Archive for January 13, 2019
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Born: 423 at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey) Died: 529 at Cathismus of natural causes, buried in the cave where he live as a hermit. It became a noted site for pilgrimages and miracles Born to a pious family, he began his studies at an early age, and became a lector while still a youth. The […]
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St. Francisca Salesia
Born: 16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat Died: 10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II, her canonization miracle involved the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Daughter of Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, […]
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Bl. María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
Born: 30 December 1848 Vélez-Rubio, Almería, Kingdom of Spain Died: 10 January 1918 (aged 69) Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 March 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 10 January Patronage: Sisters of the Catechetical Institute Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña (30 December 1848 […]
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St. William Berruyer
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal uncle. From his early childhood Saint William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in […]
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Bl. Alix le Clerc
Born: 2 February 1576 Remiremont, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire Died: 9 January 1622 (aged 45) Nancy, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church (Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Congregation of Our Lady) Beatified: 4 May 1947, Vatican City, by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Cathedral of Our Lady, Nancy, […]
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St. Julian and St. Basilissa
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to […]
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St. Adrian of Canterbury
Born: c.635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian Died: 9 January 710 of natural causes at Canterbury, England, and buried there, his tomb became a site of miracles, body found incorrupt in 1091 An African by birth, then a monk and an abbot in Italy, and finally chosen to accompany the Greek monk Theodore […]
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St. Severinus of Noricum
Born: c. 410 Southern Italy or Africa, Western Roman Empire Died: 8 January 482 Favianae, Noricum, Kingdom of Odoacer (today by Mautern an der Donau) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Abbey of San Severino, Naples, Italy Feast: 8 January Patronage Noricum (modern Austria); San Severo, Italy; Striano, Italy Severinus of […]
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