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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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Novena to St. Teresa of Avila
Day 1O most amiable Lord Jesus Christ! We thank You for the great gift of faith and devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament which You gave to Your servant Teresa. We pray that by Your merits and those of Your faithful spouse, that we may receive the gift of faith and of a fervent devotion […]
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Prayers of St. Teresa of Avila
Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila Lord, grant that I may always allow myself to be guided by You,always follow Your plans, and perfectly accomplish Your Holy Will. Grant that in all things, great and small, today and all the days of my life,I may do whatever You require of me. Help me respond to […]
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St. Teresa of Avila
Born: 28 March 1515 at Avila, Castile, Spain as Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada Died: 4 October 1582 at Alba de Tormes of natural causes in the arms of her secretary and close friend Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew, body incorrupt, relics preserved at Alba, her heart shows signs of Transverberation (piercing of the […]
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St. François-Isidore Gagelin
Born: 10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France Died: strangled to death on 17 October 1833 in Bãi Dâu, Saigon, Vietnam, buried in Phukam, Vietnam, relics later transferred to the seminary in Paris, France Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 17 Studied at the Grand Seminary at Besancon, France. […]
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Bl. Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona
Born: 8 May 1861 in Sollana, Valencia, Spain Died: shot at dawn on 17 October 1936 against the wall of the cemetery in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 17 Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married to Girona Lozano in 1884; mother […]
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Bl. Maria del Carmen of the Child Jesus
Born: 30 June 1834 in Antequera, Málaga, Spain as María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto Died: 9 November 1899 in Antequera, Málaga, Spain of typhus, buried at Our Lady of Victory church at the mother house of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Antequera Beatified: 6 May 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI, beatification recognition […]
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Bl. Maria Crucified Satellico
Born: 31 December 1706 at Venice, Italy as Elisabetta Maria Satellico Died: 8 November 1745 of natural causes, buried at the Church of Saint Lucy in Ostra Vetere, Italy Beatified: 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: November 8 Daughter of Piero Satellico and Lucia Mander, she grew up in the home […]
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