Archive for August, 2024
St. Antony Primaldo and Companions
Died: hacked to pieces on 13 August 1480 in Otranto, Lecce, Italy Beatified: 14 December 1771 by Pope Clement XIV (cultus confirmed), 6 July 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom) Canonized: Sunday 12 May 2013 by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy Patronage: Otranto, Italy. Also known as Martyrs of Otranto An aged lay […]
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St. Arnulf of Soissons
Born: 1040 at Flanders, Belgium Died: 1087 at the monastery at Aldenburg, diocese of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium of natural causes, miracles reported at his tomb were investigated and approved by a council at Beauvais, France in 1121, relics translated to the church of Saint Peter, Aldenburg, Belgium in 1131 Patronage: brewers, hop pickers, millers, music, […]
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St. Magnus of Anagni
Born: 2nd century at Trani, Italy Died: beheaded near Fabrateria Vetus, Latium (modern Ceccano, Italy), buried in Fondi, Italy, relics translated from Fondi to Veroli, Italy, relics translated to the cathedral in Anagni, Italy after a wealthy but superstitious Muslim had some horses die when near them in Veroli Patronage: Anagni-Alatri, Italy, diocese of Anagni, […]
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St. Sebaldus
Born: probably in England Died: c.770 Patronage: against cold weather, Bavaria, Germany, Nuremberg, Germany. Also known as Sebald, Sinibaldo, Siward Son of a Danish chieftain who had settled in England. Missionary in the Reichswald area of Germany, working with Saint Willibald of Eichstatt, Saint Winibald and Saint Boniface. Popular preacher who converted many, he later […]
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St. John Eudes
Born: 14 November 1601 at Ri, Normandy, France Died: 19 August 1680 at Caen, Normandy, France Canonized: 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI Patronage: diocese of Baie-Comeau, Québec. 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 virgin- […]
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Daily Reflection 19.08.2024
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St. Manuel Moralez
Born: 8 February 1898 at Mesillas, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: shot by firing squad on 15 August 1926 in the mountains near Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also known as Manuel Morales, Emmanuel Additional Memorial 21 May as one of the Martyrs of the […]
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St. David Roldán-Lara
Born: 2 March 1907 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: shot on 15 August 1926 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Additional Memorial 21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution His father died when David was only a year old. […]
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St. Stanislaus Kostka
Born: 28 October 1550 at Rostkovo, Poland Died: between 3 and 4 a.m. of 15 August, feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1568 at Rome, Italy from a high fever Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Patronage: against broken bones, aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments, Poland. […]
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St. Armagillus of Brittany
Born: south Wales Died: c.550 Representation, Benedictine abbot receiving royal envoys, wearing armor and a chasuble, leading a dragon with a stole around its neck (legend says he did that and ordered the dragon to dive into a river), with a chained demon Patronage: against colic, against fever, against gout, against headaches, against rheumatism, hospitals. […]
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