Archive for June 11, 2019
St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Born: 26 April 1876 Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India Died: 8 June 1926 (aged 50) Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur District, India Venerated: in Syro-Malabar Church, Syriac Catholic Church Beatified: 9 April 2000, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Kuzhikkattussery, India Feast: 8 June Patronage: Congregation of the Holy Family Marth Thresia […]
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St. Colman of Dromore
Venerated: in Roman Catholicism Feast: 7 June Patronage: Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Saint Colmán of Dromore, also known by the pet form Mocholmóc, was a 6th-century Irish saint. LifeColman was a native of Dalriada, born roughly a generation after Patrick’s apostolate to Ireland, and was baptized by a bishop, bearing his own name who […]
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St. Paul of Constantinople
Feast day: June 7 Death: 350 Bishop of Constantinople, during the period of bitter controversy in the Church over the Arian heresy. Elected in 336 to succeed Alexander of Constantinople, the following year he was exiled to Pontus by Emperor Constantius II. Because of his staunch position against Arianism, Paul was replaced by the heretical […]
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