Archive for May 26, 2020
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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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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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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