Archive for August 18, 2024
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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St. Roch
Born: 1295 at Montpelier, France Died: 1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France of natural causes, relics in Venice, Italy in the church of San Rocco; in Rome, Italy; and in Arles, France Patronage: against cholera, against diseased cattle, against epidemics, against knee problems, against plague, against skin diseases and rashes, bachelors, dogs, falsely accused people, […]
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St. Stephen of Hungary
Born: 969 at Esztergom, Hungary Died: 15 August 1038 at Szekesfehervar, Hungary Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII Patronage: against the death of children, bricklayers, Hungary, kings, masons, stone masons, stonecutters. Also known as Apostolic King, Stephen the Great, Istvan Additional Memorial 20 August (translation of relics) Born to a pagan family, but was […]
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St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses
Born: 1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal Died: 17 August 1492 in Toledo, Spain of natural causes Beatified: 28 July 1926 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed), 21 January 1974 by Pope Paul VI (decree on heroic virtues), recorded miracles involved the instantaneous and perfect healing of Sister Mary of Saint Anne, 22, from […]
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St. Jeanne of the Cross Delanoue
Born: 18 June 1666 at Samur, Anjou, France as Jeanne Delanoue Died: 17 August 1736 at Fencet, France of natural causes Canonized: 31 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy. Also known as Ioanna Delanoue, Jeanne del Croi Delanoue, Joan Delanoue, Johanna Delanoue Youngest of twelve children. Her father was draper; her […]
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St. Hyacinth
Born: 1185 at Lanka Castle, Kamien Slaski, Opole, Upper Silesia (in modern Poland) Died: 15 August 1257 at Krakow, Poland of natural causes, relics at Paris, France Canonized: 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII Patronage: against drowning, Camalaniugan, Philippines, Ermita de Piedra de San Jacinto, Tuguegarao, Philippines, Krakow, Poland, archdiocese of Lithuania (named by […]
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