Archive for September 2, 2019
St. Giles
Born: c. 650 Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire Died: c. 710 Septimania, Kingdom of the Visigoths (Languedoc, Southern France) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: Abbey of Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles, France) St. Giles’ Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland) Feast: 1 September Attributes arrow; crosier; hermitage; hind Patronage: beggars; blacksmiths; breast […]
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St. William of Roskilde
Born: Anglo-Saxon Died: 1067 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 21 January 1224 by Pope Honorius III Feast: 2 September Priest. Court chaplain to King Canute of England and Denmark. During a trip to Denmark, William saw a crying need for Christian missionaries, and he worked there the rest of his life. […]
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St. Solomon le Clerq
Born: 15 November 1745 Boulogne-ser-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Kingdom of France Died: 2 September 1792 (aged 46) Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, Kingdom of France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 17 October 1926, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 16 October 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 2 […]
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