Archive for May 3, 2020
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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