Archive for January, 2019
Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Born: September 1903 Aguleri, Anambra, Nigeria Died: 20 January 1964 Leicester, England Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 March 1998 by Pope John Paul II Feast: 20 January Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (born in Aguleri, Anambra State, Nigeria in September 1903 – died in Leicester, England, 20 January 1964) was an Igbo Nigerian ordained […]
Continue ReadingPrayers to Pope St. Fabian
Prayer to Pope St. Fabian Almighty God, you called Fabian to be a faithful pastor and servant of your people, and to lay down his life in witness to your Son: Grant that we, strengthened by his example and aided by his prayers, may in times of trial and persecution remain steadfast in faith and […]
Continue ReadingPope St. Fabian
Born: c. 200 Died 20 January 250 Rome, Roman Empire Sainthood Feast day: 20 January (Catholic Church), 8 August (Orthodox Church) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Pope Fabian (Latin: Fabianus; c. 200 – 20 January 250) was the Bishop of Rome from 10 January 236 to his death in 250, succeeding Anterus. He […]
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Monday: First Day: “Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.” St. Sebastian lived in the early days of the church, when to be a Christian often meant to stand up for your faith and eventually to die for it. We know that he was born of Christian parents and that he passed the […]
Continue ReadingPrayers to St. Sebastian
Prayer to St. Sebastian Dear Commander at the Roman Emperor’s court, you chose to be also a soldier of Christ and dared to spread faith in the King’s of King’s, for which you were condemned to die. Your body, however proved athletically strong and the executing arrows extremely weak, so another means to kill you was […]
Continue ReadingSt. Sebastian
Died: c. AD 288 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Aglipayan Church Major shrine: St. Andrew’s Basilica, Arthunkal India Feast: January 20 (Roman Catholic), December 18 (Orthodox) Patronage: Soldiers, plague-stricken, archers, holy Christian death, athletes, Negombo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarlac, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod Saint Sebastian (died c. AD 288) was […]
Continue ReadingSt. Henry of Sweden
Henry was an Englishman of the twelfth century residing at Rome. In 1152, he was consecrated Bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, by the Papal Legate Nicholas Breakspear, who later became Pope Adrian IV. In 1154, St. Eric, King of Sweden, led a punitive expedition against the Finns in retaliation for their marauding activity into Sweden, and […]
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Saint Canutus, King of Denmark, succeeded his elder brother Harold on the throne of Denmark in the year 1080. He began his reign by a successful war against the enemies of the state, and by planting the faith in the conquered provinces. Amid the glory of his victories he humbly prostrated himself at the foot […]
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