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Pope St. John XXIII
Born: 25 November 1881 at Sotto il Monte, diocese of Bergamo, Italy as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Papal Ascension: elected 28 October 1958, installed on 4 November 1958 Died: 7:50pm on 3 June 1963 at Rome, Italy of stomach cancer, buried in Saint Peter’s basilica, Vatican City Venerated: in Catholic Church Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Anglican […]
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St. Serafino of Montegranaro
Born: at Montegranaro, Italy Died: 12 October 1604 at Ascoli Piceno, Italy of natural causes• entombed in the Capuchin friary at Ascoli Piceno Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Feast day: October 12 Born to a poor, pious farming family. An uneducated shepherd in his youth, he spent his time in the fields in prayer. […]
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St. Maximilian of Celeia
Born: in Celeia (modern Celje, Slovenia) Died: beheaded on 12 October 284, buried outside Celeia (modern Celje, Slovenia), by the 8th century his relics had been moved to Salzburg, Austria and a chapel built over the grave, on 9 September 878 his relics were known to be in Altötting, Germany. c.980 Bishop Pilgrim of Passau […]
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St. Wilfrid
Born: c. 633 Northumbria Died: 709 or 710 Oundle, NorthamptonshireVenerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church Anglican CommunionPatronage: Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough, Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, Ripon Shrines Ripon, Sompting (Sussex), and Frisia (Roeder).Feast day: 12 October or 24 April Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and […]
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Bl. Alexandrina Maria da Costa
Born: 30 March 1904 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal Died: 13 October 1955 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal of natural causes Beatified: 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 13 Lay woman from the diocese of Braga, Portugal. At age 14 Alexandrina jumped from a window to escape a rapist; she was injured in […]
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Bl. Roman Lysko
Born: 14 August 1914 at Horodok, Lviv District, Ukraine Died: tortured and starved to death on 14 October 1949 in prison at Lviv, Ukraine Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine Feast day: October 14 Greek Catholic. Graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy. Married. Ordained on 28 August 1941. Pastor of the […]
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St. Angadrisma of Beauvais
Born: c.615 in the Diocese of Thérouanne, France Died: c.696 at the Oroër-des-Vierge Abbey, Beauvais, France of natural causes, relics transferred to the Church of Saint Michael in Beauvais in 851 when invading Normans destroyed Oroër-des-Vierge Abbey, relics transferred to the Cathedral of Beauvais during the French Revolution Patronage: against drought, against fire, against slander, […]
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Pope St. Callistus I
Papal Ascension: c.218 Died: martyred c.223, legend says he was killed by being thrown down a well with a millstone around his neck, but there is no solid evidence Patronage: cemetery workers Feast day: October 14 Born a slave, owned by Carpophorus, a Christian in the household of Caesar. His master entrusted a large sum to […]
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St. Magdalena of Nagasaki
Born: c.1610 in Nagasaki, Japan Died: 15 October 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan Venerated: in Catholic ChurchBeatified: February 18, 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II Patronage: Secular Augustinian Recollects Major shrine: Binondo Church in Binondo, Manila, PhilippinesFeast: October 20 Magdalene of Nagasaki was a Japanese Christian […]
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Bl. Victoria Strata
Death: 1617 Feast day: October 15 Blessed Victoria Strata, Religious Victoria was born at Genoa, Italy in 1562. At the age of seventeen she married Angelo Strata, with whom she had six children. When Angelo died in 1587, Victoria wanted to marry again because of the children. However, a vision of Our Lady convinced her […]
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