Archive for May, 2020

Bl. Eva of Liege

Bl. Eva of Liege

Feast: 26 May When Blessed Juliana was prioress of Mount Cornillon, one of her closest friends was a holy recluse, Eva, or Heva, of Liege, whom she inspired with her own enthusiastic purpose to obtain the institution of a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament.  It was in Eva’s cell near the church of […]

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  May 26, 2020   No comments
St. Mary Ann de Paredes

St. Mary Ann de Paredes

Born: 31 October 1618 at Quito, Ecuador Died: 26 May 1645 at Quito, Ecuador  Canonized: 9 July 1950 by Pope Pius XII Patronage: against bodily ills or sickness; sick people, against the loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, Americas Daughter of Don Girolamo Flores Zenel de Paredes, a nobleman of Toledo, and Doña […]

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  May 26, 2020   No comments
St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri

Born: 22 July 1515 at Florence, Italy  Died: 26 May 1595 at the church of San Maria in Vallicella, Italy of natural causes  Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 11 May 1615 by Pope Paul V Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Feast: 26 May Patronage: Gravina, Italy, Rome, Italy, archdiocese of Manfredonia Vieste […]

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  May 26, 2020   No comments
St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara

St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara

Born: 30 July 1869 in La Sementera, Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico  Died: shot on 25 May 1927 at Colotlán, Jalisco, Mexico  Beatified: November 22, 1992 by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico  Feast: 25 May Born to a farm family, and worked as a […]

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  May 25, 2020   No comments
St. Maria Magdalen Dei Pazzi

St. Maria Magdalen Dei Pazzi

Born: Caterina de’ Pazzi April 2, 1566 Florence, Duchy of Florence Died: May 25, 1607 (aged 41) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 1626, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: April 28, 1669, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement X Major shrine: Monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi, […]

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  May 25, 2020   No comments
St. Bede the Venerable

St. Bede the Venerable

Born: 672 at Wearmouth, England  Died: 25 May 735 of natural causes  Canonized: 1899 by Pope Leo XIII  Patronage: lectors  Feast: 25 May Born around the time England was finally completely Christianized. Raised from age seven in the abbey of Saints Peter and Paul at Wearmouth-Jarrow, and lived there the rest of his life. Benedictine […]

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  May 25, 2020   No comments
St. David I of Scotland

St. David I of Scotland

Born: c. 1085Died: 24 May 1153 (aged 68–69) Carlisle, burial Dunfermline Abbey Feast: May 24 David was the youngest son of King Malcolm III (Canmore) of Scotland and his wife Margaret who is herself a saint (c/f 16th Nov.)  He contributed enormously to setting up civilising and religious institutions in Scotland.  Although David spent most of his childhood in […]

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  May 24, 2020   No comments