31 August 2013, Bucharest, Romania by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., representing Pope Francis Major shrine: St. Basil’s Greek Catholic Church, Bucharest, Romania Feast: 16 May Vladimir Ghika or Ghica (25 […]
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Bl. Vasile Aftenie
Born: 14 June 1899 in Lodroman, Valea Lungã, Alba, Romania Died: 10 May 1950 in the prison hospital in Vacaresti, Bucharest, Romania from the abuse from repeated torture sessions, possibly after being shot, body burned by order of the Communist authorities, and the remains were buried in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, a white marble […]
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St. Valerian of Trastevere
Born: 177 in Rome, Italy Died: beaten to death in 229 Rome, Italy, legend says that a violent storm broke out as they died, leading to the patronage against storms Patronage: against storms Feast day: April 11 Brother of Saint Tiburtius; married to Saint Cecilia. Convert to Christianity. Ministered to Christians imprisoned for their faith. […]
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