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St. Peter Ou
Born: 1768 at Longping in Guizhou Province, China Died: strangled to death on 7 November 1814 at Tsen-y-Fou, Su-Tchuen province, China Beatified: 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: November 7 Born to a non-Christian family. Known from his youth for his sense of […]
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St. Philip Howard
Born: 28 June 1557 at Norfolk, England Died: 19 October 1595 of malnutrition in the Tower of London, London, England, buried in the graveyard of the Tower church near his father and grandfather, re-interred in Long Horsley in 1624, re-interred in the Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel, relics re-interred in the Arundel cathedral in 1971 Canonized: 25 October […]
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Bl. Jerzy Popieluszko
Born: 14 September 1947 Okopy, near Suchowola, Polish People’s Republic Died: kidnapped on 19 October 1984 by the Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), the Communist Polish secret police, beaten to death from 19 to 20 October 1984 near Wloclawek, Pomorskie, Poland, body dumped in the Vistula Water Reservoir where it […]
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St. Artemius
Died: beheaded in 363 in Antioch, buried by local Christians in Antioch, relics later transferred to Constantinople Feast day: October 20 Noted soldier and military leader under Emperor Constantine the Great. Imperial prefect (viceroy) of Egypt and Duke of Alexandria, appointed by Emperor Constantius; he used his position to spread the faith. During the reign […]
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St. Hilarion of Gaza
Born: 291 AD Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina Died: 371 AD Cyprus Venerated in Coptic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Canonized Pre-Congregation Feast: October 21 Saint Hilarion was born of pagan parents near Gaza, and was converted while studying grammar in Alexandria. He renounced games, the theater and all the vain […]
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St. Alodia
Death: 851 Feast day: October 22 Martyr and confessor, the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother in Huesca, Spain. Alodia and her sister, Nunilo, were caught up in the persecutions conducted by Abdal-Rabman II, the ruler of Cordoba. Alodia and Nunilo dedicated themselves to Christ, despite their father’s disapproval, and were arrested. […]
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St. Ignatius of Constantinople
Born: c.799 in Constantinople as Nicetas Died: 23 October 877 of natural causes, relics in the church of Saint Michael, Constantinople Feast day: October 23 Son of the Byzantine emperor Michael I. Imprisoned for political reasons in a monastery in 813 by Leo the Armenian; there he learned about and entered the religious life, taking the […]
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Novena to St. John of Capistrano
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days)I will rejoice in the Lord, And I will joy in God my Jesus. The Lord God is my strength. Rejoice to God our helper, Sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Glory be to the Father … I will rejoice in the Lord, And I will joy […]
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Prayers to St. John of Capistrano
Prayer to St. John of Capistrano Saint John of Capistrano, we ask your intercession to embolden all preachers to present the truths of Catholicism in all their fullness and vigor, and to buttress that preaching by an impeccable life of virtue and apostolic activity. Amen Prayer to St. John of Capistrano St. John, your life was […]
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