Archive for November, 2020
Pope St. Evaristus
Born: 17 April 44 Bethlehem, Judea Died: c. 107 Rome, Roman Empire Sainthood Papacy began: c. 99 Papacy ended: c. 107Feast day: 26 October Saint Evaristus succeeded Saint Anacletus on the throne of Saint Peter, elected during the second general persecution, under the reign of Domitian. That emperor no doubt did not know that the […]
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St. Emilina of Boulancourt
Born: 1115 at France Died: 1178 at Longeville, France of natural causes, a perpetual flame is maintained at her tomb Feast day: October 27 Joined the Cistercian Abbey of Boulancourt at Longeville, France when still very young. Noted for her deep prayer life, fasts, and austere, sometimes severe self-imposed penances such as wearing a pointed chain […]
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St. Frumentius, Bishop, Apostle of Ethiopia
Feast day: October 27 Saint Saint Frumentius was still a child when his uncle, a Christian philosopher of Tyre in Phoenicia, took him and his brother Edesius on a voyage to Ethiopia. In the course of their voyage the vessel anchored at a certain port, and the barbarians of that country slew with the sword […]
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St. Francisco Díaz del Rincón
Born: 2 October 1713 in Ecija, Seville, Spain Died: tortured and strangled to death on the evening of 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Dominic in Manila, Philippines Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 28 Joined the Dominicans in Ecija, […]
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St. Joaquín Royo Pérez
Born: 1691 at Teruel Spain Died: tortured and strangled to death on the evening of 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Dominic in Manila, Philippines Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 28 Joined the Dominicans in Valencia, Spain in 1709. […]
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Novena to St. Simon and St. Jude
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days) Glorious Saint Jude, with faith in your goodness I ask your help today. As one of Christ’s chosen Apostles, you are a pillar and foundation of His Church on earth. You are among the elders who stand always before God’s throne. Saint Jude, you are renowned for […]
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Prayers to St. Simon and St. Jude
Prayer to St. Simon and St.Jude O God , we thank Thee for the glorious company of the Apostles, and especially on this day for Simon and Jude; and we pray that, as they were faithful and zealous in their mission, so we may with ardent devotion make known the love and mercy of our […]
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St. Simon and St. Jude
Feast day: October 28 Simon was a simple Galilean, a brother of Jesus, as the ancients called one’s close relatives — aunts, uncles, first cousins; he was one of the Saviour’s four first cousins, with James the Less, Jude and Joseph, all sons of Mary, the wife of Alpheus, or Cleophas, either name being a […]
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St. Abraham Kidunaia
Born: c.296 at Edessa, Osrhoene, Mesopotamia (in modern Syria) Died: c.366 at Edessa, Osrhoene, Mesopotamia (in modern Syria) of natural causes Venerated: in Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy (Coptic Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Church) Feast day: July 29, October 24, October 29, December 14 Born to a wealthy family near Edessa, Syria. Forced into […]
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Bl. Benvenuta Bojani
Born: 4 May 1254 Cividale del Friuli, Republic of Venice Died: 30 October 1292 (aged 38) Cividale del Friuli, Republic of Venice Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 6 February 1763, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed) Feast: 30 October Youngest of seven daughters. She refused to play any childhood games […]
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