Archive for August 20, 2024
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Born: 12 October 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein Died: gassed on 9 August 1942 in the ovens of Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland, body cremated Canonized: 11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II Patronage: against the death of parents, Europe, martyrs. Also known as Edith Stein, Teresia Benedicta […]
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St. Blane
Born: 6th century at Isle of Bute, Scotland Died: c.590 at Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland of natural causes, buried in Dunblane, Scotland which was named for him. Also known as Blaan, Blan, Blain Nephew of Saint Cathan. Studied in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor, Saint Kenneth, and Saint Canice. Monk. After seven years, […]
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St. Bessus
Died: thrown from Mount Fautenio c.286 Campiglia Soana, Turin, Italy, the spot where he landed (and died) left an impression in the rock, and a shrine was soon built over it, relics taken to Ozegna in the 9th century and enshrined a chapel now known as the Beata Vergine del Convento e del Bosco, relics […]
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St. Lawrence of Rome
Born: at Huesca, Spain Died: cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy, tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day, buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to […]
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