Archive for June 13, 2022
St. Pothinus
Also called Photinus, leader of a group of Christian martyrs in the city of Lyons, in Roman Gaul, including Alexander, Attalus, Espagathus, Maturus, and Sanctius. Their martyrdom was recorded in an extant and authentic letter sent from the Christian communities of Lyons and Vienne to their brethren in the Roman province of Asia. It is […]
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St. Clotilda
Born: c. 474 Lyon, Burgundy Died: 03 Jun 545 AD Tours, Francia Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church, Lutheranism Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: June 3 (June 4 in France)Patronage: brides, adopted children, parents, exiles, notaries, widows, the lame Saint Clotilda was the daughter of Chilperic, the Catholic King of Burgundy, domain of the Germanic tribe […]
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Bl. Ferdinand of Portugal
Born: 1402 at Santarem, Portugal Died: 1443 in prison in Fez, Morocco of maltreatment, interred in the royal crypt at Batalha Beatified: 1470 by Pope Paul II A prince, the son of King John I of Portugal. He grew up in the royal court, but spent his free time in prayer and helping the poor. […]
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Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew
Born: 1st October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia Died: 7th June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 6th May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virginity to […]
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Prayers of Bl. Anne Marie Taigi
Prayer given by Our Blessed Mother to Bl. Anna Maria Taigi Prostrate at thy feet, O Great Queen of Heaven, we venerate thee with the deepest reverence and we confess that thou art the Daughter of the Father, the Mother of the Divine Word, the Spouse of the Holy Ghost. Thou art the storekeeper and the […]
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Bl. Anne Marie Taigi
Born: 29 May 1769, Siena, Italy Died: 9 June 1837, Rome, Italy Patronage: Housewives; Mothers; Victims of verbal abuse; Victims of spousal abuse; Families; Trinitarian tertiaries Beatified: 30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV Daughter Luigi Giannetti and Maria Masi. Her father was a pharmacist in Siena, Italy, but his business went bankrupt when Anna […]
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Sts. Primus and Felicianus
Born: early 3rd century; Nomentum (modern-day Mentana) Feast: June 9 These two martyrs were brothers who lived in Rome, heirs of a family of great wealth, toward the latter part of the third century. It was through the assiduous love of Pope Felix I that they had the happiness, in their mature years, of being […]
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