Archive for April 24, 2020
St. Pedro de San José Betancur
Born: March 21, 1626 Vilaflor, Tenerife, Spanish Empire Died: April 25, 1667 Antigua Guatemala, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Spanish Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canary Islands & Guatemala) Beatified: June 22, 1980, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: July 30, 2002, Guatemala City, Guatemala by Pope John Paul II […]
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Bl. José Trinidad Rangel y Montaño
Born: 4 June 1887 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico Venerated: 22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Guadalajara, Mexico Feast day: 25 April Parish priest in […]
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St. Giovanni Battista Piamarta
Born: 26 November 1841 in Brescia, Italy Died: 25 April 1913 in Remedello, Brescia, Italy of natural causes, interred in the Workman’s Institute church in Remedello Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 October 1997, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 October 2012, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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Prayers to St. Mark
Prayer to St. MarkO Glorious St. Mark through the grace of God, our Father, you became a great Evangelist, preaching the Good News of Christ. May you help us to know Him well so that we may faithfully live our lives as followers of Christ. Amen. Prayer to St. Mark O glorious St Mark, through the grace of God our Father, you became a great Evangelist, […]
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St. Mark
Died: martyred 25 April 68 at Alexandria, Egypt, relics at Venice, Italy Venerated: in All Christian churches that venerate saints Major shrine St Mark’s Basilica Feast: 25 April (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) 30 Parmouti or 8 May (Coptic Orthodox) Patronage: against impenitence, against insect bites, against scrofulous diseases, against struma, struma patients, attorneys, lawyers, barristers, […]
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