Archive for February, 2021
Prayers to St. Brigid of Ireland
Prayer to St. Brigid of Ireland Brigid, You were a woman of peace. You brought harmony where there was conflict. You brought light to the darkness. You brought hope to the downcast. May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious, and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and […]
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St. Brigid of Ireland
Born: 453 at Faughart, County Louth, Ireland Died: 1 February 523 at Kildare, Ireland of natural causes, interred in the Kildare cathedral, relics transferred to Downpatrick, Ireland in 878 where they were interred with those of Saint Patrick and Saint Columba of Iona, relics re-discovered on 9 June 1185, head removed to Jesuit church in […]
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St. Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi
Born: December 2, 1743 Arpino, Lazio, Papal States Died: January 31, 1815 (aged 71) Naples, Kingdom of Naples Venerated: in Roman Catholicism (Barnabite Order and the Archdiocese of Naples) Beatified: February 22, 1893, Rome, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: October 21, 1951, Rome, Italy, by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Church of […]
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Bl. Maria Cristina di Savoia
Born: 14 November 1812 in Cagliari, Italy as Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elisa Died: 31 January 1836 in Naples, Italy of complications from childbirth Beatified: 25 January 2014 by Pope Francis, recognition celebrated at the Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo AmatoVenerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 25 January 2014, Naples, […]
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