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St. Timothy

St. Timothy

Born: c. AD 17 Lystra Died: c. AD 97 (aged 79/80) Macedonia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Feast: January 22 (Eastern Christianity) January 26 (Roman Catholic Church, Lutheranism) January 24 (some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) Patronage: invoked against stomach and intestinal disorders Timothy […]

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St. Dwynwen

St. Dwynwen

Major shrine: St Dwynwen’s Church Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey Feast: 25 January Patronage: Lovers in Wales Saint Dwynwen (5th century), sometimes known as Dwyn or Donwen, is the Welsh patron saint of lovers. She is celebrated throughout Wales on 25 January History and Legend Dwynwen is believed to have been a daughter of King Brychan Brycheiniog, […]

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Bl. Antonio Migliorati

Bl. Antonio Migliorati

Born: 17 January 1355 in Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes Died: 25 January 1450 in the Saint Augustine monastery Amandola, Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes, buried in the monastery graveyard with his brother Augustinians, enshrined in a wooden ark in the monastery church in 1453, re-enshrined in a wooden sarcophagus in 1641, […]

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Bl. Giuseppe Giaccardo

Bl. Giuseppe Giaccardo

Born: 13 June 1896 Narzole, Cuneo, Kingdom of Italy Died: 24 January 1948 (aged 51) Rome, Lazio, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 October 1989, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Basilica di Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola, Italy Feast: 22 October Patronage: Society of […]

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