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St. Crescentinus

St. Crescentinus

Died: beheaded on 1 June 303 at Saldo, Italy, relics translated to Urbino, Italy in 1068 by Blessed Mainard of Urbino  Patronage: against headache (a ceremony in Urbino cures headaches by tapping the sufferer’s head with the relics of Crescentinus), Città di Castello, Italy, Urbino, Italy  Major shrine: Urbino Feast: June 1 Imperial Roman soldier. […]

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  May 31, 2020   No comments
Bl. Richard Thirkeld

Bl. Richard Thirkeld

Born: at Coniscliffe, Durham, England  Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 29 May 1583 at York, England  Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation) Educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, 1564 – 1565. Studied at Douai and Rheims, France. Ordained on 18 April 1579 at an age somewhat older than his confreres. Returned […]

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  May 29, 2020   No comments
St. Ursula Ledochowska

St. Ursula Ledochowska

Born: 17 April 1865 Loosdorf, Melk, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire Died: 29 May 1939 (aged 74) Rome, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 20 June 1983, Poznań, Poland by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 May 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 29 May Patronage: Sieradz […]

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  May 29, 2020   No comments
St. Maximinus of Trier

St. Maximinus of Trier

Born: at Silly near Poitiers, France  Died: 12 September 349 or 29 May 352 (records vary), in autumn 353, he was buried in the church of Saint John near Trier, in the 7th century the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maximinus was founded there, which flourished till 1802  Patronage: Trier, Germany  Born to the Gallic nobility. […]

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  May 29, 2020   No comments
St. Augustine of Canterbury

St. Augustine of Canterbury

Born: at Rome, Italy  Died: 26 May 605 in Canterbury, England of natural causes, relics interred outside the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Canterbury, a building project he had started  Buried: St Augustine’s Abbey, CanterburyFeast: day 26 May (Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, & Catholic Extraordinary Form calendar in Great Britain) 27 May (Catholic Ordinary Form […]

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  May 27, 2020   No comments