Archive for November, 2020
St. Hilarion of Gaza
Born: 291 AD Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina Died: 371 AD Cyprus Venerated in Coptic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Canonized Pre-Congregation Feast: October 21 Saint Hilarion was born of pagan parents near Gaza, and was converted while studying grammar in Alexandria. He renounced games, the theater and all the vain […]
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St. Alodia
Death: 851 Feast day: October 22 Martyr and confessor, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother in Huesca, Spain. Alodia and her sister, Nunilo, were caught up in the persecutions conducted by Abdal-Rabman II, the ruler of Cordoba. Alodia and Nunilo dedicated themselves to Christ, despite their father’s disapproval, and were arrested. […]
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St. Ignatius of Constantinople
Born: c.799 in Constantinople as Nicetas Died: 23 October 877 of natural causes, relics in the church of Saint Michael, Constantinople Feast day: October 23 Son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I. Imprisoned for political reasons in a monastery in 813 by Leo the Armenian; there he learned about and entered the religious life, taking the […]
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Novena to St. John of Capistrano
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days)I will rejoice in the Lord, And I will joy in God my Jesus. The Lord God is my strength. Rejoice to God our helper, Sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Glory be to the Father … I will rejoice in the Lord, And I will joy […]
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Prayers to St. John of Capistrano
Prayer to St. John of Capistrano Saint John of Capistrano, we ask your intercession to embolden all preachers to present the truths of Catholicism in all their fullness and vigor, and to buttress that preaching by an impeccable life of virtue and apostolic activity. Amen Prayer to St. John of Capistrano St. John, your life was […]
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St. John of Capistrano
Born: 24 June 1386 Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples Died: 23 October 1456 (aged 70) Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Hungary Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 1690 or 1724, Rome by either Pope Alexander VIII or Pope Benedict XIII Feast: 23 October; 28 March (General Roman Calendar, 1890–1969) Patronage: Jurists, Belgrade and Hungary Today’s saint, […]
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Bl. Benigna Cardoso da Silva
Born: 15 October 1928 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil Died: slashed and beaten with a machete by Raimundo “Raul” Alves Ribeiro at about 4pm on 24 October 1941 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, buried in the São Miguel Cemetery in Ceará, re-interred at the parish church of Senhora Sant’Ana […]
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St. Chrysanthus and St. Daria
Patronage: Eissel, Germany, Salzburg, Austria Feast day: October 25 Chrysanthus was the son of a Roman senator, born in Egypt. While still young he went with his father to Rome, where his superior intelligence was quickly appreciated. Convinced of the vanity of idol-worship, he undertook every means at his disposition to learn the truth and […]
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Bl. Bonaventura of Potenza
Born: 4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga Died: 26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy of gangrene while singing a psalm during a religious ecstasy Beatified: 26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed) Feast day: October 26 Joined the Friars Minor Conventual at Nocera, Italy at age 15. Home […]
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St. Cedd
Born: Northumbria, England Died: 26 October 664 at Lastingham, Yorkshire, England of plague, buried at Lastingham, relics later relocated next to the altar in the new church at Lastingham Venerated: in Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; AnglicanismPatronage: Essex; Lastingham; interpreters Shrines Lastingham. Shrine destroyed in Danish period but corresponding to the crypt of the present parish […]
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