Archive for May, 2020
St. Maria Mazzarello
Born: May 9, 1837 Mornese, Alessandria, Italy Died: May 14, 1881 in Nizza Monferrato, Asti Italy of natural causes Beatified: November 20, 1938, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Canonized: June 24, 1951, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin, […]
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St. Matthias
Died: c. AD 80 Jerusalem, Judaea or in Colchis (modern-day Georgia) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: 14 May (Roman Catholic Church, some places in Anglican Communion) 9 August (Eastern Orthodox Church) 24 February (in leap years 25 February) (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, […]
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Daily Reflection 15.05.2020
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Daily Reflection 14.05.2020
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St. André-Hubert Fournet
Born: 6 December 1752 Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, Vienne, Kingdom of France Died: 13 May 1834 (aged 81) La Puye, Vienne, French Kingdom Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 May 1926, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 4 June 1933, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Feast: 13 MayPatronage: […]
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Bl. Gemma of Goriano
Born: c.1375 in San Sebastiano dei Marsi, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italy Died: 13 May 1439 in Goriano Sicoli, Italy of natural causes, miracles reported at her grave, body found incorrupt when exhumed, re-interred under the high altar of the church of San Giovanni in Goriano Sicoli, re-interred in a new church dedicated to her in 1613, […]
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Daily Reflection 13.05.2020
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St. Richrudis of Marchiennes
Born: 612 in Gascony, France Died: 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium of natural causes, relics translated to Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Feast day: 12 May Born to the nobility, the daughter of Ernold. Married to the Frankish nobleman Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant. Her family objected to Adalbald’s military incursions […]
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St. Epiphanius of Salamis
Born: 315 at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, Judea Died: 403 at sea of natural causes Venerated: in Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Feast: 12 May, 17 Pashons (Coptic Orthodoxy) A Hellenized Jew, and convert to Christianity. Fluent in five languages, and extensively studied in theology and the classics. Monk in several communities in Egypt, returning to Palestine in […]
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St. Pancras of Rome
Born: c.290 at Phrygia Died: beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy, relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798, his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran Patronage: against cramps, against false witness or perjury, against headaches, children, oaths, treaties, diocese of Albano, Italy, 27 […]
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