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St. Albert of Jerusalem
Death: 1215 Feastday: September 25 Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, […]
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Bl. Encarnación Gil Valls
Born: 27 January 1888 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on the night of 24 September 1936 at the port of L’Ollería, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized on the day of her birth, she was confirmed at age 5 and […]
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Bl. José Ramón Ferragud Girbes
Born: 10 October 1887 in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on 24 September 1936 in Alzira, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Baptized at the age of two days at his parish church of Saint James the Apostle. Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married on 21 January […]
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St. Gerard Sagredo
Born: 23 April 980 in Venice, Italy Died: stabbed to death with a lance on 24 September 1046 at Buda, Hungary, body thrown into the Danube River, surviving relics enshrined in the Basilica of San Donato in Murano, Venice, Italy Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII Patronage: Hungary Benedictine monk. Abbot at San Giorgio […]
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