Archive for September, 2019
St. Edmund Arrowsmith
Born: 1585 at Haydock, Lancashire, England as Brian Arrowsmith, his confirmation name was Edmund, and he preferred to use it Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 28 August 1628 at Lancaster, England, his hand is preserved as a relic at Saint Oswald’s Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield, England Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one […]
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Prayers to St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Prayer to St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal Holy mother Euphrasia, you devoted your entire life to sacred heart of Jesus and became a model of prayer and penance; give us your great love for Jesus and Mary and your outstanding dedication to prayer. Help us to imitate your virtues and your holy life that we too may […]
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St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Born: Rosa Eluvathingal 17 October 1877 Kattoor, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala, India Died: 29 August 1952 (aged 74) St. Mary’s Convent, Ollur Venerated: in Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Beatified: 3 December 2006 Canonized: 23 November 2014, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 30 August Saint Euphrasia is a humble CMC nun who has personalized the […]
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St. Felix and St. Adauctus
Died: beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy, buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome,relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria St. Felix and St. Adauctus (d. 303) were legendary Christian martyrs who were said to have suffered during the Great Persecution during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The Acts, first published in Ado’s Martyrology, relate […]
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Bl. Pere Tarrés i Claret
Born: 30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain Died: 31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma, buried in the Montjuic cemetery, re-interred in the parish church of San Vicente of Sarrià on 6 November 1975 Beatified: 5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy The son of […]
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Bl. Giuliana of Collalto
Born: 1186 in Collalto, Susegana, Treviso, Italy Died: 1 September 1262 at Venice, Italy of natural causes, buried in the cemetery of the San Biagio church of the Spinalonga convent, the location of her grave was lost, but in 1297 dozens of small flaming torches were seen to hover over it; her body found to […]
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Bl. Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers
Born: 12 October 1744 in Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard-le-Peyrat, Charente, France Died: martyred on 2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France Beatified: 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI Born to the French nobility, the son of the lord of Maumont Jean de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite des Escots; his brother Francois-Joseph became bishop of […]
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Bl. Antonio Franco
Born: 26 Sep 1585 in Naples, Italy Died: 2 Sep 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy Beatified: 2 September 2013 by Pope Francis, beatification recognition celebrated in the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato Born to the nobility; his family were French expatriates. […]
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Prayers to St. Aidan of Lindesfarne
Prayer of St. Aidan of Lindesfarne Leave me alone with God as much as may be. As the tide draws the waters close in upon the shore, Make me an island, set apart, Alone with you, God, holy to you. Then with the turning of the tide Prepare me to carry your presence to the […]
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St. Aidan of Lindesfarne
Born: Around 590 Ireland Died: 31 August 651 Parish Churchyard, Bamburgh, Northumberland Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism Major shrine: originally Lindisfarne Abbey, Northumberland; later disputed between Iona Abbey & Glastonbury Abbey (all destroyed). Feast: 31 August (Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion), 9 June (Lutheran Church) Patronage: Northumbria; Firefighters Aidan […]
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