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Bl. Richard Thirkeld
Born: at Coniscliffe, Durham, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 29 May 1583 at York, England Beatified: 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation) Educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, 1564 – 1565. Studied at Douai and Rheims, France. Ordained on 18 April 1579 at an age somewhat older than his confreres. Returned […]
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St. Ursula Ledochowska
Born: 17 April 1865 Loosdorf, Melk, Lower Austria, Austrian Empire Died: 29 May 1939 (aged 74) Rome, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 20 June 1983, Poznań, Poland by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 18 May 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 29 May Patronage: Sieradz […]
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St. Maximinus of Trier
Born: at Silly near Poitiers, France Died: 12 September 349 or 29 May 352 (records vary), in autumn 353, he was buried in the church of Saint John near Trier, in the 7th century the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maximinus was founded there, which flourished till 1802 Patronage: Trier, Germany Born to the Gallic nobility. […]
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St. Augustine of Canterbury
Born: at Rome, Italy Died: 26 May 605 in Canterbury, England of natural causes, relics interred outside the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Canterbury, a building project he had started Buried: St Augustine’s Abbey, CanterburyFeast: day 26 May (Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, & Catholic Extraordinary Form calendar in Great Britain) 27 May (Catholic Ordinary Form […]
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Bl. Eva of Liege
Feast: 26 May When Blessed Juliana was prioress of Mount Cornillon, one of her closest friends was a holy recluse, Eva, or Heva, of Liege, whom she inspired with her own enthusiastic purpose to obtain the institution of a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. It was in Eva’s cell near the church of […]
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