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St. John of Capistrano
Born: 24 June 1386 Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples Died: 23 October 1456 (aged 70) Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Hungary Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 1690 or 1724, Rome by either Pope Alexander VIII or Pope Benedict XIII Feast: 23 October; 28 March (General Roman Calendar, 1890–1969) Patronage: Jurists, Belgrade and Hungary Today’s saint, […]
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Bl. Benigna Cardoso da Silva
Born: 15 October 1928 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil Died: slashed and beaten with a machete by Raimundo “Raul” Alves Ribeiro at about 4pm on 24 October 1941 in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, buried in the São Miguel Cemetery in Ceará, re-interred at the parish church of Senhora Sant’Ana […]
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St. Chrysanthus and St. Daria
Patronage: Eissel, Germany, Salzburg, Austria Feast day: October 25 Chrysanthus was the son of a Roman senator, born in Egypt. While still young he went with his father to Rome, where his superior intelligence was quickly appreciated. Convinced of the vanity of idol-worship, he undertook every means at his disposition to learn the truth and […]
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Bl. Bonaventura of Potenza
Born: 4 January 1651 of Potenza, Naples, Italy as Antonio Carlo Gerardo Lavanga Died: 26 October 1711 in Ravello, Italy of gangrene while singing a psalm during a religious ecstasy Beatified: 26 November 1775 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed) Feast day: October 26 Joined the Friars Minor Conventual at Nocera, Italy at age 15. Home […]
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St. Cedd
Born: Northumbria, England Died: 26 October 664 at Lastingham, Yorkshire, England of plague, buried at Lastingham, relics later relocated next to the altar in the new church at Lastingham Venerated: in Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; AnglicanismPatronage: Essex; Lastingham; interpreters Shrines Lastingham. Shrine destroyed in Danish period but corresponding to the crypt of the present parish […]
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Pope St. Evaristus
Born: 17 April 44 Bethlehem, Judea Died: c. 107 Rome, Roman Empire Sainthood Papacy began: c. 99 Papacy ended: c. 107Feast day: 26 October Saint Evaristus succeeded Saint Anacletus on the throne of Saint Peter, elected during the second general persecution, under the reign of Domitian. That emperor no doubt did not know that the […]
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St. Emilina of Boulancourt
Born: 1115 at France Died: 1178 at Longeville, France of natural causes, a perpetual flame is maintained at her tomb Feast day: October 27 Joined the Cistercian Abbey of Boulancourt at Longeville, France when still very young. Noted for her deep prayer life, fasts, and austere, sometimes severe self-imposed penances such as wearing a pointed chain […]
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St. Frumentius, Bishop, Apostle of Ethiopia
Feast day: October 27 Saint Saint Frumentius was still a child when his uncle, a Christian philosopher of Tyre in Phoenicia, took him and his brother Edesius on a voyage to Ethiopia. In the course of their voyage the vessel anchored at a certain port, and the barbarians of that country slew with the sword […]
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St. Francisco Díaz del Rincón
Born: 2 October 1713 in Ecija, Seville, Spain Died: tortured and strangled to death on the evening of 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Dominic in Manila, Philippines Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 28 Joined the Dominicans in Ecija, […]
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St. Joaquín Royo Pérez
Born: 1691 at Teruel Spain Died: tortured and strangled to death on the evening of 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Dominic in Manila, Philippines Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: October 28 Joined the Dominicans in Valencia, Spain in 1709. […]
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