Archive for May, 2020
Daily Reflection 12.05.2020
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St. Francis of Girolamo
Born: 17 December 1642 at Grottaglie, Apulia, near Taranto, Italy Died: 11 May 1716 at Naples, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 2 May 1806 by Pope Pius VII Canonized: 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI Patronage: Grottaglie, Italy Feast day: 11 May Studied humanities and philosophy at the Jesuit college of Taranto, Italy at age […]
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St. Matthêô Lê Van Gam
Born: c.1813 in Gò Công, Biên Hòa, Vietnam Died: beheaded on 11 May 1847 in Cho Ðui, Dong Nai, Vietnam; it took three blows to kill him Venerated: 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II […]
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St. Ignatius of Laconi
Born: 17 December 1701 at Laconi, Nuoro, Italy as Vincenzo Peis Died: 11 May 1781 in Cagliari, Italy of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 June 1940, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 21 October 1951, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Feast: 11 May Patronage: […]
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Daily Reflection 11.05.2020
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Bl. Vasile Aftenie
Born: 14 June 1899 in Lodroman, Valea Lungã, Alba, Romania Died: 10 May 1950 in the prison hospital in Vacaresti, Bucharest, Romania from the abuse from repeated torture sessions, possibly after being shot, body burned by order of the Communist authorities, and the remains were buried in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, a white marble […]
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St. John of Avila
Born: 6 January 1499 Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real, Spain Died: 10 May 1569 (aged 69) Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 November 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 31 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI Major shrine: Church of the Incarnation Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Feast: 10 May Patronage Andalusia, Spain […]
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St. Antoninus
Born: Antonio Pierozzi 1 March 1389 Florence, Florentine Republic Died: 2 May 1459 (aged 70) Florence, Florentine Republic Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Florence and Dominican Order), Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Diocese of Tarlac) Canonized: 31 May 1523, Rome by Pope Adrian VI Major shrine: Church of San Marco Florence, Italy Feast: 2 May; […]
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Daily Reflection 10.05.2020
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Bl. Kazimierz Grelewski
Born: 3 July 1899 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland Died: starved to death on 9 May 1941 in the camp hospital of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II Older brother of Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski. Studied at the Progimnazjum in Sandomierz and Lubartów in Poland. Ordained in October 1921 as a […]
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