Archive for May, 2020
Daily Reflection 05.05.2020
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Bl. Michal Giedroyc
Born: c. 1425 Giedraičiai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania Died: 4 May 1485 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes• buried at the church of Saint Mark in Kraków Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 7 November 2018, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 4 May Patronage: Sick and disabled Sacristans, Pontifical University of John […]
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Bl. Ladislas of Gielniów
Born: c. 1440 Gniezno, Kingdom of Poland Died: 4 May 1505 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 11 February 1750, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV Feast: 4 May, 25 September (Poland) Patronage: Lithuania (chosen in August 1753), Poland (chosen in August 1753), Galicia (eastern Europe), Warsaw, Poland (chosen […]
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St. Florian of Lorch
Born: 250 AD Aelium Cetium (present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria), Roman Empire Died: scourged, flayed alive, a stone tied to his neck, and dumped into a river c.304, body later retrieved by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch. Relics translated to Rome in 1138• part of the relics given to King Casimir of Poland and […]
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Daily Reflection 04.05.2020
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Bl. Tommaso Acerbis
Born: 1563 in Olera, Bergamo, Italy Died: 3 May 1631 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria of natural causes, buried in the crypt of the chapel of Our Lady at the local Capuchin church in Innsbruck Beatified: 21 September 2013 by Pope Francis Feast: 3 May Born to a poor family, the boy worked as a shepherd […]
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St. Ansfrid of Utrecht
Born: c.940 in the Brabant region Died: 3 May 1010 in Amersfoort, Netherlands of natural causes Feast: 3 May Count of Brabant. Married to Hilsondis; father of one daughter; after the girl’s birth, Ansfrid and Hilsondis, lived as brother and sister. Courtier and knight in the service of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Saint […]
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St. James
Feast: 3 May Saint James the Less (the Younger), author of the canonical Epistle, was the son of Alpheus, the brother of Saint Jude and a cousin of Our Lord, whom he is said to have resembled. Saint Paul tells us that he was favored by a special apparition of Christ after the Resurrection. (I […]
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St. Philip
Feastday: May 3 Philip was born in Bethsaida, Galilee. He may have been a disciple of John the Baptist and is mentioned as one of the Apostles in the lists of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and in Acts. Aside from the lists, he is mentioned only in John in the New Testament. He was called by Jesus Himself and brought Nathanael to Christ. Philip was present at the miracle of […]
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