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St. Pirmin
Born: 700 somewhere in Spain Died: November 3, 753 Hornbach, Germany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Church Patronage: against poisoning, against snake bite, Monsheim, Germany Feast: November 3 Possibly of Visigoth ancestry. Monk, following a mixed rule with strong influences from Irish monasticism. When the Saracens invaded Spain, he fled to […]
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St. Pierre-François Néron
Born: 21 September 1818 in Bornay, Jura, diocese of St-Claude, France Died: beheaded on 3 November 1860 in Son Tây, Ha Tay, Vietnam, severed head throw into the river and body buried at the execution site, in 1880 his body was re-interred in the crypt in church that was built next to his execution site […]
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Bl. Frances d’Amboise
Born: 28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France Died: 4 November 1485 at Les Couêts, Nantes, France of natural causes while in a religious ecstasy, miracles reported at her tomb, her body had to be moved to save it during the Huguenot wars, and again in the French Revolution Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 July […]
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Bl. Bernhard Lichtenberg
Born: 3 December 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire Died: 5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Germany) Beatified: 23 June 1996, Germany, by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, GermanyFeast day: 5 November Priest […]
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